The Grand Lisboa Palace may be a long way from Italy’s dreamy Amalfi Coast where the original Don Alfonso is located, but head chef Federico Pucci does a fine job of channeling the Mediterranean at this upscale Macau outpost. Hailing from Tuscany, Pucci takes Don Alfonso’s southern Italian, farm-to-table philosophy and broadens its scope while updating dishes for local palates. That means a menu big on fresh seafood but also hearty beef and other meats, with diners having the choice of à la carte or degustation. A classic dish of vitello tonnato sees discs of thinly sliced veal jazzed up with tuna belly tartar and caviar, and another classic, a dessert of tiramisu, is more like a chocolate, coffee, and mascarpone ice cream. Comfort comes in the form of paccheri pasta with a medley of seasonal seafood, and pigeon ragout wrapped in a thick roll of handmade pappardelle, while casseruola all’acqua pazza (a seafood casserole) and the bistecca alla Fiorentina T-bone steak are made for sharing. As may be expected from the flagship restaurant within the Palazzo Versace hotel, interiors are vividly patterned swirls of baroque-rococo bling, in keeping with the style of this flamboyant fashion brand. —Kee Foong

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