Mercato by Jean-Georges Review

Shanghai Food | New Year's Eve Dinner at Mercato by JG, No. 3 on the Bund Mercato by JG is one of my favorite Western restaurants in Shanghai. I have to say that in addition to the great view, the dishes are also stable and excellent. The difficulty of booking a New Year's Eve dinner in Shanghai is beyond my imagination. It is almost impossible to book any Chinese restaurant a month in advance, so I can only switch to Western restaurants. Fortunately, my parents are reasonable and agree to this New Year's Eve dinner that "elderly and children" cannot participate in. My old father arrived at the store at 5 o'clock and got a window view seat. Thank him for letting the fancy advertisement of Citigroup Tower accompany us for dinner. There are not many restaurants that can use the Dianping set meal on New Year's Eve, and this is one of them. A two-person meal is too little for three people, and a four-person meal is too much for three people. In line with the "big New Year" purpose of "abundance every year", we ordered a 2k luxury four-person meal, so that I was full before the steak was served, and finally realized the theme of "abundance every year" with two takeaway boxes. 🌆Environment: One of the best view restaurants in Shanghai, you can see the three-piece set and countdown lights throughout the meal. 💁Service: The service fee is included in the set meal, which is considerate. The speed of serving the dishes is faster than expected (it is so fast that I am full immediately). In terms of dishes, there are no disappointments as always. 🍕Signature Black Truffle Pizza (228r) is a must for every table. You can only taste the aroma of truffles when you eat it while it is hot. 🥩Grilled Angus Ribeye Steak and Stir-fried Vegetables (968r) is medium rare. Whether it is paired with vanilla sauce or pepper & salt, the meat is delicious. The portion is really large and you can't finish it. 🍣Porcini Salmon (258r) is medium rare and tastes just right. This way of eating is quite special for people who like sashimi. 🦞Italian lobster ravioli (228r) is much inferior to the other two main dishes, so there is no need to order them separately. 🥑Warm seafood salad with avocado, homemade ricotta cheese with cranberries, emperor fish sashimi with Italian chopped olives and dill, spicy tuna tartare with black olives, every appetizer was a plate, and the seasoning and ingredient quality control were very good. 🍮For desserts, tiramisu and Alfado coffee ice cream are ordinary in appearance, but generally not sweet and still edible. The three-layer tiramisu looks a bit fake. 🍹Mojito (group purchase 28r) Although the taste is nothing special, it is so pleasant to drink a cup with the beautiful scenery. In general, if you want to find a western restaurant with a good environment and good taste, you can choose this one.

This weather is perfect for a late-night snack in the yard with the autumn breeze. As soon as the Scottish razor clam king arrived, I couldn't wait to get off work and rode my bike to eat it. The salt-baked one was perfect, firm and juice-locking. I also had an off-menu deep-fried artichoke with 5J ham and potato foam~ Great! ▹Ham cream balls Better than anything I've ever had before. The filling is not very creamy, and it melts in your mouth with a fresh taste. ▹Spanish baked rice cakes It's really not worth it to pay 159. You can also bake Manchego cheese yourself. Just drizzle some almond honey. It's salty and fragrant. I feel a little sick of eating one piece. ▹Coffee chocolate whiskey ice cream tart Put Movenpick ice cream (chocolate & coffee) on a flat cone waffle and drizzle whiskey on the surface and grill it. The wine taste is quite strong, and the collision of hot and cold, but the taste is a sticky mess (not much technical content

The restaurant is quite big, with a first-line view of the Bund! The appetizer is a squid that is quite tender and refreshing, and of course the most amazing is the black truffle pizza! The service is very good, often coming up to pour water, full marks!

