Outside the “Bottle Opener”
Today we went to the “Bottle Opener” building which is the tallest building in Shanghai, and has the Park Hyatt hotel on floors 79 to 93. It was Lobster Brunch day for us on floor 91. We had a table by the window and had a fabulous view across Shanghai and the Bund.
The elevator ride up did not take as long as I thought it would, but all of our ears “popped” on the way up!
Our reservation was for noon and we did not leave until 2.30! It was quite the experience.
“Lobster Brunch” Menu
Not only do you select items from the menu, but they also have a cold buffet set up with meats, salads and smoked salmon, and a dessert buffet. We all started with the dressed crab (special plates for the kids) – it was fabulous. Then Isabelle, Oliver and I had the grilled lobster, while Owen had the Wok Fried Lobster – all delicious. We both had the poached egg, the kids moved onto the cold buffet at this point. Owen and the kids had lobster ravioli and I had lobster bisque. We were all feeling completely stuffed atthis point, but HAD to have dessert. All of us loaded our plates with selections from the dessert bar! All of this, and free flowing Taittinger champagne!
Dressed crab to start
After complaining about the low tech “squat” toilets, I couldn’t resist getting a photo of the high tech “posh” toilet in the restaurant at the Park Hyatt:
High tech toilet at the “Bottle Opener”
Poor Isabelle had no idea what all the buttons did and what to push to just flush! I did not experiment with any of the other buttons!!!!!
Great views from the restaurant – we all loved the telescopes up there too. This will not be the tallest building for much longer – Shanghai is now building a taller one.
Dressed crab
Kids with one of the views from our Brunch
Looking down on the Jinmao Tower and the Oriental Pearl Tower
Checking out the view through the telescope
Another wonderful view
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