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Haute French cuisine

French chef Yannick Allno reinterprets traditions and explores French cuisine in a fun and interactive setting at his newly opened restaurant S.T.A.Y., at Shangri-La Hotel Beijing. The chef, who has five Michelin stars for two of his restaurants, handpicked a new culinary and service team for the restaurant. The a la carte menu includes lobster fine tart with baby spinach salad, black codfish in seaweed butter, duck a la royal with buttered tagliatelle. The restaurant opens for lunch and dinner from Tuesday-Saturday, for brunch on Sunday, but is closed on Monday.

010-6841-2211 Ext 6727

New Cantonese menu

Chef Chi Ping-xu has been appointed new executive chef at The Peninsula Beijing. He is responsible for Jing, an innovative "modern meets Asian" restaurant, and Huang Ting, a Chinese restaurant serving Cantonese cuisine and dim sum. Xu was with The Peninsula Shanghai as executive sous chef before moving to Beijing. He has prepared new dim sum menu at the hotel's popular Huang Ting Cantonese restaurant.

010-8516-2888

Hairy crab

Autumn is the perfect season for hairy crab. Yu at The Ritz-Carlton Beijing presents some dishes made with the delicacy until Nov 30. Yu is a modern styled Chinese restaurant serving fine Cantonese cuisine. There is a tea bar with a tea master matching each meal with fine graded teas.

010-5908-8111

Yum cha on weekdays

The Hong Kong chef at Jewel Chinese restaurant prepares yum cha breakfast from 7-10 am, Monday to Friday. The breakfast features unlimited servings of steamed, fried and baked dim sum, complemented by premium teas or freshly brewed coffee. The meal costs 108 yuan, plus 15 percent per person. Not available on public holidays.

010-6629-7820

Luxurious cafe latte

From Oct 1-31, the lobby lounge at China World Hotel offers a selection of its best cafe latte, from Liegeois latte, Tia Maria and maple latte, vanilla and caramel latte to orange essence latte. Savor these warm coffees, and enjoy them to the accompaniment of classical music.

010-6505-2266 Ext 37

Shanghai

All that jazz

Get set for two nights of sizzling jazz as the Asian Jazz All-Stars Power Quartet rocks The Jazz Bar of Fairmont Peace Hotel on Oct 18 and 19. The quartet comprises four of the most celebrated jazz musicians in Asia: keyboardist Jeremy Monteiro from Singapore, Hong Kong guitarist Eugene Pao, Filipino saxophone virtuoso Tots Tolentino and drummer extraordinaire Chanutr Techatana-nan from Thailand. The All-Stars will perform an eclectic playlist of old and new favorites, spiced with original compositions. The Jazz Bar's own Theo Croker Sextet and the legendary Peace Hotel Old Jazz Band will join this dynamic mini festival of jazz.

021-6138-6886

Shanghai afternoon tea

Tea Room at Hyatt on the Bund presents its best traditional Shanghai dim sum with hot and iced teas. Indulge in the choice of afternoon tea set dishes such as the famous Shanghai hairy crab roe dumplings, sweetened sago cream with coconut milk, chrysanthemum and pu'er and iced longjing tea with green tea ice cream. The afternoon tea, available on the weekends from Oct 1 till the end of the year, is priced at 128 yuan with 15 percent surcharge per person.

021-6393-1234 Ext 6317

Cantonese chic, Shanghai unique

Hilton Shanghai Hongqiao has recently launched its new Chinese restaurant Yue Xuan. The restaurant takes Cantonese cuisine to new levels of taste, places and passion by offering traditional dim sum, fresh seafood and more.

021-3323-6574

Where the wild things are

Taste the exotic game meat on the barbecue at The Market of Guoman Hotel Shanghai in November and December. Select from the impressive range of game meats including ostrich, venison and more, which will be grilled just the way you like it. The barbecue is priced at 288 yuan with 15 percent surcharge per person with free flow of beer and soft drinks.

021-6095-8888 Ext 7023

The Waldorf Astoria experience

Now you can enjoy the Waldorf Astoria experience from only 2,600 yuan. The room package at Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund offers daily breakfast, a free Bund tour and a set of fresh oysters and two cocktails in the legendary Long Bar.

021-6322-9988