Dinner At The Grill On56
The Grill is one of three restaurants at a place call On56 at the Grand Hyatt Shanghai. It’s call On56 because it’s on the 56 floor. In addition to the three restaurants, On56 features a center bar with a ceiling that goes up 31 floors. It’s pretty impressive to say the least.
The Grill is a classic steak house. In addition to USDA Prime steaks, The Grill features Wagyu steaks from Australia. Wagyu steaks are almost equal to Kobe steaks in tenderness (and price). As much as I like USDA Prime, the opportunity to eat a Wagyu steak don’t come often so I had to go with The Grill’s top offering. I ordered Foie Gras as my opener because Foie Gras is good grub. Sarah tried out their grilled salmon and we shared two side dishes.
With wines and drinks, dinner at The Grill came to about 2,000 RMB, making it the most expensive restaurant I’ve dined at in Shanghai. The Grill is definitely not a place for cheap dining. However, since the blog made 227,705.80 RMB last month, I think I can spurge a little. Or a lot. 
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Reply to this commentYea the ‘John Chow Life’ surely is WONDERFuL!
Reply to this commentsure is nice food!
Reply to this commentIT looks like yuo could live off of Foie Gras John. Seems liek yu get it every chance you have.
Reply to this commentLooks delicious. I’m quite jealous!
I hope you’re still enjoying it out there. But be wary, the Ninja Pandas are stalking you.
Reply to this commentLooks like it’d be awesome if you had a table by the window. But the portions are so small!
Reply to this commentThe portions are probably what they should be.
Minimize any leftover waste, serve more customers, and work towards a healthier lifestyle.
Reply to this commentDamn, that looks good. Now I’m hungry..
Reply to this commentThat’s a great looking Wagyu filet!
Reply to this commentMan, did you get to gobble all that?
Literally this qualifies for a Del.icio.us link
Ajith
Reply to this commentYou are making me hungry again….
Reply to this commentJC, how are the wines in China?
Reply to this commentI wouldn’t know. We didn’t have Chinese wine. The Grill carries wine from all over the world.
Reply to this commentAre you saying that chineses don’t produce wine or you’ve never had before?
Reply to this commentThe chinese do produce wine.
Reply to this commentJohn is saying he didnt have any with the meal.
What’s your favorite type of wine, John? Cabernet? Syrah? Merlot? Red zin? Sangiovese?
Reply to this commentOH wow, I’ve never seen food like this over in China/Shanghai before O_O TOtally amazing!
-Mike
Reply to this commentMan the food looks great. Scary thing is, that meal cost more than what most Chinese workers make in a month! (Avg salary of 1500 to 2000 RMB in the biggest cities according to the government). I couldn’t imagine living on less than $300 a month. One of these days it will be nice to be able to spend $300 on one meal tho!
Reply to this commentSometime I don’t like western foods, especially the fine dining one is because the serving is way too small!
Reply to this commentI hope the food taste as good as their look.
Reply to this commentIf I remember right, that costs a Chinese factory worker a whole month’s salary.
Here’s a story idea - one of the current investment themes is the rising middle class of China and India changing their diet from rice and such to beef & pork, which means more cattle, pigs and more feedstock and other commodities. Therefore, increasing prices for wheat, potash, etc.
Reply to this commentSo John, do you see evidence of this rising middle-class in China? (and I’m not talking about expats). Who were the other diners (steakhouse probably had hotel guests, expats) but how about the other restaurants? Is there a shortage of shark fin soup, sushi, etc? Also, do families have 2 cars yet? How’s the gas prices there?
With high income comes bright ideas to spend it
Reply to this commentlook delicious and now its make me hungry.
Reply to this commentMakes me hungry, too. At work now, and I’m going to eat lunch soon, but all I got is my salad I brought from home.
Reply to this commentThat makes me hungry
Reply to this commentJohn,
I gotta have dinner now - your images make me starve
Reply to this commentDon’t you feel awkward snappin’ pictures of the food you eat?!
Reply to this commentI mean have the resaurant staff ever questioned of why you’re snappin’ pictures of their food? LOL
That looks great man,
Reply to this comment56 floor, enjoy!
I’m really jealous.. That looks awesome. Just tell me it was as good as it looks.
Reply to this commentThe steak reminds me of our Brazilian BBQ when we used to cook in Brazil. I LOVE MEAT !!!
Reply to this commentmmmm the mushrooms look the most amazing!!
the meat looks great too… but i usually go for fries instead of salad.
so.. is all that supposed t be food for three people?
Reply to this commentI don’t normally like mushrooms, but they look SO GOOD in that picture.
Reply to this commentView looks nice, and the food looks good!
Reply to this commentNice … I actually got to eat there as well when I was in Shanghai …
Reply to this commentamazing views of the bund
Very nice view of the city and the food looks great.
No you’re on to Taipei fine dining
Reply to this comment~Terry
Food looks good
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Reply to this commentLife is good when you have the opportunity to eat in places like this
Reply to this commentThe whole course looks great except for the part with vegetables in it.
Reply to this commentLooks yummy, apart from the last one!
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