If you're anything like us, you look like you had a long, long week. Does the sound of a happy hour fit for an oligarch seem about right to you?
Maybe they're in a good mood after their recent Michelin Star win; maybe they think the world needs more caviar, but at the Jean Georges bar (you know, that ultra fancy French place on the Bund) there is a new Friday happy hour menu where every item is RMB88 and that includes caviar.
The caviar in question is probably namesake founder Jean Georges Vongerichten's most famous dish: the caviar egg, which is RMB388 on the à la carte menu.
What's the catch? There is no catch. Between 6.30-9.30pm you can order as many of them as you please (we tapped out at around eight between three people.)
How do they taste? Like silken curds of gently scrambled cherubs, contrasting with cool whipped clouds interspersed with minerally, salty explosions of fish eggs. Oh, and "more butter than you want to know about," according to executive chef Paul Eschbach.
So much so that we needed several cocktails to accompany. They're RMB88 too – we particularly like the ginger margarita, the cherry yuzu Old Fashioned and the JG Negroni.
The caviar egg is obviously the main draw here, but damned if we didn't also eat a smoked salmon platter with crispy latkes and sour cream. There's also such a thing as tarte flambée – a pizza-esque creation with crispy pork lardons and creamy sauce, and charcuterie. Again, all RMB88. 
Recline in style, cocktail in hand, every Friday at the Jean Georges bar from 6.30-9.30pm. Points if you loudly exclaim, 'Thank GOD it's caviar egg Friday.'
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