Wing Lei’s exceptional Chinese cuisine also comes naturally to Ming, who grew up in Taishan, a city in China’s Guangdong province.
“It seems like destiny that I’m overseeing Wing Lei’s kitchen,” he says. For executive chef Ming Yu, cooking nightly at the Michelin-starred Wing Lei feels like a full-circle moment: He was introduced to the Las Vegas culinary scene as head chef at Ho Wan, a restaurant at the Desert Inn, where Wynn and Encore now stand.
