Photographs: Yang Xiaozhe
Since its opening in 2018, The Shanghai EDITION has been a local favorite for offering memorable stays, impeccable service, and fantastic dining options in the city’s trendiest Bund-side neighborhood.
One of its proudest creations is Shanghai Tavern, a Michelin-selected restaurant for four consecutive years. Starting this weekend, Shanghai Tavern is launching a new weekend brunch deal featuring a cornucopia of items. The semi-buffet brunch menu includes oysters, variations of eggs Benedict, specially prepared mains recomanded by the hotel’s Executive Chef Rossi Wei, and unlimited cold cuts, cheese, salads, desserts and beverages. What better way to start off your weekend than a hearty brunch in this elegant atmosphere?
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Chef Rossi Wei
(courtesy Shanghai Tavern)
Start your modern European brunch experience off with some mixed salads. Flavorful, refreshing and nutrition-boosting, these freshly made salads embrace a variety of textures. Feeling a bit creative? Try mixing your own salad with some leafy greens up for grabs at the salad bar. Top your mix with cherry tomatoes, artichokes, chick peas, sweetcorn, kidney beans, or jalapeños to build the perfect salad.
Salad Bar
(courtesy Shanghai Tavern)
While patiently waiting for your eggs Benedict and mains to arrive at your table, you may want to dig in to the amazing selection of cold cut meats and cheese. Options include salami, chorizo, pastrami, cheddar, red Leicester, double Gloucester, cranberry, and Wensleydale. Pair your meat and cheese tray with wine, bite-sized crackers, and fruits. The next thing you know, you’ll want to slow down on the appetizers and leave enough room for the best part of the brunch that’s yet to come.
On the cooked-to-order side, in addition to two eggs Benedicts of choice and one main course plus side dish of choice, each diner will get two New Zealand Marlborough Oysters, freshly shucked, topped with shallot emulsion, Bloody Mary gel and chives to provide that extra kick of flavor.
Two New Zealand Marlborough Oysters
shallot emulsion, Bloody Mary Gel, chive
(courtesy Shanghai Tavern)
We can all agree that eggs Benedict is a brunch staple. There are many reasons why we love this delectable brunch favorite. A well-made eggs Benedict involves a perfectly toasted English muffin cut in half, a succulent, poached egg sitting atop a piece of bacon or any sort of topping, all doused in some seriously silky hollandaise sauce. The combination of texture alone is an experience in itself. Hungry yet? Luckily, the people at Shanghai Tavern know exactly how to make this guilty pleasure even more irresistible.
'Full English' Benedict
poached egg, pork sausage, bacon, baked beans, choron sauce
Hummus & Spinach Benedict
fried poached egg, chick pea salad, pita bread
Smoked Pork Rib Benedict
BBQ pork rib, toon sprouts hollandaise sauce
They now present to you six different variations of eggs Benedict, including a Smoked Pork Rib Benedict, Warm Crab Benedict, Gin-cured Salmon Benedict, Hummus & Spinach Benedict, Boston Lobster Benedict (add 88RMB), as well as a Full English Benedict. Each option offers a unique, rich combination of flavors of its own. Feel free to choose two from these six amazing options and we guarantee that you’ll be surprised.
Lobster Benedict (Half Boston Lobster)
poached egg, chive hollandaise, cabbage salad, herbs
(coutesy Shanghai Tavern)
Warm Crab Benedict
fennel salad, watercress
(courtesy Shanghai Tavern)
Gin-cured Salmon Benedict
rocket, cream cheese, pickles
The selection of mains include Steak Diane, Char-grilled Iberico Pork Chops, and Char-roasted Halibut. Choose one from the three and pair it up with a side dish of your choice—fried cauliflower topped with cheese sauce and bacon crumbs, BBQ sweet corn with chimichurri sauce and parmesan, grilled asparagus with egg yolk, Iberico ham and hollandaise, or broccolini roasted with anchovy butter, walnuts and raisins. All of the mains are specially curated by Chef Rossi himself, using only the freshest ingredients to bring out maximum flavor.
Steak Diane
mixed pea salad, grilled pickled onion, grilled broccolini, mushroom sauce
Char-grilled Iberico Pork Chops
apple & onion, mustard sauce, char-grilled baby romaine
(courtesy Shanghai Tavern)
Char-roasted Halibut - Spicy
tomato salsa, grilled potato, Mexico fish sauce
Before you call it a day, don’t forget to grab a few (or many) treats from the dessert station. Enjoy an amazing free-flow of cakes, dark chocolate and milk chocolate mousse, various fruit tarts, as well as macrons and seasonal fruit choux.
Shanghai Tavern will be serving weekend brunch during the Labor Day holiday as well, from April 29 to May 3. If you don’t have plans to travel outside of Shanghai during the holiday, we suggest that you pamper yourself with a mesmerizing brunch experience at Shanghai Tavern, for just 398RMB per person including free-flow of coffee, tea and juice. Add 70RMB per person for free-flow of selected wine and bubbles that will for sure turn your holiday into a blur. This incredible deal runs until May 31 so make sure you don't miss it!
Shanghai Tavern, 1F, The Shanghai EDITION, 199 Nanjing Dong Lu. April 2—May 3, as well as every Saturday & Sunday, 12-3pm. Until May 31. Reservations: (86 21) 5368 9511
