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Shanghai The "Flowers" meal for two at the Peace Hotel has been sold out.
The TV series "Flowers" directed by Wong Kar-Wai is currently on the air. As one of the important places where the story in the play takes place, the Peace Hotel, a long-established five-star hotel in Shanghai, has once again become popular.
With the popularity of the drama, "Flowers" and Shanghai Peace Hotel launched a customized meal for two people. The set price is 1,460 yuan, plus a 16.6% surcharge. The total price is about 1,702 yuan, and there are only 20 sets per day. On January 4, according to Oriental.com Dumiao Financial Report, the "Flowers" meal for two at Shanghai Peace Hotel has been sold out.
According to a menu of the Peace Hotel that was circulated on the Internet, the names of the dishes are closely related to the plot. There are dishes that the male protagonist Mr. Bao loves, some dishes that Mr. Fan likes, and some that are Miss Wang’s favorites. Netizens who are familiar with the plot can’t help but wonder. A knowing smile. Although the dishes closely match the TV series and are quite ingenious, some netizens said that the hard dishes are lacking and the prices are too high.
According to the Labor Daily, in front of the Peace Hotel, stills from the TV series have been hung up, and a photo check-in point has been set up on one side. Citizens and tourists can go inside and take photos with "A Bao" played by Hu Ge.
In addition, Peace Hotel also launched "Flowers" afternoon tea, which also received response from some diners. The limited set meal of "Flowers" has been sold out today. It seems that if you want to eat the same delicacies from Hu Ge (Mr. Bao) and Tang Yan (Ms. Wang), you have to hurry up.
In addition to set meals and afternoon tea, a suite at the Peace Hotel is also popular. Jiemian News noticed that on the afternoon of January 4, the same room in the drama on the Ctrip platform had been changed to the "British Flower Suite", and the price for one night increased from 15,930 yuan to 16,888 yuan. Although the price is higher, the British suites have been booked for the past three days.
According to Guangming.com, the prototype of Zhiyuan Restaurant in "Flowers", Mosshengyuan Restaurant on Huanghe Road in Shanghai, has recently become an Internet celebrity hotel, attracting many citizens and tourists to check in. The staff said that not only the New Year's Eve dinner is fully booked, but also the usual meals are basically full. They will no longer accept reservations in the near future. It is recommended to make reservations until mid-January.
Moss Shengyuan Restaurant is located at the intersection of Huanghe Road and Fengyang Road in Huangpu District, Shanghai. It was established in 1993 and has a history of more than 30 years on Huanghe Road. The owner of Moss Shengyuan Restaurant also served as the food consultant for the TV series "Flowers". It has been 29 years since she came to work at Moshengyuan Restaurant in 1995, and she has witnessed the changes in the entire Huanghe Road Food Street. With the popularity of the TV series, the store also launched the same set meal as Fanhua, which costs 1,680 yuan per seat, for 10 people, and includes several hard dishes. Netizens who have tried it have mixed reactions.
It is reported that "Flowers" is directed and produced by Wong Kar-wai, starring Hu Ge, Ma Yili, Tang Yan and Xin Zhilei. The play is adapted from Jin Yucheng's novel of the same name. The original work won the "Five One Project" Award and the Mao Dun Literary Award. It tells the story of the life experiences of a group of people in Shanghai over half a century.
Driven by the TV series, the search and transaction volume of the novel "Flowers" also hit a new high. According to Oriental.com and Dangdang.com's book bestseller list, "Fan Hua" and "Fan Hua: Annotated Edition" ranked 5th and 6th in the past 24 hours; in the past 7 days, "Fan Hua: Annotated Edition" and "Fan Hua" 》Located at 6th and 8th respectively.
Li Weichang, vice president of Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House, introduced that in 2012, Jin Yucheng’s novel "Flowers" was published in "Harvest" magazine and published by Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House in 2013. By 2023, this book has gone through ten years and has become a million-level bestseller and long-term bestseller. As an "originalist", Li Weichang expressed that he very much agrees with director Wong Kar-wai's statement of "Watching "Flowers" with "Flowers"." "The director said: Everyone has his own "Flowers" in his heart. I understand that this is the director's tribute to the author Jin Yucheng and the text of "Flowers"."
