The Jakarta restaurant Shanghai Blue 1920 takes old-school romantics back to a livelier, jazzier time – back to the days of the original Shanghai Tea House, a warung-turned-full-scale-restaurant.

With jazz music courtesy of the Shanghai Jazz Band and Nita Aartsen Project, Shanghai Blue 1920 harks back to its storied predecessor on Sunda Kelapa, a bustling tea house and restaurant run by a Shanghainese immigrant and his Indonesian wife.

The Blue Valentine special will be served on February 14: lovers who attend My Blue Valentine will enjoy a four-course dinner and a glass of sparkling wine, for IDR 498,000 (US$53) per couple.

Shanghai Blue 1920 preserves the memory of the Shanghai Tea House with origin pieces of the restaurant on site, the lively jazz stylings of its live performers, and the charming Shanghainese and Batavian dishes derived from the simple home cooking prepared by the Shanghai Tea House’session original proprietor Siti Zaenab.

RSVP Hatina/Diana at +62 21 391 8690, or email shanghai-blue@tuguhotels.com.

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