Diner’s Diary | What HK$5,750-a-head Macau wine dinner tells us about the Michelin brand
Restaurants guide publisher teamed up with Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate to present dinners – cooked by Michelin-starred chefs – in Singapore, and is now bringing the formula to Macau and Hong Kong
The media invite didn’t say much, only that Michelin – the arbiter of fine dining – and Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate – the arbiter of fine wines – had an announcement to make at Studio City in Macau on Tuesday.
Once there, Bernard Delmas, senior vice-president of Michelin, told us that following their successful collaboration on Michelin Dining Events in Singapore this year, they decided to stage similar events in Hong Kong and Macau.
Thus on November 11 there will be a gala dinner for 700 guests at Studio City, cooked by six chefs (from Michelin-starred restaurants, of course): Alvin Leung of Bo Innovation in Hong Kong, Hideaki Matsuo from Kashiwaya in Osaka, Bjorn Frantzen of Frantzen in Stockholm, Guillaume Galliot of Tasting Room, Macau, Tam Kwok-fung of Jade Dragon, Macau, and pastry chef (and macaron king) Pierre Herme.
While the menu hasn’t been disclosed – or maybe it’s a surprise – the wines that will be served are pretty impressive. There’s M. Chapoutier Ermitage “Le Meal” Blanc 2010, to which Robert Parker gives 100 points, followed by four wines from the Pomerol region: Chateau Latour à Pomerol 2006, Chateau Hosanna 2006, Chateau Trotanoy 2006 and Chateau La Fleur-Petrus 2006.
The price tag? US$750 per person, or HK$5,750.
Gulp.