"Life is worth experiencing the ultra-hard-to-get tickets once"

👨🏻🍳 Palace Banquet 📍 No. 1485 Beijing West Road, Building 1, Floors 1 & 2 "Life is worth experiencing once 😆 ultra-hard-to-get tickets 🥹" Recommended by friends as a must-go, You must grab tickets one month in advance!! 🥺 Tickets open exactly at midnight, so pick your date carefully before trying 🥺 Deposit ¥100/person, We started trying but couldn’t get four seats together (because we were 4 people 🙈) Don’t give up at this point!! Keep refreshing, there will be surprises 😆 Because some people might get stuck or timeout during payment, Seats will be released again 🙈 Grateful we finally got 4 seats together 🥹🫶🏻 You will receive a confirmation text once the booking is successful. The day before the banquet, the restaurant will call to confirm and ask if anyone has a birthday that day, there will be a birthday surprise 😝 If you need makeup, costume change, or hairstyling, It’s recommended to arrive by 4:30 PM (early arrival means early costume selection 🙈) We arrived at 4:30 PM, some guests were already changing, By the time we finished changing, more people had arrived and there were fewer costume choices 🙈 If you don’t want to change costumes, arriving by 6:30 PM is fine, the banquet starts at 7:00 PM 🫶🏻 Makeup + costume + hairstyling ¥200 Costume + hairstyling ¥100 Choose your costume first, then do makeup/hairstyling, The staff are very quick 🙈 and get it done fast. Afterwards, you have free time to take photos 😆 There’s a small courtyard downstairs for photos, or indoors, It gets crowded, so everyone just be considerate 🙈 — Food-wise, it’s really good 🥹🫶🏻 Old Shanghai cuisine, each dish is carefully introduced, tastes amazing!! At the end, all staff (including chefs) come out to thank you, This place really feels warm and personal 🫶🏻 — This season’s program · Bright Summer Banquet · Menu Ritual: Heaven and Earth, all things grow, grateful for the blessings of nature, praying for a bountiful harvest Sacrifice · "Spring Lord’s Sacrifice to the Five Grains" Drum Ceremony: Deer call in the wild, I have honored guests, playing zithers and flutes Dance · "Harmony Song" Tea Ceremony: Standing before the emperor, appreciating Chinese spirit and elegance, admiring various styles, showcasing the grandeur of the Ming dynasty Drama · "Tea Quest" Celebration Ceremony: Magnificent China, land of etiquette, court music and dance, festive celebration Court Dance · "Flower Hairpin Lady" — Court Tea: Wuyi Mountain Da Hong Pao Palace Banquet Brew: Peach Blossom Perilla Drink (3 degrees) After seating, the "palace maids" will offer you different styles of cups to choose from 🤤 Then they will hand you a towel to wipe your hands and light incense. 🥃 The Peach Blossom Perilla Drink is mildly sweet and sour, the alcohol isn’t too strong, personally really like it 🤤 Court Snacks: Black Sesame Donkey Roll, Bayberry Cake Court Cold Dishes: Pickled Lotus Root from Matapu Lake, Spicy Moringa Sticks, Seaweed Peanuts First time trying Black Sesame Donkey Roll, very rich sesame flavor and fragrant; Both cold dishes are super delicious!! Especially the Spicy Moringa Sticks, we described it as a very tasty dish 🤣 Seaweed Peanuts were a bit salty 🙈 🍲 Hot Soup: Jinhua Ham Tofu Soup Super fragrant and rich 🥹 full of ingredients!! Milky white soup, piping hot, very tasty!! Jinhua ham isn’t too salty, half fat and half lean, delicious and tender 👍🏻 Also very soft tofu 👍🏻 🥩 Beef: Black Pepper Crispy Snowflake Beef This dish is heavy on black pepper, flavor is a bit strong and salty, but very beefy 👍🏻 🦐 Seafood: Green Crab with Sour Radish and Braised Bean Noodles Tastes like hot and sour soup 😻 Braised bean noodles are like sweet potato starch noodles, chewy and tasty, very flavorful. Lots of crab claws and meat, very generous 👍🏻 🐖 Meat: Dongpo Pork The best braised Dongpo pork I’ve ever had 🥹🫶🏻 Even famous restaurants in Shanghai can’t compare 🙈 The chef braised the pork skin to be very chewy, seasoning is just right, not too salty, perfect fat-to-lean ratio, the taste of fat and meat lingers in the mouth, absolutely amazing 👍🏻 🦐 Seafood: West Lake Water Shield Cod Lion’s Head Meatball Not braised lion’s head, but very fresh tasting 🤤 Light and flavorful, texture and taste are like a mix of meatball + dace fish ball 🤣 very soft meat. 🍽️ Main Course: Chinese Noodles Longevity noodles, a bit like scallion oil noodles 🤤 🍧 Dessert: Osmanthus Honey Yogurt Delicious yogurt 🤤 Mildly sweet and sour, didn’t have old yogurt this trip to Shanghai 🙈 But many restaurants have yogurt desserts, so satisfied 🤤 #ShanghaiPalaceBanquet #AlternativeDining #CostumeRestaurant