Gourmet
Wine Journal
Crystal Jade is part of a chain of restaurants with branches in Hong Kong as well as Jakarta and Saigon. It serves basically Shanghainese Dim Sum specialties, Sichuan noodles, and,...
Read MoreThis is a great venue in which to get a feel for the rich, young Shanghai set. Bursting with a young, attractive, boisterous Chinese crowd, the style of food comes...
Read MoreBeggar’s chicken or jiaohuh chicken (chicken stuffed with fried pork, wrapped in lotus leaves and soaked in shaoxing wine and coated with a layer of mud). It was delicious –...
Read MoreOne of the brilliant restaurants of Shanghai (and there are many of them), this venue also boasts a spectacular view of the city from its 36th floor windows. It has...
Read MoreThis was a fabulous find for classic Cantonese cuisine. We spent several days in the countryside 5 to 6 hours west of Shanghai visiting the so-called river towns that Marco...
Read MorePrepared by the great French chef, Frédéric Chabbert, with head sommelier, Nicolas Pieron, this meal accompanied a look at some of my 100-point wines. While some may accuse me of...
Read MoreA breathtaking beautiful restaurant with a stunning view of Hong Kong Harbor, this is the highest rated Michelin rated Chinese restaurant (3 stars) in Hong Kong, no easy achievement. The...
Read MoreDaniel Boulud’s noisy, open-kitchen, open-air restaurant was good, but for me it ranked behind his extraordinary Bar Boulud, which offers a remarkable selection of charcuterie and terrines as well as...
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