RUYI Gastronomy launches at Waldorf Astoria Beijing

It started when a part of Chinese culture was destined to meet luxury French porcelain brand - LEGLE FRANCE and hence the RUYI collection designed by acclaimed ceramics designer Peter Ting was born. And then comes food and wine connoisseur, Managing Director of LEGLE FRANCE, Mr. Desmond Chang who couldn’t help imagining what kind of food could be paired with amazing tableware and so the RUYI Gastronomy was created. 

The essence of Chinese dining cannot be explored in one single RUYI Gastronomy. To explore 5,000 years of dining culture, each RUYI Gastronomy is like the discovery of a new chapter in a history album.  Following the footsteps of our ancestors, the RUYI journey began in Hong Kong and Shanghai with new interpretations of Cantonese cuisine, private kitchens and Huaiyang cuisine. And now the footsteps have taken LEGLE FRANCE RUYI Gastronomy to Beijing, the capital of China ready to embark on the next stage of gastronomic exploration of Beijing cuisine together with Waldorf Astoria Beijing.

To search for an innovative and fresh perspective on Beijing cuisine, Mr. Desmond Chang and the Chef of Waldorf Astoria Beijing Zijin Mansion, Chef Menex visited several Chinese food gurus for their opinions, including Taiwan food gourmet Mr. Zhu Zhenfan and Tan cuisine expert Chef Liu Guozhu. Mr. Desmond Chang and Chef Menex armed with this new inspiration began the return journey to prepare for the RUYI Gastronomy presented by LEGLE FRANCE at Waldorf Astoria Beijing, which will start from June, 2015 till December, 2015 at Waldorf Astoria Hutong Villa, which is created in the grand Ming Dynasty Royal Hutong (alleyway) Courtyard style with stone-colored walls and ridge roof tiles accentuated by red doors, red pillars and red window frames, providing the perfect sanctuary for guests to escape to, relax, and be pampered..