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HOTEL REVIEW
EAT
Walk into any Shangri-La property worldwide,
and you’ll see one of two flagship restaurants:
Shang Palace or Summer Palace. Here in Dubai,
we dined at Shang Palace, the hotel’s awardwinning
Cantonese restaurant, located on the
same level as the Vietnamese eatery Hoi An
(charmingly helmed by the manager and the
head chef who are also siblings). We asked Chef
Chunlin Xu at Shang palace to surprise us with
his favourite dishes. The crispy prawns with
mango-mayonnaise sauce, Mongolian lamb, eel
fried rice, and green tea-infused dessert were all
packed with flavour and on-point. Make sure
your sugar comatose wears off early next
morning, as the Pan Asian and continental buffet
breakfast served up at Dunes Café is reason
enough to book a wakeup call with the
receptionist before you go to bed.
UNWIND
You can get professional therapists to tease the
knots away from your body at Chi, the hotel’s
spa. Fitness enthusiasts can pack in a gym visit or
a few laps at the outdoor swimming pool. During
the evenings in winter, the pool area is converted
into a trendy lounge called iKandy that attracts
the city’s hip crowd.
HIDEOUT
Head to the rooftop, essentially a
balcony that skirts the sides of the
building. The area can be set up for an
intimate dinner for two, or for a get
together of up to 20 people. It delivers
a breathtaking view of the Dubai Mall
intersection with lit skyscrapers to
your left and also of the low-rise
sprinkled Jumeirah with the Arabian
Gulf beyond that to the right.
Need to know:
The Deluxe Room (views
of the Burj Khalifa) start
at Dhs1,850 per night. The
Presidential Suite starts at
Dhs18,000. Shangri-la.com
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