Sasha, the mansion that it is housed in, was originally a gift from Soong Ziwen, or Charlie Soong, for his daughter Soong Meiling and Jiang Jieshi as a wedding gift. You might remember the movie about the Soong sisters, one loved money, one loved the country, one loved power. The three sisters were highly educated, the eldest married the richest man in China, the middle sister married Sun Yat-Sen, the youngest married Jiang Jieshi.
In 1943, the house was lost to the Japanese army. In 1950, the building became a music school. And only much later, a group of expatriate businessman leased the house and named the mansion Sasha after the Soong's alleged mistress,
Food was so-so and not worth the price that they were asking for. Be it starters, main courses or the dessert platter that we ordered. But the atmosphere and the cocktails served are fantastic, therefore go there for drinks, soak up the history and read about the characters which are written about in the drinks menu. But go, only go, after dinner somewhere else.
Sasha's
Address: 11 Dongping Lu (corner of Hengshan Lu), Shanghai
Tel: (021) 64746628
Fax: (021) 64679403
Email: steven.burns@sashas-shanghai.com
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