Maison Pourcel Open For Biz; Here's The Menu
By Christopher St Cavish, Jul 30th, 2010 | In Nightlife
The Pourcel brothers have returned to Shanghai in two steps, after an inglorious sinking of Sens & Bund, their original Shanghai project.
They are twin brothers whose flagship French restaurant has been on both the good and bad side of the Michelin star. Like a lot of these starry chefs, they've got a mean biz streak, and their eyes on global empires. When Sens & Bund went screwy, they abandoned Shanghai.
The Expo brought them back, and by all accounts, 6SENS, on top of the French Pavilion, is minting money. That was step one. Step two is leaving that false economy for the real world: Maison Pourcel. The location couldn't be better known among locals. The Red House was the French restaurant in China's mind for decades. Now it's called Maison Pourcel, and after renovating the leftovers from the last people to attempt a revival, it re-opened last week.
The place is split into two floors. The eighth-floor is where Pourcels go for broke. The sixth-floor is a more casual lounge, they say. (I haven't been.) I remember its terrace with views across low-rise Puxi. That floor may or may not re-open this weekend, but the fine dining restaurant is open for business now, and I've got a copy of the menu. It's fancy, modern French.
I've broken it into pages, if you'd like to have a look. Click the links for cold starters, hot starters, fish, meat, desserts and more desserts. Maison Pourcel's details are here.
They are twin brothers whose flagship French restaurant has been on both the good and bad side of the Michelin star. Like a lot of these starry chefs, they've got a mean biz streak, and their eyes on global empires. When Sens & Bund went screwy, they abandoned Shanghai.
The Expo brought them back, and by all accounts, 6SENS, on top of the French Pavilion, is minting money. That was step one. Step two is leaving that false economy for the real world: Maison Pourcel. The location couldn't be better known among locals. The Red House was the French restaurant in China's mind for decades. Now it's called Maison Pourcel, and after renovating the leftovers from the last people to attempt a revival, it re-opened last week.
The place is split into two floors. The eighth-floor is where Pourcels go for broke. The sixth-floor is a more casual lounge, they say. (I haven't been.) I remember its terrace with views across low-rise Puxi. That floor may or may not re-open this weekend, but the fine dining restaurant is open for business now, and I've got a copy of the menu. It's fancy, modern French.
I've broken it into pages, if you'd like to have a look. Click the links for cold starters, hot starters, fish, meat, desserts and more desserts. Maison Pourcel's details are here.
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