Macao Trading Co. has brought on Josh Blakely as executive chef. He replaces Erik Cereceres, the chef known as Chewy.
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Blakely, who was previously the sous chef at Employees Only, has redesigned the menu, doing away with the Chinese- and Portuguese-style options and instead opting to combine the two cooking traditions. The new menu includes such dishes as Tortilha do Macao, with sautéed crab meat and curry aioli; grilled prawns with garlic refrito and cashews; the requisite heritage pork belly, braised with mustard greens, grapefruit, and aged balsamic; and sautéed diver scallops with Malaysian curry sauce and country ham. Popular dishes like the mushroom and truffle croquette and the Peking-style pork rib have stayed on the menu, but been tweaked.
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