Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto will host a special omakase dinner and sake and shochu tasting as part of the second annual LUCKYRICE Festival
Multiple locations
May 2-8, $59-$571
www.luckyricefestival.com
Despite the high prices, tickets are already going fast for the second annual LUCKYRICE festival, a week of special Asian culinary events held in venues in Brooklyn and Manhattan. The food fest begins May 2 with a kick-off dinner at annisa hosted by Anita Lo ($240) and continues May 3 with a cocktail party at the Bowery Hotel with Carol Lim and Humberto Leon ($59-$102), May 4 with the wildly popular Asian Night Market at the Archway Under the Manhattan Bridge in Dumbo ($59-$102), May 5 with an Omakase Dinner and Sake + Shochu Soirée at Morimoto with Masaharu Morimoto ($288) and a Flavors of Macau four-course wine-pairing dinner at the James Beard House ($170), May 6 with a Grand Feast at the Mandarin Oriental ($174-$288), May 7 with La Fête Chinoise at Daniel with Daniel Boulud and Susur Lee ($571), and then concludes May 8 with a Talk + Taste hosted by the Cooking Channel’s Ching-He Huang at the Astor Center ($59). The festival’s culinary council includes most of the aforementioned participants in addition to Anthony Bourdain, Floyd Cardoz, David Chang, Pichet Ong, Tadashi Ono, Eric Ripert, Marcus Samuelsson, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, and others, helping explain why it has become so successful so quickly. The $458 LUCKYRICE Passport includes VIP admission to the opening cocktail party, the Night Market, the Grand Feast, the Talk + Taste, and other perks. Proceeds benefit City Harvest.