【Tuesday Travel Stay】Mandarin Oriental Taipei Creates the Perfect City Wedding

Written/Compiled and Reported by the Editorial Team of MOOK Scenic Spots Family Travel Life Network

Mandarin Oriental, Taipei inherits the world-renowned luxury and refined elegance of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group. Both its accommodations and dining services provide premium experiences for business and leisure travelers. Its wedding facilities and services have also set a new benchmark in Taiwan’s five-star hotel wedding market. In addition to being the first in the industry to introduce bespoke fine cuisine crafted by an international culinary team, allowing couples to freely customize their menus, its exceptional scale and elegantly classic design have attracted political and business elites to hold their once-in-a-lifetime weddings here. Moreover, by leveraging the resources within the hotel and the group, the wedding team at Mandarin Oriental, Taipei is committed to creating a uniquely Mandarin Oriental experience for every couple.

Mandarin Oriental, Taipei stands out in the highly competitive wedding market with the following advantages, transforming a dreamy, dazzling wedding into an attainable and blissful experience.

The only wedding chapel among Taipei’s five-star hotels
The most extraordinary and prestigious wedding venue in Taiwan. Couples and guests can access the luxurious and stylish banquet spaces via a dedicated driveway from the spacious banquet hall. The grand ballroom, with a ceiling height of 7.3 meters and a column-free design spanning 290 ping (approximately 9,570 sq ft), can accommodate up to 78 tables. Its magnificent scale and elegant, splendid design offer an unparalleled experience. Additionally, the graceful and classic Mandarin Hall, with a ceiling height of 4 meters and covering 150 ping (approximately 4,961 sq ft), can host up to 35 tables, creating a particularly romantic and warm atmosphere for weddings. All banquet venues at Mandarin Oriental, Taipei are equipped with concert-grade lighting and sound systems, ensuring the perfect audiovisual effects for weddings. The grand pre-function areas also provide a majestic ambiance, making them the ideal venue for pre-wedding cocktail receptions and setting an elegant tone for high-end weddings.

Located on the eighth floor of the hotelMandarin Pavilion offers the perfect setting for a dreamy, romantic wedding and is the only wedding chapel among all five-star hotels in Taipei.The Mandarin Pavilion features a majestic 21-meter-high dome and romantic European-style carved walls. Soft, ethereal curtains allow natural light to filter through, casting a beautiful glow and adding a romantic hue to the Taipei sky outside the dome. Inside the Mandarin Pavilion, there is also a thoughtfully designed bridal dressing room, providing a comfortable space for the couple to prepare and get ready for their big moment. Couples can also host a cocktail party in the nearby Rose Garden, which boasts a European garden-style design.

Spoil Your Taste Buds: Enjoy Customized Exquisite Wedding Cuisine
The wedding cuisine at Mandarin Oriental, Taipei is led by Executive Chef Li Shiguang, who uses premium ingredients to deliver an extraordinary culinary experience for wedding guests. Originally from Singapore, Chef Li has over 23 years of experience and has worked at Singapore’s Hyatt Hotel, Crowne Plaza Singapore, and Mandarin Oriental, Singapore. His diverse background has made him not only adept at mastering Chinese cuisine but also highly skilled in preparing Western dishes and Southeast Asian flavors.

Take, for example, the “Classic Brilliant Wedding” menu priced at TWD 38,800 per table, meticulously designed by Chef Li. It includes 40 refined dishes, categorized into appetizers, assorted platters, soups, lobster or abalone, seafood, main courses, Chinese dim sum, and delicate desserts.Couples can select 18 dishes based on their personal tastes and preferences.One of the highlights is Chef Li’s thoughtful design: eight exquisite appetizers and four Mandarin Oriental platters are served at the table before the wedding banquet begins. For soups, guests can choose one from three options: Oriental Lobster Quartet Soup, Braised Scallop and Crabmeat with Snow Fungus, or 12-hour Slow-Braised Cordyceps Flower and Scallop with Abalone. Main courses include premium lobster or abalone dishes prepared using various cooking methods, such as Steamed Rock Lobster with Black Garlic, Penghu Lobster with XO Foie Gras Sauce, Slow-Braised Abalone with Braised King Oyster Mushrooms and Fresh Vegetables, or Braised Abalone with Mushrooms and Fresh Vegetables. Seafood dishes feature fresh cod, with three preparation styles to choose from: grilled with Japanese teriyaki sauce, Chaozhou-style steamed, or oven-roasted. Main staples include Spicy Crab Sauce Gold Buns, Mushrooms and Scallop Claws with Yifu Noodles, or Preserved Meat Golden Sand Bamboo Rice. For Chinese dim sum, there are two choices: Mango Pomelo Sago with Lime Snow Ice or Cherry Red. Finally, there are delicate Southeast Asian-inspired desserts.

Mandarin Oriental, Taipei also exclusively offers a custom-made wedding cake and a colorful assortment of chocolate parting gifts, specially crafted by world-renowned chocolate master Frank Haasnoot.Frank Haasnoot, once the personal pastry chef to the Queen of the Netherlands (Queen Beatrix), is an award-winning chef with 20 years of professional experience. Drawing on his extensive global background, he will create the most perfect and refined wedding pastries.