Everyone is familiar with the historical legend of the Bund, and you must be familiar with Jean-Georges, which is hidden in No. 3 The Bund and has an inseparable background with Michelin three stars. It has a long-standing reputation in New York, and its owner Jean-Georges Vongerichten has the enviable honor of Michelin three stars, and because of his constantly bursting creativity, he is called "the wonder of French modern cooking." Jean-Georges came to Shanghai from New York, and also brought the Michelin three-star level style and French romance to the Bund. What excited me most was that the 2018 Michelin list just announced a few days ago, Jean-Georges Shanghai Restaurant finally lived up to expectations and won the star, which inevitably increased my love for it... I often compare a good restaurant to a lover, but Jean-Georges is not an ordinary lover. TA has an elegant and romantic temperament, and often brings you surprises. Those dishes that are like paintings make people reluctant to eat. The lounge at the entrance is the most memorable for me. The brass frame and white glass separate the living room, which is quite modern in style, with modern tables, chairs and decorations, and a marble bar, which is particularly interesting. The layout of the dining area is simple and elegant, just like the feeling given by Alain Delon (the actor who plays Zorro), clean and simple, with gentlemanly elegance. Some people compare chefs to food creators, while I compare chefs to artists. Art is the source of their creation, cooking is their inspiration, and the food they bring us is the crystallization of their creation. Art comes from life, and life also comes from art. This sentence is indeed true. The pre-meal bread is divided into two types: French and walnut raisin whole wheat bread. Both are freshly baked. The hot bread exudes an attractive aroma in the hand. The walnut raisin whole wheat bread is very delicious, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and it is a perfect match with the rich milky butter. Behind that main dish, there is always a gift from the sea. After the Icelandic flounder is steamed at high temperature, the original juice is retained in it, and the oyster mushrooms are added to enhance the flavor. The delicious taste can make your eyebrows fall off. The lemongrass clear soup comes from Thailand. The sour taste is matched with the fresh taste. The list is nutritious. Such a "duet" makes people forget that they are in Shanghai and are swimming in the sea! This dessert seems to be different. A mug is brought up. When I look forward, there is a chocolate souffle inside, and there are some passion fruit frost and vanilla mayonnaise on the side. How to eat it? The waiter politely explained to me in detail, scooped the souffle, introduced the passion fruit frost and vanilla mayonnaise, and the combination of sour passion fruit frost and sweet chocolate neutralized the sweet and greasy taste a lot.

From the moment you enter the Bund Building 3, the entire lighting becomes dim but soft. Take the elevator up to the restaurant. You have to make a reservation in advance, but through the conversation with the receptionist, you can arrange to go directly. The entire restaurant is a slight industrial style with a mix of wood and leather, plus the lighting effects and candle lights on each table, which is suitable for close friends and couples to dine. I didn't sit in the double seat by the window, but I could still see the night view of the Bund outside the window. We chose a set menu, warm seafood salad with butter and lemon, very fresh and sour; tuna salad with crispy rice, soft and hard with rich taste; lobster dumplings, the meat is very chewy and fresh, but with some condiments such as lemongrass and mint leaves that I don’t like; I was a little full after eating the first few dishes, and then the main course of black truffle egg pizza was served, which was a moderate thickness, not bitter like the black truffle pizza I had eaten before, but I couldn’t taste the bitterness in theirs; smoked and grilled beef ribs, the taste is very similar to pork, but I was too full so I didn’t finish it; the last three desserts were good, two different cakes with different fruit purees, the cakes were sweet and the fruit purees were sour, just right to relieve the greasiness, and there were three ice cream balls, but I think it’s a bit sweet for me, so my boyfriend ate all of them. The overall environment, service and taste are still a very good experience.

The restaurant opened at 5:30 pm. Since we had booked a seat, we were given a window view seat. The weather was very good in the evening, with high visibility. We could see Lujiazui under the setting sun through the window. We loved it. We decided to order a bottle of red wine and a bottle of Voss to whet our appetite. After chatting for half an hour, we were a little hungry, so we ordered this famous pizza and beef ribs plus half a lobster. The lobster was very fresh and the meat was firm, but the taste was just average, without any special features. The service charge of 268+10[%] is not worth recommending. The beef ribs tasted like sugar-crusted spareribs, but it was particularly fragrant when chewed in the mouth, probably because it was charcoal grilled, which is suitable for friends who like sweet taste. As for the pizza, let's put it this way, if you only plan to eat one main course here, then I strongly recommend you to choose pizza. This pizza may be the best pizza in Shanghai. We ate from 5:30 to 8:30, and there will be vacancies after about 8 o'clock. In addition, the waiters are quite professional, proactive and always smiling, which is worthy of the 10[%] service charge here.

During this special period, we can only walk around and eat in Shanghai. Still on the Bund, Mercato by Jean-Georges is on the 6th floor of No. 3 Bund. It does not have the large terrace of POP restaurant on the 7th floor. However, the environment inside the restaurant is very large and I like it very much. The service here is the most recommended among all the restaurants I have visited so far, and it is also the one I am most willing to pay when paying the 10% service charge. The restaurant's signature dishes: black truffle pizza, crispy beef ribs are indeed well-deserved, and I will go again.