Shanghai Tang Description

Shanghai Tang (BFC) has been frequently patronized by fashionably dressed diners as it is viewed as their top priority among local cuisines.

The restaurant has 100 meter long windows overseeing the Huangpu River and an elevator divides the restaurant into two: one side is a casual bar with large projection facilities and 13 featured private rooms, and the other side is a dining hall with exquisitely charming ambiance. Lunchtime dim sum is really cost effective, a good choice for the office clerks in the surrounding areas. 

Shanghai Tang-Refreshing Taste of Spring

To add a bit of ‘spring’ to your step, Shanghai Tang has introduced several refreshing and spring-centric meals. Start with the cold dish like fresh scallops with shredded bamboo shoots in homemade sesame sauce, you can truly have a breath of cool air on any sultry day. The chef adds a bit of chili oil into a bamboo broth to help open the appetite.

The “pomegranate bag” plate, signifying fertility and happiness in Chinese tradition, is also recommend- ed. Wrapped in a Vietnamese spring roll, the “bag” has shredded fresh vegetables, pine nuts and mushrooms inside. You will definitely feel a flavor that is delicate and aromatic.

As for the main dish, try the braised snow crab meat and vermicelli cooked with lobster head broth, steamed Reeves’ shad and Boston lobster cooked with sliced turnip. Known as shiyu, Reeves’ shad is a rare delicacy from the Yangtze River. Steamed Reeves’ shad is the best way to enjoy the fish. The chef places fermented soya beans, pickled pep- per and dried scallops on top of the fish to complement the flavor. Unlike most other fishes, the Reeves’ shad is cooked without removing the scales, because not only are the scales edible and quite delicious, they can protect the tender flesh.

And of course no meal can be complete without dessert. This season Shanghai Tang brings peach gum, or taojiao, which is an ingredient secreted from the bark of peach trees. It’s also known as the “tears of a peach blossom” in China because of their amber crystal-like appearance. Not only is this dessert excellently plated and as much a feast for your eyes as well as your mouth, it also harmonizes the spleen and stomach, tonifying and activating the blood as well as alleviating pain. Also rich in collagen, the nourishing peach gum is considered a beauty supplement by women in China. So be sure not to miss out on tasting this mouth-watering post- meal pick-me-up!

Shanghai Tang hopes that spring- time will carry with it jubilance and jocundity for all and also ensures that starting the season off with any of the new spring selections will certainly not let you down.