Nicknamed as “Mr Shanghai”, the handsome chef Zhu Jun started his own restaurant The Hut six years ago, which has now become a proven representative for new Huaiyang cuisine.
The truth is, I do not want to see Chinese fine dining restaurants offer all-the-same mediocre dishes.
This time visiting Yunnan has made me realise that it is a veritable world-class treasure box.
Drawn to the aesthetics and innovative spirit of the Song Dynasty.
Fengtian Restaurant is special. For Shenyang, it’s a beacon of spearheading the avant-garde for the city.
Ensue pays respect to the local products but reveals openness and creativity thanks to the head chef Miles Pundsack-Poe.
‘Borderless’ is a confusing expression in that it makes you wonder what the restaurant’s real strengths are.
Takeda's dishes convey a high level of complexity, yet each ingredient compliments each other, decking out a scrumptious array of flavours. Designed with a smooth consistency and creative twists, most dishes on the menu deserve all the WOWs and possibly more.
As these fine dining chefs are willing to challenge themselves against top-notch Chinese ingredients with their refined skills and talent, we might as well open our mind and show appreciation so that new looks of Western food can shine through in this foreign land.
The city of Shanghai has an early history of nurturing western-style bistros predominantly run by local foreigners. But recent years have seen them become a stage for young Chinese returnees, who have sniffed the huge potential of China’s food and beverage market.