New Shanghai Cuisine
by Jereme Leung, Jarrett Wrisley, Michael Teo
Category: Cooking, Chinese

Chef Jereme Leung reinterprets the traditional Shanghainese recipes with unique and contemporary presentations for the modern table. Authored by acclaimed Chef Jereme Leung, founder of Whampoa Club Shanghai and Beijing and author of New Shanghai Cuisine: Bridging The Old and The New Features more than 60 innovative Chinese recipes with fully coloured photographs Informative headnotes that provide readers with an insight into the history of each dish, as well as Jereme's interpretation of the dish. New Shanghai Cuisine explores the rich culinary heritage of Shanghai, through photographs and a lively narrative, detailing the food streets and market places of Shanghai. Chef Jereme Leung reinterprets traditional Shanghainese recipes with unique and contemporary presentations that have made the Whampoa Club restaurants so popular today. Chef Jereme Leung is regarded as one of the pioneers of modern Chinese cuisine, and is the founder and creative mind behind the famed, award-winning Whampoa Club restaurants. Both restaurants have garnered much praise from various publications such as the International Herald Tribune, Condé Nast Traveller, the Zagat Guide and Time Out for their innovative and exciting repertoire of dishes. In recognition of culinary achievements, Jereme was awarded the Five Star Diamond Award by the American Academy of Hospitality Science in 2000 and 2008, ranking him one of the 'World's Best Chefs'. He was also the recipient of the highly regarded XO Hennessy Culinary Awards (Malaysia), and was voted 'Rising Chef of the Year' at the World Gourmet Summit, Singapore.