Ussenko said the look of the restaurant was meant to evoke design elements from multiple Asian countries. The restaurant was designed by Kenneth Ussenko, the same designer behind Morongo’s 26th-floor Drum Room, Good Times Cafe and Pink Coffee. In the main dining room, guests will see patterned dividers, murals and color coordinated blue and orange place settings with chopsticks engraved with the restaurant’s name. Also highly visible is a large screen behind the bar area showing images of Asian countrysides and cities. He’ll provide his expertise in crafting some of the wok fired regional Chinese dishes.Ī row of glowing lanterns is one of the first things that greet guests as they make their way through the front side of the restaurant. Mozen Executive Chef Kuei Hua Lai was brought in to helm the restaurant after working as a chef in both Taiwan and Hong Kong. On a tentative menu, entree prices ranged between $10 and $42, though there were a couple items in the $50 range. Some of the items that will be served in the restaurant’s dining room include noodles such as seafood udon, chicken lo mein and Hong Kong-style combination beef chow fun sushi platters (with combo rolls or sashimi) salads such as beef bulgogi salad or mango teriyaki chicken salad and seafood dishes such as jumbo shrimp with cashew nuts.

“It’s a beautiful room and we understand that, but we want everyone to feel welcome here.” “We want to be inclusionary and not exclusionary by any means,” he said.

Gilbert said despite the restaurant’s opulent look - which includes large, glowing lanterns, dark woods and elegant wall treatments - Mozen is meant to be casual, not fine dining.

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