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Secret Menu

Secret Menu


Join us for an exclusive three-hour dining adventure with our Secret Menu, a special event that typically occurs once a month and features a unique theme. This experience showcases dishes that reflect Chef Kei’s culinary expression, accompanied by his storytelling, and emphasises a sharing concept, allowing guests to engage with flavours together and truly savour the moment.


Under Chef Kei’s guidance, you will embark on a culinary journey through Luso-Asian cuisine, exploring vibrant flavours from Malacca to Macau. Discover a blend of traditional and progressive Macanese dishes, each enriched with family recipes and personal narratives. This celebration honours 500 years of Luso-Asian gastronomy, providing a truly immersive dining experience.


Please note that, due to the nature of this event, we are unable to accommodate allergies or dietary restrictions. The menu features rare and exceptional ingredients, specifically crafted to create a unique and delicious meal for our guests.


To participate in this extraordinary event a £30 per person non-refundable deposit is required in advance. You can contact us to secure your deposit once the event is announced. Additionally, it is essential to request to join our invitation WhatsApp list for exclusive updates. Tickets will first be released to this list before becoming available to the general public. Please be aware that bookings can only be made for tables of two or four.


We highly recommend sampling our regular menu beforehand to familiarise yourself with our culinary offerings.


Embark on this remarkable culinary adventure, where every dish is served to be shared, and savour the joy of connection with fellow food enthusiasts!



Up coming Secret Menu

The Next Secret Menu will be held in October, final date will be announced


Some of Our Past Events


The Dragon Boat Festival 端午節 is a traditional Chinese festival to commemorate Qu Yuan who was the beloved poet of China from the ancient times, and is celebrated by holding dragon boat races and eating ZongZi 粽子 (sticky rice dumplings), integrating praying for good luck. 


At this event, a celebration seven course menu will be served with a complimentary welcome mocktail (byob with corkage). This time we would like to share with you some of our family recipes from our mum Dr. Ang.


Date: 9th June, Sunday

Time: starts at 7.30pm

Cost: 75 per person



Welcome to: A Journey to Malacca 


This seven course secret menu will transport our guests to Chef Kei’s first moments in Asia. The menu will follow his travels, reflecting the moments when he met the Portuguese descendants in Malacca, Malaysia. In Malacca he met the Malacca Portuguese sharing in their culinary heritage. It was a time when he rolled up his sleeves, tried the dishes for himself and discovered traces of his own ancestry in these recipes

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● Date: 5th May, Sunday @7.30pm

● Number of people : 2 people / 4 people per table

● Cost: £75 per person



On this annual Easter Secret Menu we will be serving an exciting seven course feast with Macanese Portuguese dishes.

These Easter celebration dishes are normally served once a year for this special occasion, it is not to be missed.


Date: 31 March, Sunday, 7pm

Cost: £70 per person, including a complimentary welcome mocktail.


【2024 YEAR OF THE DRAGON】

SECRET MENU


with good luck lion dance performance 

 Chinese New Year with exclusive Macau Kitchen banquet, followed by a traditional good luck lion dance performance from Yee's Hung Ga Kung Fu masters.

Eight course secret menu. Dishes with symbolic meanings special to this very special occasion are chosen to celebrate "The Year of the Dragon"

● Date: 18 February 24, Sunday ● Time : 5pm  ● Ticket: £80 per person


【Christmas Secret Menu】

Six course menu of secret dishes through the Christmas journey from Portugal and Luso Asian cuisine from Malacca and Macau

● Date: 17 December 23, Sunday  Time : 6.30pm


【November  Secret Menu】

Showcase the gastronomic journey from our recent  trip to Macau and Malacca, this is the part 2 journey following the October Secret Menu. 


A six-course menu with a complimentary welcome drink are chosen specially for this night, Chef Kei will be storytelling through each course. 

Each dish is an expression of Chef Kei, trying to capture moments in life within each dish, reflecting identity, culture, and birthplace.

We have very limited space for this  event. Tickets must be purchased in advance in order to secure your booking.

● Date: 19 November (Sunday)  @6.30pm


【October Secret Menu 】

which showcases the gastronomic journey from our recent trip in Macau and Malacca 😃😃

This is a six-course menu with a complimentary welcome drink and Chef Kei will be storytelling through each course. 

Each dish is an expression of Chef Kei, trying to capture moments in life within each dish, reflecting identity, culture, and birthplace. 

● Date: 29 October (Sunday) @6.30pm


April Easter Secret Menu


Six course menu based on the theme of Easter celebration and a complimentary non alcoholic welcome drink will be served on your arrival. Chef Kei has hand picked Macanese and Malaccan Portuguese dishes which are commonly consumed for this very special occasion. 


● Date: 9 April, Sunday, 7pm



London Secret Menu

Have you heard the big news? Macau Kitchen is coming to London for the first time! We will be hosting an exclusive secret menu event at the prestigious School of Wok in Covent Garden.


We'll be serving classic Macanese and Malacca Portuguese dishes. Chef Kei will introduce classic Macanese cuisine and Malacca Portuguese cuisine to our guests, as well as its connection between Macau and Malacca. Chef Kei will also present two of his own signature dishes, which are served at the Macau Kitchen in Edinburgh.



The history behind this type of cuisine is incredibly important to us here at Macau Kitchen. Macau and Malacca were the most important Portuguese settlements in Asia, developing into an intercultural gastronomic marriage. These communities, the Macao Luso-Asian communities as they are called in Macau, and the Kirstang in Malacca, Malaysia are incredibly connected to each other. They share a similar language, gastronomy, and culture which all relate to the Portuguese spice trade in Asia, and the intermarriages of the Portuguese settlers with the Goan, Chinese, and Malaysian communities. 


● Date: 7th March 2023 (Tuesday) @6pm 



February Secret Menu

Chef's Expressions' [Part 1]


This time Chef Kei is sharing his gastronomic journey!


The tastes and flavours right from the beginning of his childhood and from his journey of gastronomic discovery through the Portuguese spice trade in Asia trough mixed family heritage and personal experiences in Melaka and Macau.


This is a seven-course menu with a complimentary non-alcoholic welcome drink, over Chef Kei's story telling with dishes for the night. 


Each dish is an expression of Chef Kei, trying to get moments of life time capture within the dishes and reflects the connection to it's identity, culture and birth place. 


● Date: 19 February 2023 (Sunday) @7.15pm 



CHINESE NEW YEAR 

SECRET MENU 

with good luck lion dance performance 

 Chinese New Year with exclusive Macau Kitchen banquet, followed by a traditional good luck lion dance performance from Yee's Hung Ga Kung Fu masters.

Eight course secret menu. Dishes with symbolic meanings special to this very special occasion are chosen to celebrate 🐰 "The Year of the Rabbit" 🐰 

● Date: 22/1/23, Sunday

● Time : 11.30am Lion Dance Performance, 12.15pm banquet starts 


NEW YEAR'S EVE

SECRET MENU 

Six course secret menu with dishes from Portugal, Malacca to Macau

● Date: 31/12/22, Saturday

● Time : 7pm



 CHRISTMAS DAY

SECRET MENU 

Eight course menu of secret dishes through the Christmas journey from Portugal > Goa > Malacca > Macau.

● Date: 25/12/22, Sunday

● Time : 5pm to 8pm


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