Award-winning restaurant, Cuisine Cuisine at ifc, another Miramar Group restaurant, offers guests the best of Canton in elegant and contemporary surrounds with impeccable service. Diners are always impressed by the surprising combination of traditional and nouvelle Cantonese cuisine along with one of the best wine selections in Hong Kong.

On a recent trip to Shanghai I decided to dine at three hotel restaurants that are relatively new that have Hong Kong connections. Each offers the diner a different experience and each is a restaurant that I would return to again. I highlight those dishes that I found memorable and give you some details on the chefs behind them, as well as a few details on each hotel.

The expectation you have as a diner of the food experience you will have can be influenced by many factors. For example, if you are dining at a home-style, neighbourhood place you will have very different expectations than if dining at a Michelin star restaurant. External factors such as location, ambience, outlook, can also influence expectations.