Traditional chinese wines spirit up Xiao Nan Guo at one Peking's Shanghainese menus
Xiao Nan Guo at One Peking is the one and only Shanghai restaurant with a panoramic view of Victoria Harbour.
Sumptuous wine-paired menus are taking a traditional Chinese twist at Hong Kong’s most exclusive Shanghainese restaurant Xiao Nan Guo at One Peking – inspired by the country’s national liquors maotai and huadiao.
The flagship restaurant of Shanghai’s celebrated Shanghai Min restaurant group is serving menus inspired by the respective potent and mild wines – both priced at HK$1,480, imbuing its highly sought-after delicacies with a new taste that will intoxicate Shanghai cuisine connoisseurs.
One of the legendary liquors – maotai, the celebrated sorghum and yeast liquor commonly served for toasts at banquets, packs a famous punch with alcohol content as high as 53%, and is best when complementing fresh, richly-flavoured dishes, stir-fried specialties and delicately fragrant soups.
Xiao Nan Guo’s menu pairs the liquor with “Drunken” Chicken and seafood courses of Wild Fresh River Shrimps with Hokkaido Scallops, Yellow Little Croaker Fish and Wok-fried Hairy Crab Roe Cream with crispy rice. Impeccably completing the courses are equally perfect dishes like Braised Bamboo Shoots and Pork Dumpling dim sum.
Huadiao, a sweet fragrant yellow wine; specialty of Shaoxing fermented from glutinous rice and wheat, has more moderate alcohol content of 15-16%. It is often served warm, like sake – making it an ideal complement to crab, which is cool in nature, while enhancing the flavour of famous dishes such as wine-marinated huadiao chicken.
Xiao Nan Guo’s huadiao menu honours this tradition, pairing various vintages and styles, from medium dry to sweet to satisfy every discerning taste.
An appetizer of Diced Vegetables with Smoked Salmon and Red-braised Soy Duck is followed by main courses of Hairy Crab Roe Cream with Scallop, Deep-fried Mandarin Fish and Spicy Sichuan-style Crispy Chicken – plus the Shanghai Signature Soup and Braised Bamboo Shoots. Completing the menu, Pan-fried Pork Soup Bun with Hairy Crab Roe Cream is paired instead with exclusive Calendula herbal tea to give diners another sensational pleasure.
Spicy Sichuan-style Crispy Chicken is ideal for mild and sweet huadiao
Deep-fried Mandarin Fish goes perfectly with medium dry huadiao
The unique pairings take the Chinese dining experience to a new level inXiao Nan Guo at One Peking, which is renowned for innovative culinary craftsmanship from its masterful Shanghainese chefs under the direction of Chef de Cuisine Tung Man Kong.
Xiao Nan Guo at One Peking is styled after an elegant Chinese Jiang-Nan garden with unsurpassed panoramic views across Victoria Harbour through floor-to-ceiling glass windows at One Peking.
Launched 20 years ago, Shanghai Min is one of very few examples of a small local mainland China brand achieving international acclaim – with branches in Eastern China, Northern China, Hong Kong and Tokyo.