Huangshan · private summit
Scored for the first snow of the year
An encounter for two · 5 nights
◇ The maison
Mandarin Noir is a small house in Toronto and Hong Kong arranging private encounters with a country that, for most, remains behind glass. We do not publish a catalogue. We do not advertise a price. We correspond.
◇ The private lookbook
These four are currently open to correspondence. Fifteen more sit in the private register, available on request and subject to our discretion.
Huangshan — a private summit cottage
“The first snow, a thermos of oolong, and a calligrapher who does not speak unless asked.”
Five nights · for two · winter season
Beijing — post-curfew courtyards
“An evening none of the other 40,000 daily visitors will ever see, opened quietly by the keeper.”
A single evening · for six · by appointment
Li River — a chartered junk
“Three nights on the water, with a Yangshuo kitchen that travels with us and a poet who reads when the moon is good.”
Three nights · a party of ten · April to October
Shanghai — the thirty-second floor
“Chef Huang closes her restaurant for us; the string quartet plays until the river quiets.”
A single night · no more than eighteen · any Saturday
Fifteen further encounters held in the private register — correspond to unlock
◇ From the directeur
Hana Cheng
Directeur · Toronto
“We read each letter we are sent. We decline roughly one in three, with care and without offence. What remains — what we accept — we commit to, fully, from the hour we agree a date to the car that brings you home from Pearson.”
— A private letter, to members
◇ Membership, by invitation
maison@mandarinnoir · toronto
+1 (416) 000 · 0198
