Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok is to welcome from Guangdong, China, celebrity chef Guangfan Mai, the founder and CEO of the Prince restaurant group -- and the "King of Abalone", as he's regarded worldwide by highbrow epicures -- to its China House restaurant from June 26-30.
During his stay in Bangkok, chef Mai will showcase his dexterity in Cantonese cuisine through a unique set menu that highlights sumptuous abalone and other top-notch organic produce from different regions of China.
Available on a daily basis, Mai's 8-course dinner (actually, a total of 14 dishes), dubbed the Chinese Food Culture Dinner, includes his award-winning signature dish -- a dry 15-head South African abalone sugar heart with white asparagus.
Featured also are prime ingredients such as Shandong sea cucumber; salted Tibetan black pork ham; Yunnan black truffle gel with Lijiang supreme caviar; clear chicken soup stew with Changbai mountain matsutake mushroom; and Zhejiang Jinhua ham with marble goby.
On June 30, the event will conclude with a 6-course, East-meets-West dinner finale, a collaboration between the Cantonese guest chef and the hotel's very own chef de cuisine, Arnaud Dunand Sauthier of the two Michelin-starred Le Normandie French restaurant.
The exclusive four-hand meal will include some culinary creations by the star-studded French chef. Expect to find prime seafood with Kristal caviar and horseradish, as well as roasted Challan duck with eggplant, grapefruit and black garlic. A selection of pairing wine is available.
Prices are 9,888 net per person for the Chinese Food Culture Dinner, and 8,888 baht net per person for the collaboration dinner.
For more information and reservations, call Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok on 02-659-9000 or email mobkk-restaurants@mohg.com.
