{"id":166550,"date":"2026-02-17T14:26:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T22:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/?p=166550"},"modified":"2026-02-27T13:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T21:08:12","slug":"an-immersive-chinese-culinary-dining-experience-shaped-by-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/daily-edit\/an-immersive-chinese-culinary-dining-experience-shaped-by-light","title":{"rendered":"An Immersive Chinese Culinary Experience Shaped by Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Opening the heavy door to Mason Studio on a blistering cold day in Toronto&#8217;s west end, one is enveloped in warmth and a sense of ease. Inside, dim lighting and atmospheric music set a tranquil tone, and guests receive slippers and a cup of hot tea (infused with dried pear, Chinese red date, and goji berries) before padding into a quasi-Chinese courtyard for an evening of food, light, and connection.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Light Gathering in the Yu\u00e0n<\/em>, hosted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masonstudio.com\/\">Mason Studio<\/a> founder Stanley Sun and celebrated local chef Eva Chin, with light design by Vyvyd Lighting, is in preparation for the <a href=\"https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/tag\/lunar-new-year?srsltid=AfmBOoplR25_rPm21l9uENunmF-vD41IUp5wl9E6La_mWnV5pf5dv7EN\">Lunar New Year<\/a> and part of <a href=\"https:\/\/designto.org\/\">DesignTO<\/a> week, but its purpose extends well beyond the festival. Sun and Chin are exploring their own relationships to their Chinese heritage through their respective crafts, and the combination is exquisite.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"full-image\">\n<div id=\"attachment_166555\" style=\"width: 1105px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-166555\" class=\"responsive wp-image-166555 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/301-Mason-Studio-Light-Gathering-Yuan-300dpi.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1095\" height=\"1460\" data-src-tabletlandscape=\"https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/301-Mason-Studio-Light-Gathering-Yuan-300dpi-420x560.webp\" data-src-desktop=\"https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/301-Mason-Studio-Light-Gathering-Yuan-300dpi.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/301-Mason-Studio-Light-Gathering-Yuan-300dpi.webp 1095w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/301-Mason-Studio-Light-Gathering-Yuan-300dpi-417x556.webp 417w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/301-Mason-Studio-Light-Gathering-Yuan-300dpi-420x560.webp 420w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/301-Mason-Studio-Light-Gathering-Yuan-300dpi-90x120.webp 90w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/301-Mason-Studio-Light-Gathering-Yuan-300dpi-768x1024.webp 768w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/301-Mason-Studio-Light-Gathering-Yuan-300dpi-300x400.webp 300w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/301-Mason-Studio-Light-Gathering-Yuan-300dpi-684x912.webp 684w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/301-Mason-Studio-Light-Gathering-Yuan-300dpi-318x424.webp 318w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/301-Mason-Studio-Light-Gathering-Yuan-300dpi-135x180.webp 135w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/301-Mason-Studio-Light-Gathering-Yuan-300dpi-180x240.webp 180w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/301-Mason-Studio-Light-Gathering-Yuan-300dpi-400x533.webp 400w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/301-Mason-Studio-Light-Gathering-Yuan-300dpi-600x800.webp 600w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/301-Mason-Studio-Light-Gathering-Yuan-300dpi-900x1200.webp 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1095px) 100vw, 1095px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-166555\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Doublespace Photography<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"full-image\">\n<div id=\"attachment_166554\" style=\"width: 1156px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-166554\" class=\"responsive wp-image-166554 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/267-Mason-Studio-Light-Gathering-Yuan-300dpi.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1146\" height=\"1460\" data-src-tabletlandscape=\"https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/267-Mason-Studio-Light-Gathering-Yuan-300dpi-440x560.webp\" data-src-desktop=\"https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/267-Mason-Studio-Light-Gathering-Yuan-300dpi.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/267-Mason-Studio-Light-Gathering-Yuan-300dpi.webp 1146w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/267-Mason-Studio-Light-Gathering-Yuan-300dpi-436x556.webp 436w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/267-Mason-Studio-Light-Gathering-Yuan-300dpi-440x560.webp 440w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/267-Mason-Studio-Light-Gathering-Yuan-300dpi-94x120.webp 94w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/267-Mason-Studio-Light-Gathering-Yuan-300dpi-768x978.webp 768w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/267-Mason-Studio-Light-Gathering-Yuan-300dpi-314x400.webp 314w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/267-Mason-Studio-Light-Gathering-Yuan-300dpi-684x871.webp 684w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/267-Mason-Studio-Light-Gathering-Yuan-300dpi-318x405.webp 318w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/267-Mason-Studio-Light-Gathering-Yuan-300dpi-141x180.webp 141w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/267-Mason-Studio-Light-Gathering-Yuan-300dpi-180x229.webp 180w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/267-Mason-Studio-Light-Gathering-Yuan-300dpi-400x510.webp 400w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/267-Mason-Studio-Light-Gathering-Yuan-300dpi-600x764.webp 600w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/267-Mason-Studio-Light-Gathering-Yuan-300dpi-900x1147.webp 900w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/267-Mason-Studio-Light-Gathering-Yuan-300dpi-300x382.