Robuchon au Dome, Macau

The Robuchon in Macau has always been among the better known for Robuchon’s chain of restaurants worldwide.

Since its relocation to the new Lisboa, I’m pleased to see Chef Francky Semblat stay on as head chef. Semblat personally trained under Joel Robuchon before his retirement, and Semblat has headed the Robuchon Macau since 2001. Continue reading

La Peca’s first visit to Macau

Apparently these two weeks has been quite busy for me, and undoubtedly, for a lot of food and wine reporters too. First of all, quite some guest chefs marched in to Hong Kong’s Michelin restaurants starting from October. Second of all, as the tax haven for wine in Asia, wine events are held almost every single day. With the arrival of the distinguish wine critic (or maybe a wine addict who drink 5 bottles of wine a day) Robert Parker tomorrow, I could foresee that another long week is ahead of me. Continue reading

The Eight, Macau

On an early Saturday morning, I wandered in Macau, trying to look for a decent and quiet place for breakfast after a long week. And somehow I was quite determined to have some Chinese food. But there’s one thing that I didn’t expect – running into a Michelin star Chinese restaurant – 8. Continue reading