Kanpai Classic (Bund 5)

01What to order

• Sher Wagyu, standard marbled cuts¥89 per 100 g / 3.5 oz in Time Out's 2015 review. Beef Central counted 15 cuts of Sher Wagyu on the menu in 2016.
• Premium boneless short rib¥320 per 100 g / 3.5 oz in 2015, the highest price Time Out gave for a cut.
• Thick-sliced skirt steakThe cut En Primeur Club singles out, grilled over charcoal.
• Sher Wagyu platterListed on the menu by Beef Central in 2016.
• Baked cheese potato with truffle¥68 in 2015, with black truffle and mozzarella; Time Out recommended it.
• Kanpai classic roll¥68 in 2015: an inside-out roll of warm shredded beef, kimchi and seaweed, in sesame seeds.
• Mixed mushroom kamameshiKettle rice at ¥75 for a small pot and ¥135 for a large one in 2015.

02The beef

One producer. Sher Wagyu comes from Ballan, in central Victoria, Australia, and was founded by Nick and Vicki Sher. Time Out added that it is sold as Sher Black in Japan. Beef Central counted 15 Sher Wagyu cuts on the 2016 menu. Grade, marbling score and feeding are not stated in any source, and the prices above are from 2015.

03The fire

Charcoal, at each table. Time Out (2015): staff set up the coals and cook the beef. En Primeur Club: Australian Wagyu and seafood grilled tableside over charcoal. No source names the type of charcoal or the grate.

04The story

Kanpai began in Taiwan in 2005, per China Daily, and reached Shanghai in the summer of 2015; Farmonline dates the Bund opening to August 2015. In October 2016 Beef Central and Farmonline reported a Michelin star for the Shanghai restaurant, 14 months after it opened, and quoted its president, Soji Hiraide, thanking Sher Wagyu. China Daily dates the star to 2017 and 2018, and Tempus Magazine to 2016, so the sources differ on the year. En Primeur Club shows a Michelin Plate in 2024 and 2025, and Steakpedia's directory lists the restaurant in the online selection for 2026, a page that could not be read for this note.

05The practical

The Michelin entry and Time Out (2015) give 5F, Bund 5, 20 Guangdong Road, Huangpu. En Primeur Club, in 2026, gives Three on the Bund, 3 Zhongshan East First Road, with the same phone number, +86 21 6340 0767, so confirm the address when booking. Reservations are required, per En Primeur Club, which puts the spend at US$100 to 150 a head. Time Out's 2015 hours were 17:00 to midnight daily; check them. Order the skirt steak.

Address

5F, Bund 5, 20 Guangdong Road, Huangpu, Shanghai

Phone

+86 21 6340 0767

Directions

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