The duck is very popular-in an average month, the restaurant sells 1,200 of them, and you can even get a duck tasting menu. Chen is a Cantonese cooking specialist who brings with him a constellation of five-star and five-diamond awards, and holds the distinction of helming Wing Lei at Wynn Las Vegas, the only Chinese restaurant in North America ever to have earned a Michelin star.ĭon’t miss the terrific Hong Kong barbeque, or the Peking Duck, which is fanned for about 32 hours to ensure it is perfectly dry before cooking, which translates into a shatteringly crisp skin. Since there were only two of us, the enormous King Crab was out of the question, but that still left a wealth of options-like prawns that were swimming about just a few seconds before executive chef Richard Chen expertly prepared them, advising us to suck on the heads, just like crawfish.

It’s actually part of Wynn Resorts’ strategies.It’s hard to choose where to start at this temple to Chinese food-a plush red-velvet enclave that opens onto the casino floor. Wynn Resorts CEO Matt Maddox, trying to quell concerns about talk of a possible sale weeks ago, added: “”Encore Boston Harbor is not for sale. “We’re no longer a gritty city - we’re a city that’s on on the move.” That’s what we were defined for many years - that gritty industry city, right?” he said. “You see what’s happening across the street, all those buildings coming down, the used car lots, the scrap yards. “Encore Boston Harbor has delivered a property of superior quality, has provided numerous transportation options to access the site and has cleaned up a waterfront that has not been accessible to the public in more than 100 years,” she said in a statement.Įverett Mayor Carlo DeMaria said the casino will lead to a revitalization of the neighborhood. The commission said it will issue Encore its final operation certificate during a public meeting later this month.Ĭommission Chairwoman Cathy Judd-Stein welcomed the first day. State gambling regulators approved Encore to open for business after three test nights.

“We know that the company has invested a tremendous amount of money, and we can’t wait to open to get to the public in the doors so we can make the return on investment for shareholders,” said Encore Boston Harbor President Bob DeSalvio. State gambling regulators on Friday granted Encore Boston Harbor a temporary operating certificate to open its doors Sunday at 10 a.m.

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