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HOH WOK CLUB: Bazi hosts Eleanor Hoh's Chinese New Year gathering

January 26, 2016 By Eleanor Hoh 2 Comments

To celebrate the Year of the Monkey, I’m excited to announce my HOH WOK CLUB gathers for a Chinese New Year Asian dinner with an Italian spin at Bazi, located inside the historic Marlin Hotel, Sunday, February 21st from 4-6pm for $50 including tips and tax, what a steal! Only 50 69 lucky guests get to join me inside the dramatic dining room with red and gold accents, replete with elegant tufted banquettes, sleek pendant lighting, artfully shaped bonsai, and a massive dragon with glittering golden scales.

Bazi will offer guests a festive communal dining experience rich with traditional Asian touches. Diners can get their year off to a lucky start by enjoying menu items such as long noodles served to symbolize longevity, house made dumplings for prosperity and more, see menu and how to make your reservations below! Do not delay because once the 50 69 spaces are gone, that’s it, see you there! We got the upstairs intimate lounge as well, yay.
I went to their own Chinese New Year gathering with lion dance last week and sat at the bar, it was so much fun! I got to meet the neatest people and hang. Here are many of the dishes you’ll be having. See all the cozy couches and lounge areas you can sit at if you prefer not to be at a table.

Bazi-CNY-springrolls-duckconfit — Here’s Chef Michael Pirolo waving right before the craziness started. Bottom right is braised mustard greens with crispy shallots, a very refreshing and tasty dish, my fav were those shallots.

BAZI-CNY-Longevity-Noodles — Majorly in love with this longevity spicy, sour soup noodles with tender chicken morsels, maitake mushrooms and the cucumber sesame noodles pulled all the flavors together.

BAZI-CNY-Snapper-dumplings — Jason, the bartender shaking up a cocktail(no not mine), he was so friendly and told me about the various tasting menus Bazi offered! That beautiful upstairs lounge with the giant dragon is so cozy and intimate. The crispy snapper on top of a bed of cabbage slaw was totally delightful. I know westerners aren’t used to eating a whole fish, but in Asia, it’s always served with the head and tail. Eating fish during New Year brings you luck, so eat UP! Those sweet potato dumplings were the best, they just slide down your throat, so good.

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HOH WOK CLUB is a celebration of Asian culture and cuisine. One of the main reasons I created it was to introduce folks to good Asian cuisine run by smaller, independent family owned restaurants and help spread the word. Find out more about HOH WOK CLUB.

cozy couches if you prefer to eat from the bar

You’re in for a treat! Last year’s Asian Thanksgiving at Bazi was delightful! Find out how Chef Michael Pirolo and Jen Chaefsky, owners of Macchaliana came up with this brilliant idea of Italian Asian fusion due to their love of Asian cuisine. It’s brilliant they found Chef Brett Collier to execute their concept, I can’t wait for our Chinese New Year dinner, bring your family and friends, the more the merrier, see you there!
Visit Bazi for more details.

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Here are details, you know the drill, you’ll be prepaying directly to BAZI…
When: Sunday, Feb. 21: 4-6pm, lunch starts 4:15pm SHARP!
What: Celebrate Chinese New Year of Monkey with an Italian Asian twist!
Where: Bazi Restaurant at the Marlin Hotel, 1200 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Fl 33139
Cost: $50 includes tips and tax
Max: 50 lucky guests
Reservations and prepay: Bazi Reservations if any problems, call Bazi directly, tel: 305) 695-0101
Parking: Valet $15 OR public garage on 13th and Collins.

KUNG HEI FAT CHOY!

Wok Star Supper CLUB: Hakkasan Yum Cha 2015 (updated)

March 2, 2015 By Eleanor Hoh Leave a Comment

Year of the Ram is off to a fabulous start for 2015! Chinese New Year with 70 lucky people at HAKKASAN, Fontainebleau Miami Beach was such a treat! I organized it as part of my Wok Star Supper Club gatherings, to celebrate Asian culture and cuisine with like minded people. If you’ve never had an authentic Yum Cha Chinese style, you have to experience it. And the best way to do that is at a chic, modern and beautiful restaurant like HAKKASAN. You get the royal treatment and you leave all the work to the chefs who painstakingly make all the intricate and magnificent dumplings and miniature sculptures!
Yum Cha in Chinese literally means, “drink tea” and is a leisurely way to enjoy an afternoon with family and friends over a 4 course 13 item dim sum menu, and that’s what we did yesterday. If you missed it, you can drool over the dishes below.

