Unmarked door in the gray concrete wall lead to an beautiful bamboo garden; only revealing clue is bouncer at the front door…
this hides a massive but minimalist Japanese restaurant which is very easy to miss.
High ceilings, dramatic glass and sushi chef tables with modernist flower arrangements...
We had a "Golden Year Of The Tiger" menu washed down with a bottle of champagne Taittinger.
Three Delights - Vinegar flavored sea eel, fig in walnut sauce and plum sauce-flavored crown daisy and eniki mushroom
Clear Soup - Crab meat egg tofu
Assorted seasonal sashimi
Grilled Dish - pan fried beef tenderloin in Japanese tomato sauce
Deep-Fried Dish - Shrimp tempura
Rice & Soup - Udon in soyabeen milk and miso sauce
Dessert - Green tea pudding with red bean bisque
Although the food was not very creative, it has been for sure amusing. All ingredients fresh and delicious. The best things I had was the grilled dish. Grilled over a stone fire and picking up the smell from bamboo… just fantastic and soft and tender. The green tea pudding - very light, fresh and perfect desert from my point of view.
Probably there are better Japanese restaurants in Shanghai, but if one takes in account full package approach, Shintori is highly recommended.
Rating: 8.5 (out of 10.0)
Shintori
803 Julu Road
French Concession
Shanghai
this hides a massive but minimalist Japanese restaurant which is very easy to miss.
High ceilings, dramatic glass and sushi chef tables with modernist flower arrangements...
We had a "Golden Year Of The Tiger" menu washed down with a bottle of champagne Taittinger.
Three Delights - Vinegar flavored sea eel, fig in walnut sauce and plum sauce-flavored crown daisy and eniki mushroom
Clear Soup - Crab meat egg tofu
Assorted seasonal sashimi
Grilled Dish - pan fried beef tenderloin in Japanese tomato sauce
Deep-Fried Dish - Shrimp tempura
Rice & Soup - Udon in soyabeen milk and miso sauce
Dessert - Green tea pudding with red bean bisque
Although the food was not very creative, it has been for sure amusing. All ingredients fresh and delicious. The best things I had was the grilled dish. Grilled over a stone fire and picking up the smell from bamboo… just fantastic and soft and tender. The green tea pudding - very light, fresh and perfect desert from my point of view.
Probably there are better Japanese restaurants in Shanghai, but if one takes in account full package approach, Shintori is highly recommended.
Rating: 8.5 (out of 10.0)
Shintori
803 Julu Road
French Concession
Shanghai
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