He won a Daytime Emmy Award for his show in 1998 for best cooking show. The James Beard Foundation recognized him with an award for best television cooking show in 1994, best television food journalism in 1996, and a who’s who of food and beverage in America in 2001. Yan stars in Yan Can Cook on public television, dispensing his approachable recipes to viewers since 1982. Asia also plans to offer takeout, with orders placed in digital carryout lockers. The dining room expects to showcase murals and natural textures. PGAL out of Las Vegas designs the space with the Lucky Bell Bar at the front and a 130-seat dining room, where diners can watch chefs hand-pulling noodles and working the wok station. Yan - who was born in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, and grew up in Hong Kong - focuses his menu on Asian flavors, bringing a roster of dishes such as Peking duck, dim sum, live seafood entrees, and hand-pulled noodles from China, Japan, Vietnam, and Thailand.

Asia, to Bally’s this year in the third quarter, just as the resort changes its name to the Horseshoe Las Vegas.

Now add James Beard Award winner and public television star Martin Yan to the mix as he brings his own restaurant, M.Y. Caesars Entertainment is upping its dining game with a bevy of new restaurants opening attached to celebrities and famous chefs.

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