Macau: Combining premium ingredients with a culinary legacy passed down through three generations, Tenmasa at Altira Macau presents an array of delicately flavored masterpieces. From March 26 to 27, 2014, Executive Chef Takayuki Nonaka of Tenmasa Tokyo will be in Macau, offering discerning diners an exquisite set dinner menu that includes Wagyu beef tempura and fresh seafood sashimi.

 

With humble beginnings as a tiny eatery in 1937, Tenmasa is now Tokyo's most celebrated tempura restaurant. Founder Masaji Hashii's frying instructions and recipes have been passed down to his grandson and current owner Yoshiaki Hashii, ensuring that seventy years of experience are preserved in the venue's exceptional cuisine.

 

Under the direction of Chef de Cuisine Takenori Noguchi, Tenmasa at Altira Macau -- the only extension of the brand outside of Japan -- continues this distinguished tradition. Its intimate ambiance, modeled after the Tokyo restaurant, fuses seductive modern design with traditional elements.

 

Chef Noguchi also oversees the authenticity of Tenmasa's fine cuisine. Ingredients are specially flown in from Japan several times a week. Also, the tempura is cooked in a way that covers the ingredients in a thin crispy batter while maintaining their original flavors. Highly skilled chefs work their art before the diners, using special metal chopsticks to sense the vibrations of the food to determine that each item is cooked to perfection.

 

Executive Chef Nonaka's guest stint enlivens Macau's dining scene. Available for only two nights, the dinner menu encompasses highly anticipated dishes such as a delicate fresh cream soya milk tofu appetizer, blue fin tuna sashimi, a variety of seafood tempura and Japanese wagyu beef tempura.

 

Beginning his career in 1988 at Tenmasa Tokyo, Chef Nonaka worked with two generations of the restaurant's founding family. Aside from impressing patrons with his creations, the chef possesses the remarkable ability to distinguish ingredients by the sizzling sounds they make in the fryer. Before becoming the Executive Chef of Tenmasa Tokyo, he helped to open Tenmasa Marunouchi Building and Tenmasa Haneda Airport in 2002 and 2004, respectively.

 

The exclusive set dinner is priced at MOP2,480* per person. For greater dining pleasure, the Japanese wagyu beef tempura dish will be available after the two-day guest promotion, until May 31, 2014.

 

Located on Level 11 and accessible by dedicated elevators, Tenmasa is open for lunch from noon to 2:30pm, and dinner from 6pm to 10:30pm. It is closed on Mondays.

 

*Available from March 26 to 27, 2014．Dinner

 

*Subject to a 10% service charge. This promotion cannot be enjoyed in conjunction with any other promotion or discount. Terms and conditions apply.

 

For inquires and reservations, please call +853 2886 8868.

 

 

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About Melco Crown Entertainment Limited

Melco Crown Entertainment, with its shares listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Hong Kong Stock Exchange") (SEHK: 6883) and its American depositary shares listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market (NASDAQ: MPEL), is a developer and owner of casino gaming and entertainment casino resort facilities in Asia. Melco Crown Entertainment, currently operates Altira Macau (www.altiramacau.com), a casino hotel located at Taipa, Macau and City of Dreams (www.cityofdreamsmacau.com), an integrated urban casino resort located in Cotai, Macau. Melco Crown Entertainment's business also includes the Mocha Clubs (www.mochaclubs.com), which comprise the largest non-casino based operations of electronic gaming machines in Macau. The Company is also developing the planned Studio City Project, a cinematically-themed integrated entertainment, retail and gaming resort in Cotai, Macau. In the Philippines, Melco Crown (Philippines) Resorts Corporation's subsidiary, MCE Leisure (Philippines) Corporation, has been cooperating with SM Group's Belle Corporation to develop and operate City of Dreams Manila, a casino, hotel, retail and entertainment integrated resort in the Entertainment City complex in Manila. For more information about Melco Crown Entertainment, please visit www.melco-crown.com.

 

Melco Crown Entertainment has strong support from both of its major shareholders, Melco International Development Limited ("Melco") and Crown Resorts Limited ("Crown"). Melco is a listed company on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and is substantially owned and led by Mr. Lawrence Ho, who is Co-Chairman, an Executive Director and the CEO of Melco Crown Entertainment. Crown is a top-50 company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and led by Executive Chairman Mr. James Packer, who is also Co-Chairman and a Non-executive Director of Melco Crown Entertainment.

 

About Altira Macau

Altira Macau is operated by a Macau subsidiary of Melco Crown Entertainment Limited, an entertainment company listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (SEHK: 6883) and the NASDAQ Global Select Market (NASDAQ: MPEL).  It is a contemporary luxurious casino hotel offering premium entertainment, elegant facilities, together with highly personalized and tailored customer service catering primarily to the Asian-oriented high roller gaming market. Altira Macau features a 38-storey tower including approximately 183,000 square feet of dazzling multi-level casino as well as exclusive private gaming salons. The complex also features a contemporary luxurious Forbes Five Star rating hotel with 216 spacious guestrooms, including 24 luxurious suites and 8 elegant villas, world-class restaurants including the Michelin-starred restaurant Aurora, stylish 38 Lounge and the luxurious, award winning, Altira Spa. For more information please visit: www.altiramacau.com.

 

 

 

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