Next Special Event Booking – Sunday May 18, 2025
✨Flavors Reimagined: A Culinary Chapter by Chef Ivan Chan
Date: Sunday, May 18th
Location: The Orient Chinese Cuisine, Halifax
Seating Times: 5:00 PM & 7:30 PM
Experience the pinnacle of contemporary Chinese gastronomy as Chef Ivan Chan invites you to an exclusive culinary event in our elegantly renovated dining space. This extraordinary four-course tasting menu showcases Chef Chan’s masterful technique and creative vision—featuring his signature Peking Duck Supreme that captured Gold at the Canadian Culinary Championships. Each carefully composed dish represents a harmonious balance of traditional Chinese flavors reimagined through a modern lens.
Tasting Menu
Appetizers (Choose One)
Ocean’s Serenade
Lobster and Shrimp Dumpling with Halibut Soup & Morchella Mushrooms
A delicate dumpling of lobster and shrimp, immersed in a silky halibut consommé infused with morchella mushrooms, ginger, and aromatic green onion oil.
Silken Threads & Embered Glaze
Cold Salad Noodles with BBQ Chicken in Chef Ivan’s Special Sauce, Peanut-Sesame Dressing, Fenugreek Microgreens & Fresh Cucumber
A nostalgic nod to Chef Ivan’s childhood, this dish features chilled Hong Kong-style noodles in a silken sesame-peanut sauce, topped with tender BBQ chicken glazed in his signature sauce, fresh cucumber for a spring-like refreshment, and finished with fresh fenugreek microgreens.
Second Course
Golden Duck Legacy
Chef Ivan Chan’s Award-Winning Deconstructed Peking Duck Supreme
A refined reimagining of Chef Ivan’s Canadian Culinary Championship Gold Medal dish: creamy parfait of Peking duck and Cantonese shrimp paste, layered with golden kimchi beurre blanc, soft quail egg, fresh cucumber, and finished with lacquered Peking duck and an optional crown of caviar.
Main Course
Velvet Bliss
Sweet Soy-Braised Pork Belly with Celeriac Purée, Pickled Daikon, Garlic Crumble & Preserved Olive Green Beans
Melt-in-your-mouth pork belly braised in sweet soy, resting on velvety celeriac purée, paired with pickled daikon, crispy garlic crumble, and wok-tossed green beans with preserved olive.
Dessert
Golden Whispers
Deep-Fried Milk Stick with Strawberry Caviar, Black Sesame Cream, Kiwi Compote, Lemon Zest & Mint
A nostalgic Chinese treat reimagined — crispy milk stick paired with nutty black sesame cream, bright kiwi compote, strawberry caviar, fresh mint, and a hint of lemon zest to finish.
Wine Pairing TBA
