NEW ORLEANS (press release) – On Sunday, October 23, Mister Mao’s Chef/Owner Sophina Uong will once again open her doors for a charitable dinner. Uong and other local Chefs will team up for a Sunday Supper to benefit Fill the Needs, a NOLA-based non-profit organization dedicated to assessing, evaluating and implementing a coordinated network of resources following a disaster. Currently, Fill the Needs is working diligently to help victims of Hurricane Ian.
That evening, guests can help those who’ve been hit hard by Ian, while enjoying a five-course dinner featuring creative dishes prepared by talented chef from Piece of Meat, kin, Palm & Pine, and Plume Algiers. Priced at $85.00 per person (excluding alcoholic beverages, tax and gratuity), two seatings are available promptly at 5:45 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. Twenty-five percent of ticket sales will go directly to Fill the Needs.
Menu follows:
First Course
LeeHam Musubi
SPAM ya heard?, chorizo, Spanish rice, nori, red mole
Leighann Smith & Stephen Reyes, Piece of Meat Butcher
Second Course
Mulai Kattiya Taniyam
Sprouted mung beans, green chili, ginger, cilantro, mustard oil
Tyler Stuart & Merritt Coscia, Plume
Third Course
Noodle Brain
Chicken Fried Pork Brains, udon noodles, mustard cream sauce
Matthew Engle & Hieu Than, kinland
Fourth Course
Hot Gulf Shrimp + Hominy
Fall succotash, chocolate reaper chintextle, sour corn chow chow
Amarys Koenig Herndon & Jordan Herndon, Palm & Pine
Fifth Course
Devil’s Food
Chocolate, pomegranate, guntar chile, mischievous nuts
Heather Pickett + Jonathan Klaskala, Mister Mao
Tickets to the Hurricane Ian Relief charitable dinner on Sunday, October 23, are limited (60 seats available per seating) and are available on RESY. Mister Mao is located at 4501 Tchoupitoulas in New Orleans (entrance on Jena Street) and hours of operation: Monday 5-9 p.m., Thursday, Friday, Saturday 5-10 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. brunch and Sunday dinner 5-9 p.m. For further information please visit www.mistermaonola.com. Stay up to date on Instagram: @mistermaonola.
