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MHG Announces Asia de Cuba Mondrian South Beach
AUGUST 26, 2008. Morgans Hotel Group Co. (NASDAQ:MHGC) (MHG) today announced that Jeffrey Chodorow’s famed Asia de Cuba will open its sixth restaurant in the magical, bayfront Mondrian South Beach at 1100 West Avenue, Miami Beach, following in the footsteps of its other high-profile locations at Morgans in New York; St Martins Lane in London; Clift in San Francisco and Mondrian’s, both in Los Angeles and Scottsdale.
One of the most successful, independent restaurant companies in the US, Chodorow’s China Grill Management opened the first Asia de Cuba in New York in 1997 at Morgans. Ten years later the restaurant continues to rank as one of Zagat NYC’s “most popular nightspots.”
Asia de Cuba at Mondrian South Beach blends a vibrant, social atmosphere conceived by Marcel Wanders with innovative menus, incorporating the best of Asian and Latin cuisines and producing intense flavors distinctly united. The restaurant delivers imaginatively prepared signature dishes such as Calamari Salad “Asia de Cuba,” with chayote, hearts of palm, banana, cashews, chicory and radicchio in a sesame orange dressing; Tunapica, a picadillo style tuna tartare with Spanish olives, black currants, almonds and coconut in a soy-lime vinaigrette; Palomillo of Marinated Lamb, Miso-Cured Alaskan Butterfish accompanied by a tempura-battered shisito pepper, and Lobster “Mai-Tai, with rhum, coconut, red curry and wok crispy boniato."
From Morgans Hotel Group, the groundbreaking innovator that introduced the world to such iconic brands as Delano in Miami Beach and Royalton in New York City, Mondrian South Beach represents the first time the company offers private residences and condo-hotel ownership. With enchanting environments by Elle Décor’s International Designer of the year 2006, Marcel Wanders, ownership opportunities are priced from $500,000 to $6 million. The property features 335 hotel residences of studios, one- and two-bedroom units, and four tower suites and is scheduled to open in December 2008. For more information, www.mondriansouthbeach.com.
China Grill Management owns and operates six successful concepts in South Florida including China Grill South Beach, Blue Door at Delano, Blue Sea at Delano, Kobe Club, Tuscan Steak and China Grill at Fort Lauderdale Grande. For more information, www.chinagrillmgt.com.
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