p?tissière in paris, now shanghai
Flair Rooftop Restaurant & Bar
Add: Ritz-Carlton Pudong, 58/F, 8 Shiji Da Dao / 世纪大道8号上海浦东丽思卡尔顿酒店58楼
Hours: [afternoon tea] Sat & Sun 2-5pm
Price: 228 RMB + 15%/set
Visited: Sep 2011
Please note that this is an arranged tasting.
Every five-star hotel has its own version of the traditional English High Tea, and Flair Rooftop Restaurant & Bar at the Ritz-Carlton Pudong is doing something quite uniquely Asian. Prawn dumplings and California roll? Yes ma’am, they’ve got them. Let’s take a look at what else is on the plate.
There are two types of tea sets at Flair, a “Flair Hi Tea Set” and a “Roof-top Hi Tea Set”, both priced at 228 RMB + 15%. Depending on which set you order, you can either get….
Spring rolls with tamarind sauce (Roof-Top Tea Set) or vegetable samosas (Flair Tea Set).
Teriyaki chicken roll (Roof-Top Tea Set) or smoked salmon Californian roll (Flair Tea set).
A quartet of mango soup with pomelo, ginger creme brulee, coconut meringue tartlet, and green tea cheese cake for the Rooftop Tea Set.
Or a set of lemon grass panna cotta, green tea and red bean pudding, sticky rice with mango and coconut cream, and chocolate mousse for the Flair Tea Set.
Both sets come with a cinnamon raisin scone with marmalade and clotted cream.
As well as baked BBQ pastry, prawn dumplings, and pork siew mai.
Both the sweet and the savory are of satisfying quality. Nothing extraordinary, but satisfying. I especially liked the prawn dumpling and pork siew mai, which are made by the Kitchen of , an excellent Cantonese restaurant on the 53rd floor of the Ritz.
And of course, both sets come with the spectacular view of the Pearl Tower and the bund that Flair is most known for. On a clear day, the view would be quite breathtaking. Especially now that the weather in Shanghai has cooled down to a comfortable temperature, the patio would be an ideal spot to spend the afternoon away.
A few last words on service. When we complained that the AC was too strong, the waitress was unable to adjust the setting (apparently it’s centrally controlled) but was quick to bring us some scarves. A nice gesture.
For more high tea options in Shanghai, take a look at the .
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The first bridge uses precast, prestressed voided slab units of a single 60’ span. The remaining two bridges use cast-in-place reinforced concrete slabs. Both bridges are supported by reinforced concrete abutments.Team members: Hanson Rd & Vulcan Rds., Pleasanton & Livermore, CaliforniaDesign Engineer for the two-span cast-in-plate post-tensioned concrete bridge supported on reinforced concrete bent columns and concrete pile supported abutments. Bridge spans consisted of two 100 foot spans (200 foot overall length) and two 110 foot spans (220 foot overall length).Team members: Seismic Risk AssessmentsI performed seismic risk assessments for many buildings throughout California. They are required before a building is sold to someone else or for purposes of value engineering and code compliance review. A partial list of buildings include the following:1. 645 Park Avenue, San Jose, CA – formerly KNTV-TV2. Mission Bay mixed use development, San Francisco, CA, located in the burgeoning Mission Bay/Pac Bell Park neighborhood in San Francisco.3. IBM San Jose, CA research complex: This complex housed the hard drive division of IBM before it was sold to Hitachi Global Systems.4. 701 Miller Avenue, San Jose, CA: Evaluation of a two story wood framed building supported laterally by plywood sheathed shear walls.5. Santa Clara County (CA) Courthouse Retrofits: ASCE 31-06 and FEMA 356 were the current standards used to evaluate the courthouses as required by the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC).a. Hall of Justice East: Evaluated the existing 6 story courthouse composed of concrete filled steel decks resting on a series of steel beams and girders. I determined the courthouse needed no retrofits at all. This evaluation received a commendation from the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors.b. Hall of Justice West: Evaluated the existing 1950's era reinforced concrete courthouse to determine whether the reinforced concrete shear walls were sufficient for current code-level seismic loads. Determined retrofit strategies such as additional reinforced concrete floor tie beams and additional reinforced shotcrete walls.c. Palo Alto Courthouse: Evaluated the existing four level, split-level reinforced concrete courthouse.Additional assessments include California Center, Sacramento, CA; Zeocon Corp., Palo Alto, CA; Laurel Apartments, San Diego, CATeam members: Bay Street Emeryville, Emeryville, CaliforniaDesigner of the 1.8-million sf major retail and residential project. This new urban mixed-use project features 400,000 sf of retail, a 100,000 sf cinema and a 1,600-car parking garage. The project was found to be economically feasible only after I developed value-engineering solutions to save $8 million in construction costs.I designed the five-level reinforced concrete parking garages and one of the mixed use buildings. The mixed used building consists of one lower retail level, two levels of parking & four residential levels. The garages and mixed-use buildings are composed of post-tensioned concrete slabs supported by a series of reinforced concrete columns & shearwalls. The walls & columns are supported by reinforced concrete pile caps. The parking garage used an innovative concept for the slab design of this structure that reduced costs significantly. By sloping the top-of-deck concrete over the last two or three feet along the slab edge, it was possible to support the weight of concrete block barriers and walls at the perimeter of the parking garage without the use of drop beams or special forming. This design was not only more cost-effective but also