Pizza, pasta and delicate tiramisu seem to be the public’s impression and understanding of Italian food. However, top-notch Italian dishes mainly depend on chef’s understandings and skills of cooking.

Linguine with scampi, squid, clams, shrimps, mussels with fresh cherry tomatoes sauce.
From Oct. 21 to 26, Marco Polo Shenzhen will invite well-known Italian chef, Andrea Oreste Delzanno from Marco Polo Hong Kong, to serve authentic Italian dishes at its Café Marco.

Andrea Oreste Delzanno
Delzanno was trained at the age of 20 with Michelin star chef Corrado Michelazzo in three highly reputed Italian restaurants after graduating from one of the world’s most famous culinary schools. The Michelin star training continued when he moved to Asia where he worked with Michelin star chefs in the annual Asian World Summit.

Grilled lobster linguine with spicy tomato sauce and garlic.

Slow cooked wagyu beef cheek with Barolo red wine sauce on pumpkin puree.
During his six-day stay at Marco Polo Shenzhen, Delzanno will present several types of classic Italian cuisine — cold and hot dishes, soup, home-made pasta, seafood and meat dishes, to bring guests a different experience of Italian cuisine. The menu will include grilled lobster linguine with spicy tomato sauce and garlic; linguine with scampi, squid, clams, shrimps and mussels with a fresh cherry tomato sauce; risotto with porcini mushrooms, green asparagus and Testun al Barolo cheese and slow cooked wagyu beef cheek served with barolo sauce, pumpkin puree. (Tang Li)
(Edited by Stephanie Yang)