Prada has introduced the opening of its first standalone restaurant in Asia, a collaboration with acclaimed Hong Kong arthouse director Wong Kar-wai. The eating area will reside in Rong Zhai, a restored 1918 historic mansion and artwork venue in Shanghai inaugurated by the Prada Group in 2017 as a versatile hub for cultural actions in China.
Mi Shang Prada Rong Zhai, Shanghai
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Named Mi Shang – that means ‘to be obsessive about’ in Chinese language – the restaurant will occupy the second ground, providing an all-day café service alongside a effective eating expertise. The menu will centre on Italian delicacies infused with Chinese language flavours, spanning breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner, and night cocktails, fostering a culinary dialogue between the 2 cultures.
Though but to be totally unveiled, the design, led by Wong Kar-wai, guarantees to channel the distinctive aesthetics of his seminal movies Within the Temper for Love and Joyful Collectively. Although ultimate pictures have but to be launched, the area will incorporate mirrors and contrasts to evoke the director’s signature illusory, sensual ambiance. The idea additionally attracts inspiration from the philatelic idea of tête-bêche – a pair of joined postage stamps the place one has been printed upright and the opposite the other way up, whether or not by design or accident.
(Picture credit score: Pictures by Agostino Osio)
(Picture credit score: Pictures by Agostino Osio)
‘The concept of reflection, adjacency, and correspondence hints on the intersection of two nice cultures, connecting Milan and Shanghai in a visible dialogue that’s each subtle and distinctive,’ Prada shares in a press release.
Prada’s engagement with cinema is longstanding, the model having collaborated with administrators Pedro Almodóvar, Danny Boyle, and Ava DuVernay, and in addition championed movie conservation and funding initiatives. The group’s ardour for the transferring picture can also be seen within the design of Bar Luce on the Prada Basis in Milan, conceived by American filmmaker Wes Anderson, in addition to its in-house cinema, named after Franco-Swiss director Jean-Luc Godard.
Mi Shang Prada Rong Zhai will likely be situated at No.186, North Shaan Xi Highway, Jing’an District, Shanghai, China. It’s scheduled to open to the general public on 31 March 2025, with bookings taken from 29 March through WeChat mini-program; prada.com
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