Tiny Urban Kitchen

Exploring Food from Boston to Hong Kong and Beyond

  • About Me
  • Travel
  • Recipes
  • Michelin
  • Subscribe
  • Taiwanese
menu icon
go to homepage
  • About Me
  • Travel
  • Recipes
  • Michelin
  • Subscribe
  • Taiwanese
    • Email
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • LinkedIn
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter
    • YouTube
  • subscribe
    search icon
    Homepage link
    • About Me
    • Travel
    • Recipes
    • Michelin
    • Subscribe
    • Taiwanese
    • Email
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • LinkedIn
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter
    • YouTube
  • ×
    • Po Toi Island and Stanley Hong Kong
      Po Toi Island and Stanley Hong Kong
    • Wakaran Hong Kong
      Wakaran Wan Chai
    • Godenya Hong Kong
      Godenya Hong Kong (revisited)
    • The Chairman Hong Kong
      The Chairman Hong Kong (1 Michelin Star)
    • Hanu Wan Chai Hong Kong
      Hanu (Korean Beef) Wan Chai
    • Always Joy Hong Kong
      Always Joy Hong Kong
    • Michael Chiarelli Ottimo Yountville California
      Bottega + Ottimo Yountville
    • Ciccio Yountville California
      Ciccio Yountville
    • Charter Oak St. Helena Napa Valley California
      Charter Oak St. Helena Napa Valley California
    • Cole’s Chop House Napa California
      Cole's Chop House Napa California
    • Compline Restaurant Napa California
      Compline Restaurant + Wine Shop Napa
    • Napa, California
      Thomas Keller's La Calenda: A Tribute {Now Closed}
    Home » World Travel

    Summer Palace Iconic Wine Lunch - Hong Kong

    Published: Apr 29, 2022 by Jennifer Che

    Summer Palace Hong Kong Shangri-La

    More than 10 years ago I visited Summer Palace in Beijing. Once an imperial garden during the Qing Dynasty, the area is now a UNESCO heritage site.

    "Summer Palace" here in Hong Kong is not a garden. Instead it is a high-end restaurant that still shares some of the former's imperial grandeur. This Michelin-starred restaurant inside the Shangri-La serves refined Cantonese fare, shares a Master Sommelier with Petrus (upstairs), and regularly holds unique and interesting wine lunches and dinners.

    Our friends invited us to one such wine lunch at Summer Palace last year.

    As we rode up the elevator at the Shangri-La to Summer Palace, we couldn't help but notice an awe-inspiring painting. This impressive wall mural, called The Great Motherland of China (大好河山), is the largest silk mural painting in the world. It is 16-stories high and it took 40 Chinese artists 6-months to complete it.

    Summer Palace Wine Lunch

    Summer Palace Hong Kong Iconic Wine Lunch
    As we entered the room, we got a first look at the featured wines of the wine dinner. Wow.
    Summer Palace Hong Kong Iconic Wine Lunch

    Master Sommelier Yohann Jousselin oversees the wine platform for all Shangri-La restaurants in Southeast Asia, and spends over half his time in Hong Kong. The Shangri-La group of restaurants regularly holds wine lunches and dinners, both at Summer Palace and also at Petrus, upstairs.

    They come at different price points, from more casual Wine Lunches at the Lobster Bar (HKD888 per person) to the flagship Iconic Wine Experiences that can cost up anywhere between HKD25,000 to HKD$58,000 per person (the latter including a super rare Petrus 1947).

    Summer Palace Hong Kong Iconic Wine Lunch

    The wine meals focus on different themes, and often provide opportunities to try older and rarer wines.

    Summer Palace Hong Kong Iconic Wine Lunch

    Iconic Lunch Series

    This particular wine lunch focused on wine from 6 different regions in France, including a blind wine. It was part of the Iconic Lunch series, and costs HKD$3988 per person.

    Here's a look at our meal!

    Summer Palace Hong Kong Iconic Wine Lunch
    Summer Palace Hong Kong Iconic Wine Lunch
    Champagne Dom Perignon P2, 2000

    We began with a special 2000 Dom Perignon P2 (short for "Plénitude 2"). This aged champagne is deep in color and complex in flavor. Even though you normally wouldn't decant a champagne, our sommelier recommended doing so for this wine.

    A lovely way to start the meal.

    Summer Palace Hong Kong Iconic Wine Lunch
    Summer Palace Hong Kong Iconic Wine Lunch

    Summer Palace is known for its refined Cantonese fare.

    Summer Palace Hong Kong Iconic Wine Lunch
    Summer Palace Hong Kong Iconic Wine Lunch
    We started with a lovely steamed fresh Boston Lobster served with egg white in bouillon. This first course came paired with Les Chalasses Vieilles Vignes Jean Francois Ganevat.
    Summer Palace Hong Kong Iconic Wine Lunch
    Summer Palace Hong Kong Iconic Wine Lunch
    Next was the signature baked stuffed crab shell paired with a Meursault 1er Cru, Charmes, Domaine des Comtes Lafon, Burgundy, 1990.
    Summer Palace Hong Kong Iconic Wine Lunch
    The third course was a stewed Pork Brisket with fresh yam prepared "Hangzhou Style".
    Summer Palace Hong Kong Iconic Wine Lunch
    Summer Palace Hong Kong Iconic Wine Lunch
    The pairing? Bourgueil, Domaine Breton, Les Perrières, Loire, 1989.
    Summer Palace Hong Kong Iconic Wine Lunch
    Finally, our last course was steamed rice topped with diced air-dried meat and dried shrimp in a clay pot, essentially an upscale claypot rice paired with two different rare wines.

