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What are your plans for your role
with the WMC Group?
WMC Group has been successful in
managing prestigious restaurants offer-
ing Vietnamese Chinese, Japanese, Ger-
man and American cuisine. They also
have lots of serving styles, including
buffet, steakhouse and teppanyaki. I
hope with my experience after several
years of exploring international cuisine,
I can contribute something to help
WMC Group’s customers experience
more dishes and even how to prepare
their own meals at home. In short, as
Culinary Ambassador of the group, I will
be their customers’ friend.
Will you often be present at the WMC
Group’s restaurants?
We will co-operate to organise
events to interact with the customers
in each restaurant. Those activities de-
pend on each restaurant’s style. For
example, I will show the diners how to
choose fresh seafood or prepare good
beef. We have launched the program in
the festive season to bring our custom-
ers joy, relaxation and excitement.
WMC Group also operates Ngan Dinh,
a Chinese restaurant. As a Chinese
chef, are you going to support this
restaurant?
Ngan Dinh had been famous for
many years prior to me starting my role
as Culinary Ambassador at WMC Group.
The restaurant has over 20 years of his-
tory, which is great for any restaurant.
Ngan Dinh has many excellent chefs
including Yu Zhi Da, a prestigious chef
with a well-known TV show in Hong
Kong. Thus, they are the best partners
for me and it is for me to bring my ex-
pertise to Ngan Dinh Restaurant.
Cooking is not a simple job, espe-
cially when you have the whole res-
taurant to take care of - I can share my
experience of organising the kitchen.
You have travelled a lot throughout
Vietnam on the reality TV show, Mar-
tin Yan Taste of Vietnam. What do
you think of Vietnamese cuisine?
I have learnt lots of interesting
things. Vietnam has a huge range of
dishes. And also each dish has differ-
ent tastes depending on each region.
It is interesting for me, as I always find
a new dish when I come back to the
country. It is awesome to enjoy deli-
cious dishes everywhere from the street
vendors to the five-star hotels.
You can find many international
restaurants in the country. WMC Group’s
restaurants are good examples. Being
Culinary Ambassador of WMC Group is
a chance for me to explore more about
Vietnamese cuisine as well as bring the
cuisine to the world.
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FINE DINING
Meet and greet with celebrity
CHEF MARTIN YAN
During the Holiday Season, the Windsor Plaza Hotel was proud to welcome one
of the world’s most famous TV chefs of all time, Chef Martin Yan. With his ground
breaking TV show, Yan Can Cook broadcast around the world since the 1980s, Chef
Yan has introduced Chinese cuisine to millions and showed how anyone can enjoy
Asian cuisine at home. He is also now the Culinary Ambassador of Windsor Plaza
Hotel and WMC Group.