Waldorf Chengdu chinese restaurant

Infinite luck chinese restaurant - Private dining room

Located at the 50th floor, the Infinite Luck restaurant has a beautiful of the Chengdu skyline.

Infinite Luck Restaurant Waldorf Astoria Chengdu view

Infinite Luck Restaurant Waldorf Astoria Chengdu flower 

The executive chef is Tony Yang, no idea who this person is but judging from quality of food served, he is not a famous chef. The food looks better than it tastes and it is a cantonese style food served with Sichuan flavors. The food is lacking the technique required for traditional cantonese food and also lacking in the bold flavors of Sichuan cuisine.

The saving grace is the restaurant interior. 16 ft high ceilings with floor to ceiling windows offering sweeping views of the main artery road Tianfu street all the way to the south.

For the private dining room, there is enough seating for up to 18 and sofa and lounge chairs on the side to sit and relax. There is also a bathroom in the dining area so you do not have to leave the dining room.
 

You can bring your own wine for a corkage fee. A variety of red, whites , rose and few bottles of champagne went with the dinner.

First up is the beautiful lacquered box of Sichuan pickles. At Sichuan restaurants, usually pickles are served as appetizers and pickles are a good indicator of the skills of the chef and the meal to come. Although the presentation looks Michelin worthy, the taste is lacking and that is true for the rest of the meal.

Infinite Luck Restaurant Waldorf Astoria Chengdu sichuan pickles

Dumplings, the skin is on the thick side.

Infinite Luck Restaurant Waldorf Astoria Chengdu dumplings

Black fungus with onions, vinegar, soy sauce and red oil

Infinite Luck Restaurant Waldorf Astoria Chengdu black fungus

Traditional Sichuan dish of thin sliced pork belly dipped in sauce of ginger, garlic, vinegar, soy sauce and sugar

Infinite Luck Restaurant Waldorf Astoria Chengdu thin slice of pork belly

Chilled chicken served with red oil and sesame seeds, beautiful presentation, mediocre taste

Infinite Luck Restaurant Waldorf Astoria Chengdu chilled chicken in red oil and sesame

Deconstructed peking duck with caviar on top. Would like to see the rest of the duck, hope they did not just throw it away. The famous duck places such as Hakkasan of London, NYC and Mott32 of HK & Vancouver usually has 2-3 courses with the duck. The skin is crispy and the pungent caviar blended nicely with the rice pancake

Infinite Luck Restaurant Waldorf Astoria Chengdu deconstructed peking duck with caviar

Deep fried shrimp ball with mayonnaise, this dish is well executed

Infinite Luck Restaurant Waldorf Astoria Chengdu deep fried shrimp ball with mayonnaise

Sichuan fish with green and red peppers, the fish is cut too thick, hard for the taste to permeate through

Infinite Luck Restaurant Waldorf Astoria Chengdu fish

Braised pork belly is done well, you can see the well defined layers of fat and lean meat. So much plate for so little meat.

Infinite Luck Restaurant Waldorf Astoria Chengdu braised pork belly

Shrimp dumplings in the cage. The skin is also too thick.

Chef Tony, you need to make your food taste as good as it looks.