About this Event
THIS EVENT IS STRICTLY 21+
The pairing that nobody saw coming! This inventive collaboration will celebrate the flavors of Chinese and Jewish comfort food. Chef Alex Kuk of Wan's Mandarin House and Top Hat Delicatessen are teaming up to create a menu that blends tradition and familiar flavors that are not often paired. This dinner will feature multiple courses and a specialty cocktails by Gulf Steam Distillery.
Doors open at 6:45 pm, Dinner begins promptly at 7 pm
* Gratuity Included in Your Order
If you would like to sit with friends who purchased tickets in a seperate order, please email us at [email protected] no later than 3 days before the event, so we can try our best to accomodate you. If you or anyone in your party has dietary restrictions, please email us no later than 3 days before the event, so we can try our best to accomodate them.
About Chef Alex Kuk
Alex Kuk, a fourth-generation restaurateur, has hospitality running through his veins, hailing from a family with deep roots in the restaurant business. Growing up in a restaurant family, Alex spent his childhood immersed in the culinary world, where family time often meant working alongside relatives in their dining establishments.
Alex's great-grandfather founded Wan's Mandarin House over 60 years ago, a beacon of the family's culinary heritage. Today, Alex is the co-owner and operator of Wan's in Fort Lauderdale carrying on the family traditon of serving the South Florida community. Before taking over at Wan's, Alex co-founded Temple Street Eatery with Diego Ng and has managed several notable South Florida restaurants, including RA Sushi, Houston's, and Sushi Maki.
His educational background includes degrees in Hospitality Management from FIU’s Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management. Alex has also contributed to the academic world as an adjunct professor for FIU in both Miami and China, sharing his wealth of knowledge and experience with the next generation of hospitality professionals. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for both the FIU Alumni Association and the Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management Alumni Association.
About Top Hat Delicatessen
My grandfather Max Wolf, emigrated from Germany to New York City in 1936. Of all the possessions he brought over from Germany in that crucial and historic move, the TOP HAT was above all his most cherished one. Max's TOP HAT made appearances throughout the history of great family occasions, and would again at his wedding to Betty Lowenstein.
Now as it so happened, Grandma Betty was a certified knockout. And soon Max and Betty had a son they named Gerhard. Following an impactful family visit to the Statue of Liberty, Max & Betty launched the "Liberty Importing Company," a purveyor of imported & exported specialty foods. And little Gerhard Wolf dubbed himself "Jerry."
Then Jerry grew up to marry his very bright and beautiful sweetheart Harriet, wearing the same TOP HAT to his wedding that his father wore to marry his mother. In 1965, Jerry and Harriet moved from New York to Miami where they built a food distribution business they called Monel (for their children Monica and Elliot.) Jerry wore the TOP HAT on one more occasion...at my wedding to Melinda.
TOP HAT is dedicated to my father, my grandfather, and the values they instilled in me which made me who I am today.
- Elliot Wolf
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Event venue & nearby stays
Wan's, 664 North Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale, United States
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