And Shangri-la does it, too.
Every year, during the Ice and Snow Festival, Shangri-la Hotel Harbin builds its own ice restaurant where diners can enjoy shabu-shabu meals in the comfort of –18 degrees.
Entrance to Ice Palace
Dumplings and meatballs line the hallway
One of the more elegant private dining rooms
For people who prefer the “in the wild” feel
In this godforsaken weather, hotpot meal is the only way to go
Sadly, the food is just average shabu-shabu fare, we do not even get prime cuts of meat. Except for the ice structure and the minus eighteen degrees, there really is nothing extraordinary about this meal.
BRRRRRRian, Sherylou, Me, Nelson
After dinner, we have a few drinks.
For warmth.
It is absolutely necessary.
We head to Ice Bar just next door
Ice Bar. As in literally.
Ice table and stools
Ice entertainment
Check out the iced snowflake design on my wine glass. Totally stellar.
Fun (and very drunk!) Singaporean tourists having a merry-crazy time with Siberian tiger stuffed animal “tails”
With the cute and nice bartender we harassed all night
Shangri-la Hotel Harbin: 555 You Yi Road, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China. 中国哈尔滨道里区友谊路555号. Tel: +86451-84858888