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1146px) 100vw, 1146px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-166554\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Doublespace Photography<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In one corner of the courtyard, or <em>yu\u00e0n<\/em>, is a mahjong table, and the curved shingles of a traditional Chinese roof surround the space. Red lanterns hang from the high ceiling, and the floor is a mass of pebbles with a path of stepping stones. It is here that a semicircle forms around Sun and Chin. \u201cAs a Chinese Canadian, this is the first time I\u2019m exploring how my design is impacted by my culture,\u201d says Sun, the son of Chinese immigrants who brought him up in Calgary. \u201cTonight we\u2019re going to try to paint that story for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the sound of a gong, wooden partition walls open to reveal two circular dining tables with an asymmetric mound of rice at the centre of each. \u201cI wanted something sculptural,\u201d Sun says. \u201cSomething simple that people could question and wonder at, and maybe cause conversation.\u201d The light is purposely low as we find our places, anticipation building like a theatre before a film.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"full-image bleed left\">\n<div id=\"attachment_166559\" style=\"width: 983px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-166559\" class=\"responsive wp-image-166559 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LightGatheringInTheYuan-25.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"973\" height=\"1460\" data-src-tabletlandscape=\"https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LightGatheringInTheYuan-25-373x560.webp\" data-src-desktop=\"https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LightGatheringInTheYuan-25.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LightGatheringInTheYuan-25.webp 973w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LightGatheringInTheYuan-25-371x556.webp 371w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LightGatheringInTheYuan-25-373x560.webp 373w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LightGatheringInTheYuan-25-80x120.webp 80w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LightGatheringInTheYuan-25-768x1152.webp 768w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LightGatheringInTheYuan-25-267x400.webp 267w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LightGatheringInTheYuan-25-684x1026.webp 684w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LightGatheringInTheYuan-25-318x477.webp 318w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LightGatheringInTheYuan-25-120x180.webp 120w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LightGatheringInTheYuan-25-180x270.webp 180w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LightGatheringInTheYuan-25-400x600.webp 400w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LightGatheringInTheYuan-25-600x900.webp 600w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LightGatheringInTheYuan-25-900x1350.webp 900w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LightGatheringInTheYuan-25-300x450.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 973px) 100vw, 973px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-166559\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photos by Colin Outridge<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"full-image bleed right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive wp-image-166562 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LightGatheringInTheYuan-47.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"973\" height=\"1460\" data-src-tabletlandscape=\"https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LightGatheringInTheYuan-47-373x560.webp\" data-src-desktop=\"https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LightGatheringInTheYuan-47.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LightGatheringInTheYuan-47.webp 973w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LightGatheringInTheYuan-47-371x556.webp 371w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LightGatheringInTheYuan-47-373x560.webp 373w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LightGatheringInTheYuan-47-80x120.webp 80w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LightGatheringInTheYuan-47-768x1152.webp 768w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LightGatheringInTheYuan-47-267x400.webp 267w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LightGatheringInTheYuan-47-684x1026.webp 684w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LightGatheringInTheYuan-47-318x477.webp 318w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LightGatheringInTheYuan-47-120x180.webp 120w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LightGatheringInTheYuan-47-180x270.webp 180w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LightGatheringInTheYuan-47-400x600.webp 400w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LightGatheringInTheYuan-47-600x900.webp 600w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LightGatheringInTheYuan-47-900x1350.webp 900w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LightGatheringInTheYuan-47-300x450.