Resorts World New York City in South Ozone Park, Queens
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Resorts World New York City in South Ozone Park reopened RW Prime, the casino’s fine dining restaurant, with a new look and taste this past week.
Along with a newly renovated space that includes contemporary decor and carefully curated lighting, RW Prime will now offer a reimagined “East Meets West” menu that connects both American and Asian cuisine.
This new vision for RW Prime marks the first high-end Asian cuisine restaurant in the casino since the closing of Genting Palace in 2016. Since then, the team at Resorts World New York City has recognized a need to bring back this offering and on an even higher scale.
“We saw that as something we were lacking,” said Michelle Stoppard, the casino’s vice president of community development. “We wanted to cater to our Asian clientele.”
To conceptualize the new “East Meets West” menu, Resorts World brought on Keith Hernandez as the new executive chef for the restaurant. Hernandez, who grew up in Queens, will work with Chef Yu Chuen Pang in bringing the restaurant’s new cuisine to prospective diners.
On the West Menu, guests can choose from a wide array of flavors from appetizers including a spicy Tuna Tartare and savory “Wedge” salad to main courses like the 22 ounce Ribeye served with loaded potatoes and brussel sprouts or 10 ounce Short Rib Beef served “Galbi Style” with kimchi, pickled daikon, and gem lettuce in a sweet and smoky marinade.
The East Menu takes the Asian-inspired tastes even further with offerings that include a colorful Lobster Fried Noodle dish, sweet yet savory Garlic Crispy Chicken, and the restaurant’s signature Genting Fried Rice, featuring abalones, scallops, prawns, pine nuts, and green onions.
For seafood lovers, other offerings include with the West’s Roasted Halibut with clams, saffron Israeli couscous, asparagus, roasted tomatoes, tarragon, or perhaps, the…
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