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Morton's
second branch in Shanghai, and sixth in Asia, has a new colour palate - a white
and blue nautical theme - and a new focus on seafood. So while you can still get
the standard bearer beef cuts here (steaks run from a 170g centre cut filet
mignon for 538RMB up to the 650g Chicago style bone-in ribeye for 768RMB), you
can also order luxuries from the sea like Kaluga caviar with blini (495RMB) and
nine varieties of oysters from around the world, plus some specially created
seafood dishes.
The seafood-centric new Morton's features imported oysters ranging from 42RMB Pacific oysters raised in New Zealand to 118RMB Belon 0000's from France or you can choose your own variety (350RMB/half dozen, 680RMB/whole dozen. If you order
six or more oysters, you get a special deal on Louis Jadot, Fourchaume Chablis,
2011 for 249RMB and Mumm, Brut, Reims, NV for 100RMB.
Appetizers range from the original classics of Morton's like jumbo shrimp cocktail (230RMB) to some unusual newcomers including a seafood martini (298RMB), a giant glass of shrimp, lump crabmeat, fresh lobster claws, spicy kimchee slaw and another Asian-inflected dish, fried red chilli squid stir fry vegetables (195RMB), which is one of the chef's own favourites. For mains from the ocean, there's Whole Baby Halibut (355RMB) and live Maine lobsters (400RMB/lb).
Cocktails
include some unique house creations like the Puxi Passion with Wyborowa,
marinated with fresh pineapple and mixed with passion fruit liqueur and the
Diego’s Lemonade, a mixture of Wyborowa, basil, lemon and ginger, named after
general manager Diego Zhang, a veteran of Three on the Bund and the Park Hyatt.
In case the
above prices are above your altitude, we'd head here just for dessert. Of the sweets, the
massive slice of silky Key Lime pie (95RMB) is enough for two. The tart, sour
custard has a delightful citrus bite which pairs sinfully well with the giant
dollop of fresh whipped cream. Even more indulgent is the Peanut Butter Pie
(90RMB), which is only available at this Puxi Morton's branch. The giant round
of peanuty, creamy filling sat upon an Oreo cookie crust could even be enough
for three or four people to share and is so comfortingly delicious, it's on
our mental list of top desserts in Shanghai.
