CBSACHK Investment Series - A Night Club in Shanghai
The secrets of investing and running Le Baron, the most successful night club in Shanghai
Join us for an exclusive private dinner with Mr Yuan Wang (CBS EMBA ‘04), a major shareholder of the most successful and legendary night club in Shanghai, Le Baron. The renowned French graffiti artist André Saraiva (a.k.a. Monsieur A) conceptualized and opened Le Baron Paris in 2004 with subsequent openings in Tokyo, London, New York and Shanghai. Over a six-course dinner with wine tasting, Mr Wang will share his journey of investing and running the most sought-after and mysterious nightclub in Shanghai, which hosted a slew of international celebrities like Michael Jordan, David Beckham and artists like Hudson Mohawke, Kavinsky and Virgil Abloh. Mr. Wong Kar-wai shot his film See You Tomorrow (擺渡人) at the Club.
The six-course dinner will be hosted at Luluwan, an award-winning private kitchen in Central (formerly known as Fa Zu Jie). Mr Wang is generously providing complimentary wine tasting ($1,000 value/person) from his private wine collection. Wines and food menu details below.
Space is extremely limited.
Event Details:
- Date: June 7, 2022 | Tuesday
- Time: 7-10pm HKT.
- Location: Luluwan (20 D'Aguilar St, Central)
- Tickets: Members $720 HKD, Non-Members $900
Guest Speaker Bio
Mr. Yuan WANG (CBS EMBA ‘04) is a director of the board and a major shareholder of Le Baron Shanghai. He has been intimately involved in the business since its inception in 2014. Mr. Wang’s day job, running a global macro hedge fund at Quantek Capital Research (Hong Kong) Limited. Previously, Mr. Wang was a Co-Founder and served as a managing partner of Prudence Investment Management Limited, a credit hedge fund in Hong Kong.
Mr. Wang obtained an MBA from Columbia Business School in 2004, a Master of Science on the DARPA grant for Advanced Fuel Cell Research from Case Western Reserve University in 1997.
Luluwan Menu
- Braised beef shank, olive oil & garlic mayo, cucumber & tomato
- Salt-baked chicken taco, endive & pearl onion, ginger sauce
- Iberico pork, Sichuan chili & pepper, leeks & lettuce
- Boston lobster, cold noodles, elm fungus, spicy garlic & sesame sauce
- Sea bream, lime & herbs butter sauce, mushroom takikomi gohan (Japanese pilaf), fried burdock
- Pan-fried chinese glutinous rice ball, brown sugar & walnut stuffing, apple & almond tart
Wine Tasting List
Macon Pierreclos Lieu Secret, Verget 2018
Region: Burgundy Subregion: Maconnais
93, William Kelley, Wine Advocate (244), August 2019
The 2018 Mâcon-Pierreclos Lieu Sécret originates in the only part of lieu-dit Le Chavigne that Guffens doesn't own himself, but his neighbor refuses to sell the vineyard, consenting only to sell the grapes. The resulting wine is superb, unfurling in the glass with aromas of citrus zest, Anjou pear, wheat toast and pastry cream, followed by a medium to full-bodied palate with unmistakable old-vine concentration, muscular structuring extract and a racy spine of acidity. Tensile and stony, this is a Verget wine that wouldn't be out of place in the Guffens-Heynen cellar, and it comes warmly recommended. Drink 2020-2035.
Calon Ségur 1982
Region: Bordeaux Subregion: Saint Estephe
94+, Robert Parker, Wine Advocate (193), June 2009
Like Certan de May, I bought this in both half and 750 ml bottles. Only recently have the half bottles reached full maturity, and the 750 ml remains a massive, backward wine for long-term aging. A dense, opaque garnet color is followed by notes of roasted meats, herbs, black currants, incense, and damp earth. Full-bodied, still extremely tannic (sweet but noticeable tannins), rich, and backward, where perfectly stored, this 1982 will last for another 50 years. The estate has always compared it to their 1947, which is still a vibrant wine, and the 1982 should be just as profound. Anticipated maturity: 2015-2040.
La Gaffelière 2005
Region: Bordeaux Subregion: St Emilion
96, Robert Parker, Wine Advocate (176), April 2008
The finest La Gaffeliere I have ever tasted, the prodigious 2005 boasts a dense ruby/purple color in addition to a flamboyant bouquet of lead pencil shavings, creme de cassis, blackberries, smoked meats, incense, and Asian spice. Fabulously deep and full-bodied as well as ethereal and exceptionally elegant for its explosive richness and intensity, its lightness of being reflects the vineyard’s sensational terroir. This succulent beauty appears to be approachable, but that belies some significant tannins. Anticipated maturity: 2014-2030+.
