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Over the Saint-Lawrence south of Montreal at Quartier DIX30 in Brossard, a new supper club and cabaret spot named La Nuit Shanghai has opened. Themed after the Chinese city in the 1920s, it's a 6,000 square foot space that gives the shopping district a major injection of nightlife with its burlesque dancers, flapper girl entertainers, and live musical acts while diners dive into plates of dim sum.
...we're not 100% sure where the demand for a large-scale supper club and burlesque cabaret themed after Shanghai in the 1920s came from, but this one certainly meets it.
As clients enter and ascend the stairwell, drummers thunderously welcome them; hostesses dressed in silk take coats; diners are seated in leather banquettes, in 6-foot-high throne chairs, or at quartz countertops; the drinks flow and oysters are popped.
The atmosphere leans towards getting guests to make their won noise, and it works: Clients cheer on dancers and musicians taking the centre stage between footage of modern day Shanghai and promo footage of the cabaret playing on a long LED screen behind it. Bottle service features in the menu, and ranges from run-of-the-mill offerings to Chinese cabernet sauvignon from Yunnan in excess of $900 to a svelte bottle of Richard Hennessy for $19,000 (not a typo, trust us).
The space seats more than 140 and is geared towards private parties and office parties. "We can even host private events outside of regular business hours if requested for an additional 30 people," says Jacky Lin, the president of Groupe SH which created the space.
Inspired by Lin's trip to Shanghai in 2019, the cabaret experience seeks to recreate the Paramount Hotel of Shanghai. A lot of that is brought to life by the talents performers that the cabaret has brought on board.
In the kitchen, executive chef David Yeh—former owner of Bulma Bar in Old Montreal and a long-time collaborator with chef Antonio Park—is behind a menu delivers both Chinese and French dishes and inspirations. More so the former than the latter, there's specialties like dim sum and Peking duck for $88 alongside duck and tuna tataki. As for drinks, the bar has made a point of putting together a tea-based cocktail menu.
All told, it's a exceptionally raucous arrival for the shopping district, but it's primed to attract many as a place to let loose—even if you're not planning a party of your own, it's worth experiencing at least once.
La Nuit Shanghai is located at Quartier Dix30 (9140 boulevard Leduc) in Brossard, Quebec and is open Wednesday to Sunday from 5 pm until closing.