Join our members-only supper club with Chef Shirley Chung at Night Rooster 

We're genuinely excited to announce that our next members-only supper club will be hosted by Chef Shirley Chung at Night Rooster on Thursday, Sept. 10, at 6:30 p.m. Aside from an amazing meal with a group of newsies (or foodies), this is a dinner about triumph. 

Chef Shirley Chung, the Top Chef finalist known as the Dumpling Queen, was born in Beijing and trained in classic French and Italian kitchens under the tutelage of chefs including Thomas Keller, Guy Savoy and José Andrés.

Chung returned to the kitchen with the opening of Night Rooster after beating Stage IV tongue cancer in late 2024. The Design District restaurant gets its name from a Chinese folktale in which a rooster calls light back into the dark — a direct nod to renewal, fresh starts and resilience.

The dinner on Sept. 10 at 6:30 p.m. is curated by Chef Chung, who is known for a menu that blends traditional Chinese techniques and flavors with pop-culture twists and local ingredients. Take, for instance, her jumbo wagyu cheeseburger postickers, served with a bacon-tomato jam; cacio e Sichuan pepe noodles; and orange-stuffed Texas quail.

This dinner will be unique to the restaurant menu and will include a Q&A with the chef. The menu is in the works and we'll share the details as soon as we have them.

For one night, Chung will cook a meal for 20 Observer members.

Our Members-Only Supper Club series is proudly supported by Webb Family Law Firm. We can’t thank them enough for their support of local journalism.

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