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Wynn - 2014 - Issue 2 - Fall

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99 Noodles combines tradition and fl avor at Encore at Wynn Macau. BY MATT KELEMEN DANCING WITH THE STARS PHOTOGRAPHY BY BARBARA KRAFT E ncore Macau's 99 Noodles is one of the most artful places to enjoy hand-pulled and hand-cut noodles; only here can diners experience a "dance of the chopsticks" while sitting down to their food. As with all Wynn dining experiences, a visual feast accompanies the menu offerings. In this case, the menu was carefully curated by Chef de Cuisine Liu Jie and his father, Master Chef Liu Guo Zhu, while Wynn Design and Development borrowed from the past to playfully push design into the future. 99 Noodles' legacy goes back 50 years. Master Chef Liu Guo Zhu, renowned for his expertise in the elaborate Tan cuisine of the Chinese aristocracy, spent 20 years at the historic Beijing Grand Hotel, where he famously prepared dinners for Deng Xiao Ping, Britain's Queen Elizabeth, and Henry Kissinger, among others. Liu Jie's career includes 17 years at the Beijing Grand Hotel before becoming executive chef at Kai Xuan at the Hong Kong Jockey Club in Beijing. He then joined his father at Wynn Macau's Golden Flower and 99 Noodles. "The concept of 99 Noodles is different," says Master Chef Liu Guo Zhu. "There is a great variety of Chinese noodles, which varies according to their region of production, ingredients, shape or width, and manner of preparation. We would like to share this culture and traditional gourmet [food] with our guests." Chef Liu Jie leads a team of chefs from China's Gansu and Shanxi prov- inces, both famed for their noodles. The restaurant's interactive menu gives guests the opportunity to select from nine kinds of noodles (includ- ing La Mein from Beijing and knife-shaved noodles with Shanxi origins), nine hot broths, and various garnishes and sauces (such as Beijing minced pork with yellow bean sauce) in order to customize their own dinner. "It takes at least eight hours to prepare the broths by using the best ingredients, and our noodles are all handmade," says Liu. "We offer the finest and the original flavor of northern China. I think the success of 99 Noodles comes from attention to details and exquisite quality." That detail extends to the design of the room. Brightly colored chop- sticks complement cream-colored brickwork fronting the orange walls, vivid red floral-print carpeting, and rich black furniture. "Chopsticks play 66 WYNN MACAU SPOTLIGHT

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