22 October 2012, Hong Kong and Macau —- Renowned for its attentive “Asian Heart” service, StarWorld Macau understands the Chinese custom of “eating crabs, drinking wine, appreciating chrysanthemums and composing poems” in Autumn, the traditional crab harvest season. Jade Garden, the Shanghainese restaurant at StarWorld Macau, is delighted to present a tantalizing seasonal menu of hairy crab roe featuring this special crustacean freshly flown in from the renowned Taihu Lake, welcoming guests to enjoy a succulent crab feast with their beloved friends and families from now until 30 November 2012.
Selection of Authentic Taihu Lake Crabs
The hairy crab is known as a Shanghainese delicacy first and foremost. This crab roe menu at Jade Garden features the premium hairy crabs from Taihu Lake, mid way between the southern part of Jiangsu province and northern part of Zhejiang province near Shanghai. Taihu Lake is the third largest freshwater lake in China, with continuous water supply, stable quality and high nutrition. Taihu Lake crabs are famed for their creamy and sweet roe as well as the meat quality. Jade Garden especially selects crabs weighed between 3 tael to 4 tael (90 g and 120 g), which are about half the size of an adult palm, for making Shanghainese the crab roe dishes.
Bespoke Matching to Highlight the Freshness of Ingredients
Authentic Shanghainese cuisine was developed based on Huaiyang cuisine, one of the four major Chinese regional cuisines. Jade Garden delivers an unmistakable melange of Suzhou and Zhejiang tastes, underpinned by fresh ingredients, delicate cutting, slicing techniques and thermal control.
In order to retain the original flavor of the crab roe, the chefs at Jade Garden specially select light-flavored ingredients to allow the crab to dominate. Shanghainese Stir-Fried Crabmeat has always been the most popular dish in Jade Garden’s crab roe menu. The chefs handpick about one catty of both male and female crabs for this dish. Since the meat from male crabs is more tender and female crab roes tend to be creamier. This exquisite combination is skillfully cooked with fresh vegetables, bringing out its unique taste.
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Shanghainese Stir-Fried Crabmeat
The chefs handpick about one catty of both male and female crabs for this dish. Since the meat from male crabs is more tender and female crab roes tend to be creamier. This exquisite combination is skillfully cooked with fresh vegetables, bringing out its unique taste. Price: MOP588 |
Shanghainese Crabmeat with River Prawnsis based on another signature dish of Jade Garden, Sautéed Fresh River Water Prawns. The chefs carefully select fresh river prawns of similar size and remove the intestine at the back of each prawn. Stir-fried with exquisite crab roe, the prawns offer crispy, tender and smooth texture. The dish combines both the freshness of river prawns and the sweetness of crab roe.
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Shanghainese Crabmeat with River Prawns
The chefs carefully select fresh river prawns of similar size and remove the intestine at the back of each prawn. Stir-fried with exquisite crab roe, the prawns offer crispy, tender and smooth texture. The dish combines both the freshness of river prawns and the sweetness of crab roe Price: MOP468 |
Classic Shanghainese Crab dishes
As a modern Shanghainese restaurant, Jade Garden has succeeded in discovering nouveau expression of traditional Shanghainese flavors with the addition of the delicate cooking skills of Cantonese cuisine.
Steamed Juicy Pork Dumpling is one of the most famous Shanghainese dishes. With the addition of crab roe, the house specialty Steamed Juicy Pork Dumpling with Crabmeat at Jade Garden has taken this signature dish to a new level. The soft and delicate dumpling wrapper is stuffed with tasty essence of crabs. Diners can taste the fresh and creamy yellow crab oil oozed out at every bite. As Jade Garden insists on the freshness of every dish, the crab roe delicacy is not made until it is ordered by a customer.
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Steamed Juicy Pork Dumpling with Crabmeat
The soft and delicate dumpling wrapper is stuffed with tasty essence of crabs. Diners can taste the fresh and creamy yellow crab oil oozed out at every bite.
Price: MOP98 / 4 dumplings |
Pork Meatball is a signature Shangainese domestic dish, and its Chinese name “Lion Head” comes from the uneven surface of the cooked meatball. The Shanghainese Crabmeat with Pork Meat Ball is a blend of fresh and juicy hand-made pork and tasty Chinese hairy crab meat by Jade Garden’s experienced star-rated chefs. The melting texture and sublime taste of meatball mixed with rich and creamy crab roe topping contributes to the most unforgettable dining experience.
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Shanghainese Crabmeat with Pork Meat Ball
A blend of fresh and juicy handmade pork and tasty Chinese hairy crab meat by Jade Garden’s experienced star-rated chefs. The melting texture and sublime taste of meatball mixed with rich and creamy crab roe topping contributes to the most unforgettable dining experience.
Price: MOP168 |
In order to conclude the meal in a perfect manner, Jade Garden will serve every guest with ginger tea to counter-balance the “cool” nature of the crabs. Thanks to the attentive “Asian Heart” service, Jade Garden is providing its guests with attention to detail services and dining experience, which makes the restaurant stand out among the rest in the highly competitive Macau market.
Exclusive offers for Galaxy Privilege Club members
Galaxy Privilege Club members are entitled to receive one reward point for every MOP 100 spent at StarWorld Macau. Members can redeem their accumulated points in exchange for valuable gifts. The accumulated points can be used at all dining outlets of StarWorld Macau (1 point = $1). Terms and conditions apply. For more information, please visit www.starworldmacau.com or www.galaxyprivilegeclub.com.
About Jade Garden
Jade Garden was founded in Shanghai in 1999 and opened its first overseas restaurant at StarWorld Macau in 2006. The restaurant’s name in Chinese suggests an unmistakable melange of Suzhou and Zhejiang tastes underpinned by fresh ingredients, delicate cutting and slicing techniques and heating control. Jade Garden succeeds in discovering new expressions of traditional Shanghai flavor which liberate dishes from the banality of oily taste typically found in this type of cuisine.
Address : 6/F, StarWorld Macau
Opening Hours : Mon-Fri: 11:00 am – 3:00 pm, 5:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Sat-Sun: 10:00am – 4:00pm, 5:00pm – 11:00pm
Reservations : (853) 8290 8638