Mandarin Oriental Pudong, Shanghai's Fifty 8° Grill Carries Chef Richard Ekkebus's Signature

Mandarin Oriental Pudong, Shanghai sits on 111 Pudong Road in the city's financial district, and its Fifty 8° Grill carries a culinary pedigree that stretches across the brand's Greater China portfolio. The restaurant's modern French cuisine is overseen by Michelin-starred chef Richard Ekkebus, the same chef behind Amber, the celebrated restaurant at The Landmark Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong, where he has held culinary roles since 2005.

The Art Deco-influenced dining room, with its geometric floor and steel bar, gives Fifty 8° Grill a design identity distinct from the more contemporary look found across much of Pudong's skyline. Alongside it, Yong Yi Ting serves Jiang Nan cuisine, giving the hotel a second, more regionally rooted dining option on the Huangpu River.

Having Ekkebus's culinary throughline connect Hong Kong and Shanghai gives Mandarin Oriental's Greater China properties a genuine sense of continuity, the kind that rewards guests who visit more than one city in the brand's portfolio. For Shanghai specifically, it means a French kitchen with real Hong Kong pedigree, set inside one of Pudong's more distinctive dining rooms.

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