In December 2023, on the southern side of the Wanshou Hotel, Meng Du Hui: New Huizhou Cuisine welcomed its first guests. After nearly four months of architectural renovation and spatial design, TANZO Space completed this transformation. Rooted in the evolving heritage of traditional Huizhou cuisine, this new space unfolds a vivid and harmonious gastronomic journey within a contemporary vision of Huizhou courtyards.
Last year, designer Wang Daquan and the Meng Du Hui team spent two weeks journeying through Anhui villages, searching for a compelling anchor for their space. Majestic ancient capitals and the grandeur of Beijing contrast with Anhui’s understated elegance and cultural heritage. Meng Du Hui was always destined to be a space of overlapping contrasts—Huizhou’s nostalgia and Beijing’s cosmopolitan air; the boundless beauty of Eastern aesthetics and the expansive inclusivity of global culture. The space would be crafted at the intersection of new and old, of Anhui and Beijing, of nature and the city.