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This is a brunch with a focus on quality over quantity; you won’t find the usual spectrum of mediocre pasta, pizza and pad thai here. Instead, small touches (or big opulent ones depending on your perspective) give a suggestion of the quality of the food on offer. Live Boston lobsters nervously await their fate next to their boiled brethren. A hulking wheel of raclette cheese rests beneath a grill, ready to be melted over new potatoes and air-dried ham. Upon closer inspection, a waxen red flower turns out to be crafted from solid chocolate. This is not to say that you won’t eat your fill – my, but you will – just that the genteel dining room and carefully selected ingredients are better suited to a refined Sunday outing than a brash eating and drinking contest. Should you be in the mood to drink, stepped pricing from RMB 420 to 620 (plus 15% service charge) allows you to select your preferred level of sobriety.