Review / We review Sichuan Moon at Wynn Palace, Macau — André Chiang’s new restaurant
The acclaimed chef’s latest offering, Sichuan Moon, served up a 26-course degustation menu that appeals to the five senses and beyond ... but how good was it?
André Chiang is one of those star-spangled chefs known for what he dishes up in the kitchen.
His famous octaphilosophy – where eight elements make up the food and ingredients of his creations – is very much part of his success story, which includes being head chef of a three Michelin-starred restaurant in France and either owning or co-owning some of the most critically acclaimed restaurants in Asia such as Raw in Taipei, Taiwan, and Burnt Ends in Singapore.
Yet Chiang is known not only for his estimable culinary reputation, but also for his respectful but notable decision to exclude his restaurant, Raw, from the Michelin Guide.
Upon closing his eponymous, hugely successful Restaurant André in Singapore, he also asked that Raw be omitted from Taiwan’s inaugural Michelin Guide in 2018.
At the time he said that Raw is “a unique combination of the people, design and food of Taiwan. Every city needs an iconic restaurant. Raw will be the iconic restaurant for Taiwan. So I don’t need [Michelin].”
So when such a punctilious chef opens a brand-new Sichuan concept in Wynn Palace, Macau, the gourmands of the world will pay attention.
Sichuan Moon takes up the space that used to be Andrea’s, previously also a Chinese restaurant within Wynn Palace.