The Final Day - Shintori

We had our last dinner in Shanghai at Shintori. Shintori is a famous Japanese fusion restaurant set in an industrial like building. Great exquisite Japanese fusion food is served.

The ambience was very interesting. It was a large restaurant set in a giant building with an open kitchen, with chic-ly dressed waitstaff lots of mid twenties/thirties clientele. a someone what funky and trendy restaurant that borderlines on too new age and cool for me. we were seated on the second floor and had a great view of the restaurant. they used this little "food elevator" to deliver the food up so the waitstaff don't havet o climb up and down to give you your food. pretty cool.

we started with this jelly like appetizer. very good.

trio of tuna sushi - 8.5/10

this was really good. the tuna was perfectly fresh. each one was from a different part of the tuna. the tuna belly was really nice and fatty. the meat melts in your mouth. the other pieces were perfectly soft and very well cut.

south pacific style duck meat rolls - 8.5/10

Tendered duck meat rolls - South Pacific Style. Done extremely well. The duck was tender, gently wrapping the mango and the other ingredients inside. slightly tangy and sweet inside. delicious.

beef sashimi - 8.5/10

the beef sashimi was great too. you can see all the marlbling on it. really melts in your mouth. soft and tender. it might taste a little wierd at first, but if you're used to eating raw fish, i think you'll like it.

cuttlefish in butter sauce - 8.5/10

the squid was cooked with lots of butter and other sauces to make it really tasty. the texture was firm like squid usually is and very springy.

curried noodles - 9/10

next up, curried noodles. these came in tiny little bundles of noodles that you were supposed to lightly blanch before putting it on your bowl and smothering it with the thick delicious japanese curry sauce. the texture of the noodles was thin and al dente, even slightly thinner than ramen noodles. very fine texture and really smooth in your mouth.

the curry sauce

the japanese curry sauce was rich and tasty. very thick and strong peppery/curry taste that really flavored up your tongue. really satisfying.
blanch the noodles here before pouring the curry sauce all over it.

ingredients for the sukiyaki: the sukiyaki - 8.5/10

heavily marbled beef was introduced. thinly sliced sukiyaki style so it cooked really quickly. the sauce was simmering upon arrival, fresh and sweet, boiled for hours with other ingredients like onions in order to give it that rich broth.

the sukiyaki broth

cha soba - 6/10

cold green tea noodles. always refreshing.

green tea tiramisu - 8/10

this was an interesting combination. tasted exactly like it sounds. a combination of tiramisu and green tea made for quite a delightfully new taste. a great way to end the night.