An Enchanted Christmas at Pudong Shangri-La, Shanghai

The Pudong Shangri-La, Shanghai is celebrating Christmas in a big way this year, rolling out the red carpet for the bauble-filled red and green season.

Highlights include a lavish 7-course dinner at Jade on 36 Restaurant, a celebration package of seafood tower and champagne at Jade on 36 Bar, and a festive buffet spread at YICAFE.

Oh, and they have an advent calendar loaded with night stay prizes.

Christmas at Jade on 36 Restaurant

First off, if you're looking to celebrate Christmas with flair, head to Jade on 36 Restaurant for a 7-course dinner set menu for ¥988 per person from December 23 to 26. A luxurious dinner in an elegant setting with the Lujiazui skyline and Bund river view as the backdrop.

The dinner also offers wine pairing, ¥488 or ¥888. All prices listed above are subject to service charge and prevailing government taxes.

Amuse bouche, baked bread, cold soup starter

Dinner starts off with a flurry of playful amuse bouche bites, freshly baked bread and house butters, and a cold tomato and roasted pepper.

It’s followed by courses of salmon gravlax, fresh scallop with bone marrow, lobster bisque with chestnut ragout, grilled foie gras, mains of flounder with river shrimp or New Zealand venison loin or dry-aged beef sirloin or tenderloin, desserts of piña colada and Cohiba smoked chocolate “cigar”, and finally, petit fours.

Salmon Gravlax with horseradish cream, plum, apple, and lightly pickled melon. Dense, full-flavored salmon with a rich cream sauce.

Fresh scallops Jubilatoire with black truffle, beef bone marrow and Jus de Daube a la Niçoise. One thing I love about French cuisine: the sauces! And this is incredibly luxurious.

Grilled foie gras topped with confit apples spiked with cider vinegar, prunes cooked with armagnac, apple and chervil purée, and duck jus. A great harmony of flavors for the rich foie.

Lobster bisque with chunky chestnut ragout and espuma. A winter bisque with tender chestnuts.

Dry-aged beef fired on the grill with barbecued beef tongue, seasonal mushrooms, served with oyster and seaweed cream and a luscious beef jus. A highlight!

Pan-seared flounder topped with river shrimp, carrot and root vegetable purée with Gewurstraminer wine and black truffle sauce. Beautifully presented with light flavors that lets the fish shine.

"Piña Colada" dessert of pineapple sorbet, coconut sago spiked with Malibu rum, cookie chunks, and pineapple crisps. Refreshing and light — loved it.

A "Cohiba cigar" made with Valrhona Guanaja 70% Grand Cru Chocolate alongside blueberry and black tea ice cream. Smoky filling in a crispy husk that's complex and light in body.

It ends with petit fours of chocolates and cheese.

Festive Brunch at Jade on 36 Restaurant

Jade on 36 Restaurant will also be serving a festive brunch, every Saturday and Sunday in December. Brunch is ¥698 per person from December 2-17, ¥888 from December 23-24, December 30 and January 1.

Celebrations at Jade on 36 Bar

Next door, Jade on 36 Bar has been decked out in festive fashion with hundreds of Christmas baubles.

To celebrate the season, the bar has a package deal of a fully loaded seafood tower with choice of champagne, whisky, or other spirit. The seafood tower includes a whole Boston lobster, half a dozen oysters, freshly cooked jumbo prawns, conch, and clams, served over ice. The tower also comes with blinis and croutons, cocktail sauce, thousand island sauce, and garlic aioli. The Celebration Package is ¥1,588 from now until January 1, 2024.

Whole Boston lobster

Freshly shucked oysters

Jumbo prawns

Conch and clams

Jade on 36 also has some Christmas cocktails, ¥118 each. In addition, they have a Christmas afternoon tea set, ¥688 for two, includes two glasses of champagne.

Christmas at YICAFE

YICAFE will be serving a festive Sunday brunch buffet throughout December for ¥588 per person, including free-flow house wine and beer.

Fresh chilled seafood

Fresh sashimi

Grilled seafood.

Roasted lobster

Hot and cold Asian and Western dishes

And plenty of desserts

Grilled meat of steaks, skewers, sausages, and chops.

They’ll also be serving a Christmas brunch buffet from December 23 to 25, also ¥588 per person inclusive of free-flow house wine, beer, and mulled wine. Christmas dinner buffet will also be served from December 23 to 25, ¥688 per person with free-flow.

Advent Calendar & Photo Ops

Be sure to stop by the lobby floor at the Pudong Shangri-La, Shanghai for some fantastic photo ops with their Christmas set up.

There's also a Santa Station, where you can purchase Christmas gifts and hampers, loaded with freshly baked Christmas cookies, and the Advent Calendar.

Santa Station

Shangri-La Airship

They're taking the of the advent calendar's "a surprise a day" to the next level, loading it up instead with cool prizes.

Advent Calendar

Depending on your luck, you could win a one-night stay in a Horizon Premier Bund View room, Health Club membership cards, Chi, The Spa vouchers, YICAFE buffet vouchers and more. Prizes up to ¥13,525!!! Also comes with house-made cookies, chocolates, and little gifts.

An advent calendar is ¥2,888, available until December 24. Available at Santa Station or via the hotel's WeChat mini-program.

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Pudong Shangri-La, Shanghai
Address: 33 Fucheng Lu, near Lujiazui Xi Lu 富城路33号, 近陆家嘴西路
Tel: 68828888