The Portman Ritz-Carlton Shanghai is the setting for this restaurant. Combining the freshest seasonal ingredients with splendid visual and culinary artistry, Summer Pavilion's chefs uphold the traditions of classic Cantonese cuisine, delighting gourmands with delectable specialties, and daily a la carte recommendations.

A business set lunch offers guests a deluxe dim sum platter, soup, sweet and sour pork with pineapples, wok-fried vegetables, fried rice with assorted vegetables, resh fruit and Chinese dessert. Lunch also offers dim sum a la carte and highlights include the steamed minced chicken dumplings with crab roe, steamed minced pork dumplings Shanghainese-style, and the steamed barbecued pork buns.<br><br>Appetizer highlights include; Marinated beef shank in Chinese wine, smoked lu fish, and pan-fried beancurd roll. Barbecued specialties are the sliced suckling pig, roasted goose, and Cantonese-style marinated chicken. Popular soups are the Summer Pavilion braised supreme shark's fin soup and the braised abalone and shark's fin in rich brown sauce while the baked crab shell with crab meat and onion and the sauteed lobster ball are great seafood choices.