In Paris we tried out Shang Palace which is located at the Shangri-La. It´s the only Michelin starred Cantonese restaurant in France. This alone is a reason to try it, also it´s always convenient to eat at the Hotel you stay.
The restaurant is furnished in an elegant asian style.
First we got some beans and a red paste. Pretty good.
It´s not so easy to et at this restaurant a pescarian menu as they put some chicken or pork in nearly everything. For excample the seafood soup contains pork. My company opted for the beginning for a „Double boiled chinese mushroom soup with black fungus“.
They promised they did it with a vegetable brew instead of a chicken one, i fit was the case I can´t proof of course. Price for the little soup was 28 €. It was not bad but also not outstanding or so. Surely not worth 28 € from my perspective.
I took the vegetarian hot and sour soup which was „only“ 20 €.
I liked it.
We asked how many dishes we should order. We learned all main dishes were made to share and for 2 people 2 or 3 dishes would be fine. So we ordered 3.
First we had „Sea Scallops steamed with rice vermicelli and minced garlic sauce“.
On the first view relative cheap with 32 €, but if you se the portion everything explains itself. This is a main dish? The taste was very good, our favourite dish.
Second we took „Sea Scallops sauted with asparagus, ginkgo nuts and black fungus“.
Nice dish! Looked more like a main dish and costed 49 €.
As third dish we had „Crispy noodles with assoerted mushrooms in black bean sauce“.
Price was 28 €, the dish was good.
Personally I like chinese desserts, but most people think it´s not their biggest strenghs.
We took „Sweetened eff-white almond cream with crispy sesame ball“ (14 €)
and the signature dessert „Chilled mango cream with pomelo and sago“ (14 €).
I liked both desserts as they were as expected.
Service was OK, good average for a 1 star.
I would call the whole restaurant interesting. Perhaps you have a better experience if you take the Peking duck but one problem remains, it´s overpriced.I would recommend it to people who never had a „fine“ Cantonese dinner before, if you visited high level restaurants in Asia Shang Palace will not be spectacular.