It was wonderful to see so many who’ve attended my class join me in this celebration and I hope to make this an annual event. If you want to experience future Wok Star Supper Club events, subscribe to my free newsletter in right sidebar so you’ll be the first to hear about events and get first option to reserve as well as news about my wok cooking classes, resources, meal ideas, tips, techniques and videos to simplify your life!

Thanks so much to Tasting Table, New Times and Miami Herald for spreading the word!

photo credit: all horizontal photos by Geraldine Ramirez, square food shots by me!

Hakkasan at the Fontainbleau Hotel
4441 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33140

HOH WOK CLUB: Hakkasan Miami host Chinese New Year Yum Cha

February 22, 2015 By Eleanor Hoh Leave a Comment

NEWS UPDATE! 19 more spots have been added due to popular demand! Please click on registration graphic at bottom of this page to SIGN UP and PLEASE, PLEASE read the instructions below for arrival and parking! We will sit down to yum cha lunch promptly at 12:20pm, so give yourself PLENTY of time to get there, mingle and have a complimentary champagne! If you’re interested to hear about specials like this and get the first dibs to attend, sign up for my free newsletter in right sidebar of this website —>
This Chinese New Year of the Ram, I’m excited to announce my HOH WOK CLUB gathers for an exclusive Yum Cha Lunch at the chic and modern HAKKASAN, Fontainebleau Miami Beach, Sunday, March 1st from 12-3pm for $45 including tips and tax! Only 40 lucky guests get to join me inside the elegant Ling Ling Room room designated for this intimate gathering where guests can socialize and savor a sit down yum cha lunch.
Just a teaser, canapes of sesame prawn toast, steamed scallop shui mai, pan fried foie gras Shanghai dumpling and wild mushroom hand pulled noodles (my favorite) are some of the 13 items in this superb menu, see full menu below. I look forward to seeing you then!
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HAKKASAN is located inside the iconic world famous Morris Lapidus’ designed Fontainebleau Miami Beach. I’m proud and honored to be associated with Hakkasan, as a cooking teacher, it’s important for me to showcase only restaurants that represent Asian culture and cuisine at its finest. I only want to bring you the best so you’ll have a wonderful experience to remember, so bring your family and friends and let’s celebrate the Year of the Ram!
HOH WOK CLUB is a celebration of Asian culture and cuisine and a way for cooking students and Wok Star Eleanor Hoh to socialize outside of her Wok Star cooking classes and marketing Wok Star Kits to help folks succeed in wok cooking and eating healthy while having fun! These gatherings are also open to anyone who enjoys meeting people and exploring new flavors. Many who’ve attended have gone back to these restaurants to try other dishes and told friends about them. Over the years, Eleanor has had the honor of building wonderful relationships with the chefs and owners of the restaurants. One of the main reasons Eleanor created HOH WOK CLUB was to support smaller, independent family owned restaurants and help them succeed.
In this case, HAKKASAN is not a small family owned restaurant, it’s a Michellin-star concept with authentic, modern Chinese fare and AAA Four Diamond award winning restaurant. Chef de cuisine Jian Heng Loo (Kenny), originally from Malaysia has worked at prestigious restaurants including the Capella Singapore, a luxury resort, and the G Hotel in Malaysia. Jian honed his craft over a span of twenty years throughout Asia, he’s a new generation chef that uses his creativity and open mind to innovate the traditional Chinese cuisine.

Hakkasan-bar — Hakkasan bar: meet at 12pm for complimentary glass of champagne

Hakkasan-LingLingRoom — 12:20pm Ornate and intimate Ling Ling Room for sit down Yum Cha

Hakkasan-dimsum — Feast on modern, beautifully sculpted Chinese dim sum fare!

You’ll be prepaying directly to HAKKASAN…
When: Sunday, March 1st, 2015: 12-3pm, do not be late, we will start lunch at 12:20pm sharp!
12pm – complimentary: glass of champagne upon arrival in the bar
12:20pm – yum cha lunch in Ling Ling room (see menu below)
3pm – end
Where: Hakkasan is located in rear of Fontainebleau Miami Beach, near pool, take elevator.
4441 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139.
Cost: $45 includes tips and tax. Extra Alcoholic beverages will be added to your bill.
Why: celebrate Chinese New Year of the Ram
Tel: if any problems, please call Hakkasan directly, I have no control over reservations. Before 4pm 1-877-326-7412 and 786-276-1388 after 4pm.
Parking: Valet $12 with stamp from Hakkasan. There is public parking north of the hotel and a little hike. Also garage just south of hotel. Your choice.
Social media: use hashtag #WokStar on twitter, instagram and Facebook to share your day. Follow @dinebleau (Fontainebleau’s food account)
Reservations and prepay: click on graphic below to reserve and prepay…

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