Melco's Gastronomic Series Returns This Year, Featuring Six Acclaimed Chefs

Following its first four successful banquets in 2023, leading hotel and casino operator Melco Resorts & Entertainment is bringing back its “Melco Style Presents: The Black Pearl Diamond Restaurants Gastronomic Series” with six renowned chefs from Black Pearl-winning restaurants.

Beginning March this year, Melco will host the fifth through seventh instalment of the series with three four-hands collaboration dinners across its properties in Macau.

Kicking off with the fifth chapter are Chef Angelo Wong from Yi Restaurant at City of Dreams and Chef Lai Xiaohui from Xujiacai at Chengdu with “Sichuan and Canton's Diamond Feast,” to be held on March 9 to 10 at Yi.

It will feature a six-course menu composed of exquisite and authentic Cantonese and Sichuan cuisines.

Some of the dishes diners can expect at Chef Wong and Chef Xiaohui’s collaboration are Crab Meat and Black Pearl in Fermented Rice Wine, Braised Abalone with Rock Rice, and Oven-Roasted 23 Days Pigeon with Lemon Grass and Sichuan Pepper. The dinner is available for MOP2,888 per person. To reserve a table, click here.

Presenting chapter six are Chinese Chef Honor Award Winner Chef Wang Changrong, and Bi Ying Restaurant’s Chef Yuk Lam with “Huaiyang Diamond Feast.” To be served on April 20 to 21 at Studio City Macau, the banquet will feature a six-course menu that showcases the seasonal flavors and local charm of Huaiyang.

The dinner is priced at MOP1,588 per person and will include dishes like Lobster and Rice Cracker with Passion Fruit Sauce, Braised Eight Treasures Pork Meat Ball in Premium Soy Sauce, and Steamed Yellow Croaker with Sichuan Pepper and Cured Meat. To book, click here.

Finally, the seventh chapter will see Chef Guo Qiang from Amico BJ and Chef Safa Rodas from Aurora with “Italian-Japanese Diamond Feast,” serving a unique fusion of Italian and Japanese fares.

This includes dishes like White Crab Three Ways with Sea Urchin and Caviar, Sea Scallops Confit with Green Asparagus and Five Color Sesame, and Foie Gras Mousse in Savory Cannoli, among others.

The “Italian-Japanese Diamond Feast” will be held at Aurora in Altira Macau from May 4 to 5, and is available for MOP1,588 per person. You can book a table by visiting this link.

The lineup for remaining chapters eight through 10 is yet to be unveiled this year. In the meantime, you can learn more about Melco’s collaboration banquets here.