Inside Asian Gaming

October 2016 inside asian gaming 27 In Focus Immigrant Asians may even be more demanding about cultural authenticity than guests from Asia. Overseas visitors may welcome the chance for a burger at a brewpub or pizza and pasta change of pace while North American Asians may insist on freedom from them. Lucky Dragon is built for those customers. “Firstly, all of the signage on the site will be in Chinese first and English second, to ensure the hierarchy of the focus of our resort reads through at all turns of the guest experience,” Mr Jacoby says. Lucky Dragon will serve exclusively Asian food, front of house staff among the resort’s approximately 1,000 employees will speak Asian languages – primarily Mandarin Chinese – plus English and the casino floor with about 45 tables and 450 machines will be geared to table games, featuring not just baccarat but sic bo and pai gow poker. REAL DEAL Understanding Asian priorities, Lucky Dragon has devoted much attention to getting the resort’s food right. The resort will offer “some of the most authentic and cutting edge Asian culinary experiences in the country,” its culinary consultant Willy Ng, creator of San Francisco’s Koi Palace and Dragon Beaux, says. “This will truly be the singular destination for Asian culinary excellence in Las Vegas.” Lucky Dragon’s five culinary cards include Dragon’s Alley, celebrating Asia’s night markets withHutong bricks recalling Beijing’s alleys and street art sculptures as the setting for a rotating menu of regional specialties. Named through a social media competition, Dragon’s Alley features Las Vegas’ only show kitchen extending into the casino floor, letting players watch chefs create delicate dim sum and flaming stir fries. Pearl Ocean specializes in dim sum, the staple of Mr Ng’s “Lucky Dragon’s five culinary cards include Dragon’s Alley, celebrating Asia’s night markets with Hutong bricks recalling Beijing’s alleys and street art sculptures as the setting for a rotating menu of regional specialties.”