a less expensive solution overall, because the use of concrete block barriers eliminated the need for cable railings, drop beams, & special fire protection walls at the building separations.Vehicular Bridge: Quality Assurance Reviewer for the 142 foot long by 15 foot wide single span structural steel truss bridge spanning between two mixed-use buildings above the street. This bridge is composed of a concrete on steel deck resting on a structural steel through truss. This truss rests on reinforced concrete beams at each end of the building.Team members: Honors & AwardsMerit Award, Historic Preservation, Dedrick Hamilton HousePreservation AustinMerit Award recognizing historic preservation of the African American Cultural and Heritage Facility (along with the Dedrick Hamilton House).The Dedrick Hamilton House was owned by Thomas Dedrick, one of the first freed slaves in Travis County. The home, built about 1880, was in one of the earliest African American communities in East Austin.Design Award, African American Cultural & Heritage Center, Austin, TXAIA AustinEl Capitan High School, Merced, CA, Finalist,
Awards for Design Excellence (ADEX)Design Journal MagazineSmall School Districts Association Newsletter, “Creating Safer Public Schools By Design”, March/April 2013 issueSmall School Districts AssociationArticle discusses the sustainability and design of El Capitan High School in Merced, CA. Salvation Army, Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center & Railton Place Housing, San Francisco, California, 2009 Award of MeritAmerican Institute of Architects, Central California ChapterSalvation Army, Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center & Railton Place Housing, San Francisco, California, “Best of 2008” Award of Merit in Mixed-Use Category (Northern California)California ConstructionSalvation Army, Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center & Railton Place Housing, San Francisco, California, 2009 Citation AwardAmerican Institute of Architects, San Francisco ChapterBay Street Emeryville, Emeryville, California, 2004 CELSOC Large Firm Merit AwardACEC-California (formerly CELSOC)Bay Street Emeryville, Emeryville, California, 2007 Winner: Mixed Use, Design Excellence AwardsMulti-Housing NewsBay Street Emeryville, Emeryville, California, 2007 Winner: Mixed Use, Best of 2007California Construction MagazinePalo Alto Caltrain Transit Center, Palo Alto, California, 2006 Winner, Best of California Award, Transit CategoryCalifornia Construction MagazineSanta Clara County Courthouse SB 1732 Commendation for Removal of Hall of Justice East Courthouse off the Retrofit List, November 2, 2004, Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors MeetingSanta Clara County Board of SupervisorsAzzurra Condominiums, Marina del Rey, CA - Winner, 2003 Top Gold Nugget Award, “Attached Project of the Year”Bay Street Emeryville, 2004 CELSOC Merit Award in the “Structural Systems” CategoryACEC-California (formerly CELSOC)CertificationsCalifornia Licensed Civil EngineerCalifornia Licensed Structural EngineerCalifornia Building Plans ExaminerSkillsSee 35+See lessEducationBachelor of Science (B.S.), Civil EngineeringMaster of Engineering (M.Eng.), Civil EngineeringRecommendationsA preview of what LinkedIn members have to say about Christopher:As the specifications writer for BCA Architects, I had the pleasure of teaming with Chris Bradbury on El Capitan High School, Livingston High School, E.A. Hall Middle School Gymnasium, and Harmony Elementary School projects while he was employed at M+L as consulting structural engineer. Chris did very good engineering work. He coordinated with the BCA design team to get the details correct so the drawings could get through the DSA backchecks without any issues. He made sure that BCA had the technical information for the specifications for such items as seismic gap size between buildings, skylight live loads, curtain wall lateral loads, and seismic coefficients for the light gage studs.
During the structural design review meeting for El Capitan High School, Chris was well prepared. He had the building seismic system types and locations selected for all 9 buildings during the team meeting so that the architectural design could proceed. Chris made the structural designs of the buildings similar to save money for the district. Chris was diligent and focused during the entire month it took to get the project approved at the DSA backcheck.
On Harmony Elementary School, Chris's prompt responses to the structural RFIs and shop drawings laid the groundwork so that Turner Construction could complete the building ahead of schedule, and below budget!
I really enjoyed working with Chris. He would be a solid addition to any Structural Engineering firm needing an engineer with K-14 public school experience.See moreSee lessI worked with Chris while he was employed at Middlebrook & Louie, where he was the project engineer for all our hospital equipment anchorages and hospital designs. He is extremely dedicated to his work and very detailed and results oriented. He took over for the firm Principal on several occasions when he was on vacation for as long as a month.
One of Chris's projects was the San Ramon Regional Medical Center Emergency Room expansion. This expansion was in a cramped area of the hospital campus. Chris worked with the design team to place the braced frames inside the hospital walls and away from the neighboring main hospital so that the room configurations did not have to be rearranged. Throughout the process, he worked well with the team members, hospital leadership and OSHPD reviewers to get the facility approved and ensure the best outcome.See moreSee lessGroupsSee 7 moreSee lessView Christopher’s full profile to...See who you know in commonGet introducedContact Christopher directlyPeople Also ViewedLinkedIn member directory:}