Chef Puts Modern Twist on Classic Italian Fare in Shanghai

by Siti Zawani @ 13 Nov 2015
Chef Puts Modern Twist on Classic Italian Fare in Shanghai During Chef Giancarlo Perbellini’s recent one-week stint as guest chef at Calypso Restaurant & Lounge in Jing An Shangri-La West Shanghai, several visitors came just to see him at work in the semi-open kitchen.

Chef Perbellini brought 10 dishes from his Italian haute recipe book to Shanghai from October 27 to 31 as part of the Shangri-La International Festival of Gastronomy. These dishes — including sesane wafer with seabass tartare, goat cheese and sensation of liquorice; cold spaghetti salad with calamari, tomato confit, basil and lime; and smoked quail on artichokes with tomato confit, pistacchios and Parmesan cream — were added to a week-long special menu at Calypso. For all the details, go to http://goo.gl/3xxScx