    Blind Wine - 1960's

    Summer Palace Hong Kong Iconic Wine Lunch
    Summer Palace Hong Kong Iconic Wine Lunch
    Summer Palace Hong Kong Iconic Wine Lunch
    The first was a "Blind Wine", a secret wine whose identity was covered. It wasn't until after we tasted (and tried guessing) the wine that the sommelier revealed the truth: a 1960’s Vinos Finos Rioja Vina Tondonia Cosecha de 1964. We were quite surprised, as we had never had such an old rioja before. It was surprisingly complex and flavorful despite its extremely old age.

    1970's Mouton Rothschild

    Summer Palace Hong Kong Iconic Wine Lunch
    Summer Palace Hong Kong Iconic Wine Lunch
    Our other wine was a Pauillac 1er Cru Classé, Château Mouton-Rothchild, Bordeaux, 1970.
    We tried them side-by-side, a mystery "blind" wine from the 60's and the Mouton-Rothchild from 1970, paired with the claypot rice.
    Summer Palace Hong Kong Iconic Wine Lunch
    Summer Palace Hong Kong Iconic Wine Lunch
    At the end, we finished with a Magnum bottle of 1978 Crozes-Hermitage, Domaine de Thalabert, Maison Paul Jaboulet, Rhône.
    Summer Palace Hong Kong Iconic Wine Lunch

    Dessert

    Summer Palace Hong Kong Iconic Wine Lunch
    Coffee & Petit Fours

    The meal was lovely, but it was the unique wine pairings that really made this meal fun and special. Food was delicious, the service was excellent, and the overall lunch was relaxed and interesting.

    Summer Palace Hong Kong Iconic Wine Lunch

    I leave you with one more look at The Great Motherland of China (大好河山).

    Caprice Hong Kong
    Birthday at Roganic Hong Kong
    L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon

    More World Travel

    • Mesa by José Avillez Macau
      Mesa by José Avillez Macau
    • Restaurante Litoral Taipa Macau
      Restaurante Litoral Taipa Macau
    • Antonio Macau Taipa
      Antonio Macau Taipa
    • Vienna Opera House
      Vienna Austria Trip Report

    Recent Posts

    • Po Toi Island and Stanley Hong Kong June 17, 2025
    • Wakaran Wan Chai June 15, 2025
    • Godenya Hong Kong (revisited) June 12, 2025
    • The Chairman Hong Kong (1 Michelin Star) June 6, 2025
    • Hanu (Korean Beef) Wan Chai June 2, 2025
    • Always Joy Hong Kong May 29, 2025
    • Bottega + Ottimo Yountville May 14, 2025
    • Ciccio Yountville May 11, 2025
    Jennifer Che Tiny Urban Kitchen

    Hi, my name's Jen and welcome to my cooking, eating, and travel site! I am an expat who moved from Boston to Hong Kong 5 years ago. Born and raised in Ohio to Taiwanese immigrant parents, I am a chemistry nerd, patent attorney by day, blogger by night, church musician on weekends, and food enthusiast always. Feel free to explore away, maybe starting with the Recipe Index or one of the travel pages! I hope you enjoy this site!

    More about me →

    logo
    Food Advertisements by

    Explore

    • Recipe
    • Restaurant
    • US Travel
    • World Travel

    Popular Posts

    • Ad Hoc Thomas Keller Brunch Yountville California
      Thomas Keller Ad Hoc + Addendum + Bouchon Bakery
    • Mandalay San Francisco
      Mandalay San Francisco (Burmese Food)
    • Boulettes Larder Ferry Building San Francisco
      Boulette Larder (Ferry Building) San Francisco
    • Bodega SF California (Vietnamese)
      Bodega SF (Modern Vietnamese)

    Recipes

    • Appetizer
    • Snacks
    • Meat
    • Vegetables
    • Soup
    • Salad
    • Seafood
    • Noodles

    Recently Traveled

    • Hong Kong
    • France
    • Belgium
    • Boston
    • California
    • United Kingdom
    • Germany
    • Spain

    Support Us

    Support Tiny Urban Kitchen by making purchases on Amazon through our affiliate link:

    Recognition


    Featured on the front page
    of the FOOD Section: 2015

    Best Food Blog Awards:
    Restaurant & Dining 2012

    Footer

    ↑ back to top

    About

    • About Me
    • My Equipment
    • In the Press
    • Project Food Blog
    • Privacy Policy

    Eating Guides!

    Eating & Travel Guides
    Trip Reports
    "Kawaii" (Cute Foods)
    Around the World

    • Pinterest
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Twitter
    • LinkedIn
    • YouTube
    • Mail
    • RSS Feed

    As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

    Shop at Amazon

    Copyright © 2024 Tiny Urban Kitchen