A romantic encounter between New Year's elegant sake and French cuisine
I had a super fancy New Year's Eve dinner at Jade 36 Restaurant at Shangri-La Pudong, Shanghai. When sake meets French cuisine, it creates a different kind of spark. The three-piece set of Shanghai and the beautiful scenery of the Bund are all in sight. I enjoyed the wonderful moment in the cloud!
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Olivier Pistoire, the French executive chef, reinterprets French elegance with a new concept, presenting colorful delicacies on the table. Jclub and Jade 36 have teamed up to bring sake and French cuisine together to create an unparalleled French modern feast!
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Opening with oysters🦪The wine pairing breaks the usual rules of champagne and oysters, and uses Mitsuru Gyoban Junmai, a low-alcohol sweet and sour citrus-flavored sake. It can not only replace the role of lemon in removing the fishy smell, but also rely on the unique umami of sake to amplify the crispness and sweetness of the oysters themselves.
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The second dish is three ways to cook tiger prawns🦐, a dish that fully showcases the deliciousness of the ingredients through three cooking methods. Paired with Ishizuchi Omachi 50 pure rice ginjo, a sake with an excellent balance of acidity, rice aroma and umami and a tidal taste is used to set off the three different flavors of tiger prawns, showing the flavor of the ocean.
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The third course is fresh scallops🐚 served with sake-flavored sauce and sea urchin to enrich the dish. Paired with Mutsu Hassen Fishing Boat Special Pure Rice, a super-dry sake popular among fishermen in Aomori, the sweetness of scallops and sea urchins is enhanced.
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The fourth dish is fried bullfrog legs✨The flavor is rich and oily. It is paired with Mutsu Hachisen Manrai Junmai Daiginjo, which is brewed from 4 different kinds of sake rice and 4 kinds of yeast. It is smooth, rich and fragrant, and the sound of thunder startles the croaking of frogs.
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The fifth course is Dover fish🐟 a traditional fish dish, served with Nichiei IS68 pure rice Daiginjo. The traditional sake from Ishikawa Prefecture is rich and full-bodied, and can better bring out the freshness and tenderness of fish.
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The sixth dish, beef tartare, is served with a one-year-aged pure rice from Ishizuchi Omachi, which is full of cheese and mushroom flavors. The flavor of the beef is sublimated with the help of cheese and mushrooms.
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Finally, the slow-cooked citrus comes out, and the dessert is paired with a unique sweet plum wine soaked in ripe plums, double the sweetness🍊