China

Pierre Altobelli - Sens & Bund
Relais GourmandRestaurant 'Relais Gourmand' in town (Shanghai)
Pierre Altobelli originally from Nice in France was born into a family who owned a restaurant. From a young age his passion for welcoming people and cooking food drove him to make the decision to become a chef.

Lobster in shell with carrot, green bean and asparagus simmered, Marco Polo bouillon

Lobster in shell with carrot, green bean and asparagus simmered, Marco Polo bouillon

Homard cuit dans sa carapace, mijoté de carottes, pois gourmand et asperges, bouillon de Marco Polo

Ingredients

Lobster

Lobster 0.45 kg Lobster Oil 50 ml Lemon Juice 7 ml

Vegetable

Pumpkin 0.003 kg Fennel 0.003 kg Spinach (Baby) 0.003 kg Asparugus 3 unit Snow Bean 3 unit Beetroot 3 unit Baby Carrot 3 unit

Pasta

Pasta 1 unit

Emulsion

Milk 300 ml Vanilla 0.5 unit Thyme 0.5 unit

Sauce

Lobster Juice 300 ml Honey 1 tp Butter 1 tp Lemon Juice 5 ml Ginger 1 g Caraway 1 g

Herb

Celery Leave 3 pieces Parsley 3 pieces

Cooking method

Lobster

- Warm the lemon juice and lobster oil
- Put the lobster inside
- Use the small fire

Vegetable

- Poach pumpkin, fennel and spinach in the butter water
- Asparugus, snow bean, beetroot cooked in the hot bowl
- Add the salt and paper

Pasta

- Warm the pasta in the butter water
- Keep the butter water juice

Emulsion

- Warm the milk, vanilla, and thyme in the bowl
- Take out the vanilla and thyme
- Blender the milk

Sauce

- Reduced the lobster juice
- Put 1 teaspoon honey inside
- Put 1 teaspoon butter inside
- Put the butter water juice
- When almost finished put the ginger and caraway

Assemble

- Put the vegetable in the plate
- Put the pasta on the top very balance
- Cut the lobster two half and put on the pasta
- Put the asparagus, snow bean, beetroot, and baby carrot in the middle of lobster
- Put the sauce around the vegetable and pasta
- Sprinkle some almond powder
- Put the emulsion in another bowl stander by

Sens & Bund
Relais Gourmand Restaurant 'Relais Gourmand' in town
On a main thoroughfare which epitomises the new China, a prestigious building is home to the restaurant of the Pourcel brothers. Splashes of colour and light are harmoniously combined with the low-key decor. A wink at its origins: the portrait gallery of French kings. The cuisine pays tribute to history but also to innovation with dishes like «pigeon rôti au curry, abats en brochette et jus à l’amertume de cacao». ...Read more
China, Shanghai

Central reservation office (United States)

+1 800 735 2478*

Calling from another country ? Click here

Relais Gourmand

Relais & Châteaux prides itself on its art of receiving guests well. The finest contemporary signatures in the culinary world have come together under the Relais Gourmands label. Download your complimentary copy of the Relais Gourmands 2007 brochure.