One of the premier Chinese restaurant’s in the world, Shang Palace has finally opened shop in Delhi NCR and we have going ga-ga over it. We tried out the Dim Sum lunch with a heavy dose of 14 different types of dim sums, a main course and a choice of their home made ice cream, all of it at INR 1500++. The Shang Palace is the flagship restaurant of the Shangri-La group and our target was the Shangri-La’s Eros Hotel in New Delhi.
Executive Chef Neeraj Tyagi along with the Chef Ye Hai Jun at Shang Palace has created a menu that suits all sensibilities. There are different types of dim sums including baked, fried and even some baos offering a plethora of options that can allow for different tastes to come together and enjoy.
What Dimsums to try at the Shang Palace?
The steamed and poached dim sum are light and flavourful featuring favourites such as steamed corn & chive dumpling, spicy edamame and pickled mustard leaves dumpling, prawn har gao, chichen xioa bao and more. We suggest that you take on a repeat of the Prawn Har Gao whose fresh taste will explode on the palate.
The fried and pan fried dim sum selection includes fried mapo tofu pockets, prawn crackling balls, & deep-fried savoury chicken dumpling among others. The prawn crackling balls provide for an intricate eating method with the covering spreading out in all directions.
The baked dim sum section features popular favourites like baked eggplant puffs with chilli garlic and baked char sui pork bun. The baked eggplant takes the winner hands down with it’s sweet yet subtle flavours.
The mains and dessert
Further into the menu, you can choose any one dish from a classic selection of signature clay pots offering sliced lamb in Sichuan chili broth, clay pot chicken with lotus root and garlic chili sauce, sichuan style mapo tofu, Yunnan stir-fried eggplant, hot stone pot rice with crispy potatoes, pickled chili and chilli garlic noodles.
But it’s their endearing home made ice creams that make the day. You can try out the innovative assortment of seasonal flavours such as mango with dehydrated mango and lavender pearls, banana-caramel with banana chips and caramel, fresh lychee & coconut. But take my advice and try out the Corn Flavour which has a sprinkling of popcorn on top. It is one flavour that wouldn’t really find anywhere.
The Shangtastic Dim Sum lunch at Shang Palace, Shangri-La’s Eros Hotel is replete with flavours from the Canton for everyone and that too at a pretty affordable INR 1500++
