Lai Heen
Macau
Lai Heen lifts Cantonese dining above Cotai from the fifty-first floor of The Ritz-Carlton, Macau. Broad views accompany a menu that gives premium seafood careful, sometimes unexpected treatment, while five private dining rooms provide a more secluded setting for celebrations. Signature dishes include pan-seared bird’s nest with crabmeat and crisp Chilean sea bass with garlic. Prawns stewed in a casserole with port wine offer a local connection, bringing a Portuguese accent to the kitchen’s Cantonese foundations. Dim sum provides another way to explore the cooking at lunch. The combination of a lofty setting, detailed preparation and private spaces makes Lai Heen well suited to an occasion that deserves time at the table.