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 973px) 100vw, 973px\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our first course is a broth of <em>hoi mei <\/em>(dried seafood) and winter melon inspired by the welcoming bowl Chin\u2019s mother would hand her when she arrived for dinner. This is followed by seven more courses, including Sichuan green-peppercorn-pickled West Coast mussels, Nova Scotia green crab, and a coldwater shellfish terrine with a sauce from China\u2019s Yunnan province.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI assure you nothing you eat tonight is a traditional Chinese meal,\u201d Chin tells the tables of guests. \u201cBut I am one hundred percent Chinese, so to me, tonight\u2019s meal is as Chinese as it can be.\u201d She grew up in Hawai\u02bbi, travelled the world, and worked under various chefs before settling first in Vancouver and then Toronto. In 2024 she opened <a href=\"https:\/\/hongshing.com\/yan?utm_source=ig&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=link_in_bio&amp;fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGnkCKP3p9yfUE8_J2nt4ET0FI6peniM8ZYd-j06zuQy0OQuupcmqyPQoF80y0_aem_2I0PSACSDIemjT3Mu-IKXQ\">Yan Dining Room<\/a>, a 26-seat pop-up in Hong Shing restaurant, a Chinatown legacy (her business partner is Colin Li, whose family has owned the restaurant for nearly 30 years).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"full-image bleed left\">\n<div id=\"attachment_166552\" style=\"width: 381px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-166552\" class=\"responsive wp-image-166552 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/111EE421-1B04-4263-B116-C7DBBE98ADDF-371x556.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"371\" height=\"556\" 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class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photos by Zooey Wu<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"full-image bleed right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive wp-image-166565 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CFE0613F-9867-45BF-8169-02A38F37532D-371x556.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"371\" height=\"556\" data-src-tabletlandscape=\"https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CFE0613F-9867-45BF-8169-02A38F37532D-373x560.webp\" data-src-desktop=\"https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CFE0613F-9867-45BF-8169-02A38F37532D.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CFE0613F-9867-45BF-8169-02A38F37532D-371x556.webp 371w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CFE0613F-9867-45BF-8169-02A38F37532D-373x560.webp 373w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CFE0613F-9867-45BF-8169-02A38F37532D-80x120.webp 80w, 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https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CFE0613F-9867-45BF-8169-02A38F37532D-900x1350.webp 900w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CFE0613F-9867-45BF-8169-02A38F37532D-300x450.webp 300w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CFE0613F-9867-45BF-8169-02A38F37532D.webp 973w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"full-image\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"full-image\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" class=\"size-full wp-image-166557 responsive aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/260203000048850016-600x398.webp\" alt=\"\" data-src-tabletlandscape=\"https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/260203000048850016-816x541.webp\" data-src-desktop=\"https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/260203000048850016.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/260203000048850016-600x398.webp 600w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/260203000048850016-816x541.webp 816w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/260203000048850016-120x80.webp 120w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/260203000048850016-768x509.webp 768w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/260203000048850016-432x286.webp 432w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/260203000048850016-684x454.webp 684w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/260203000048850016-318x211.webp 318w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/260203000048850016-180x119.webp 180w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/260203000048850016-400x265.webp 400w, https:\/\/nuvomagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/260203000048850016-900x597.webp 900w, 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They connected through their love of food and design and their backgrounds, says Sun, who aimed to make a Chinese space representing what they know as individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Between each course, the lighting changed: Vyvyd had installed it for the occasion with the purpose of reshaping the mood and experience. \u201cWe wanted each course to have a slightly different emotional feel,\u201d Sun says. \u201cIt was all choreographed, like a narrative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead, the space, inaugurated as The Light Room, will continue as a place for events and programs, including a special gathering to celebrate the Lunar New Year this month and an ongoing collaboration with Chin and Yan Dining Room. 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Photo by Colin Outridge<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;re trying to create spaces where people feel safe to talk about culture and experience other cultures without feeling like they&#8217;re infiltrating or opposing,\u201d Sun says. As the light lifts, and dishes from the last course (roasted rice milk with sweet potato and ginger) are cleared away, the success of the evening is clear: the easy conversations between strangers continue in the <em>yu\u00e0n<\/em>, and nobody wants to leave.<\/p>\n<p>Mason Studios showed people how to incorporate nostalgia while still looking modern and being authentic to yourself, Chin says. 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