Dining Delights at Studio City Macau

Photo: Studio City is set to open this October

Studio City, the latest addition to Macau and the Cotai Strip (well it will be when it opens on October 27th), will bring the usual mix of gaming, entertainment and eateries to the SAR, but with such fierce competition for tourist dollars they will be trying to keep themselves ahead of the curve.

First is food. There will be over 30 new food and beverage outlets at Studio City, with a variety of drinking and dining venues ranging from signature restaurants and food halls to bars and lounges, as well as a few casual dining options that will sit neatly between award-winning (they hope) and cafeteria eating.

JD Clayton, Studio City’s property president tells us: “The eclectic array of fine cuisine, casual dining, noodle and tea shops, together with relaxing lounges and vibrant bars ensures a myriad of Asian and international food and drink experiences fully complements the thrilling entertainment attractions, making Studio City, Asia’s entertainment capital, the ultimate lifestyle destination.”

Time will tell, but if Studio City lives up to the hype, Mr. Clayton may well be right.

Photo: Shanghai Magic's interior will be modeled after The House of Magic

The first restaurant that really grabbed our attention was Shanghai Magic. Combining Shanghainese cuisine and magic (as you can guess from the name), the decor will be inspired by Franz Harary’s resident magic show The House of Magic and will deliver “a totally unique culinary experience with numerous tricks and surprises up its sleeve”.

Kids will no doubt love the Warner Bros. Restaurant, which will offer fun, colorful, family-friendly dining with a tree house-style interior that we suspect might appeal to the child in even the most mature among us. We’re also intrigued at the sound of Cosmos Food Station that promises to take “dining to stratospheric heights that earthlings can only dream of”.

Photo: Chef Tam Kwok Fung will bring his Michelin-starred talent to Chinese restaurant, Pearl Dragon

From the casual to the (hopefully) sublime. Studio City will have four signature restaurants offering Chinese, Italian, Japanese and Taiwanese cuisines. At the helm of Pearl Dragon, the hotel’s Chinese restaurant, is Tam Kwok Fung who is the chef responsible for Michelin-star restaurant Jade Dragon in the City of Dreams.

Trattoria Il Mulino, it is claimed, will deliver a chic and elegant dining experience, offering tasty and traditional Italian cuisine from Chef Michele Mazza. The New York City outlet of Trattoria Il Mulino was rated as one of the Big Apple’s finest Italian restaurants by Zagat for over 20 years. We can’t wait to see how the Macau outlet stacks up.

Japanese born, Italian and French trained, Hide Yamamoto will bring his standard four-concept idea to the eponymous outlet in Studio City. The concept will see four menus - sushi, teppanyaki, robata, and ramen - that will have the finest ingredients brought to Macau daily. Fresh fish will come from Tokyo’s famed Tsukiji fish market and ramen will be prepared on site using a traditional technique.

And this is just a sample of the smorgasbord of new dining options we can all look forward to when Studio City opens, which if things go to plan will be in about two months.

Macau is once again undergoing a transformation that will make it even more appealing for visitors and give residents a slew of new dining, drinking and entertainment options, and we are looking forward to letting you know our thoughts on each and every place.

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