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At a glance
Jin Sha is the Chinese restaurant at Four Seasons Hotel Hangzhou at West Lake, on Lingyin Road. It serves traditional Jiangsu-Zhejiang cuisine with local and seasonal ingredients, set in a garden-facing room with traditional architectural details. The beverage programme includes fine tea, premium wine and Chinese huangjiu. Signature dishes include braised pork belly with abalone, Sanmen crab steamed with wine rice or soy, and crispy half chicken with spicy salt.[1]
Cooking & identity
Wang Yong’s cooking is Jiangnan at the luxury-hotel register: braised pork, river fish, crab and poultry, with local sourcing and a clear line to Hangzhou and Zhejiang flavours. The kitchen’s “boundless innovation” claim is best read through the balance of traditional technique and seasonal ingredients rather than through novelty for its own sake.[1] [2]
The restaurant’s stated philosophy
Paraphrased from the restaurant, its group or a named chef’s statement.
The hotel’s official description frames Jin Sha around traditional Jiangsu-Zhejiang cooking, local and seasonal ingredients, and a setting that aims for harmony between people and nature. Tea, wine and huangjiu are part of the meal rather than a separate list of luxury cues.
In his official biography, Wang Yong describes travel and conversations as his main sources of inspiration, and says he cooks traditional dishes he learned from his mother at home. The current team page turns that into a professional statement: craftsmanship with generosity, and dishes that carry terroir, memory and expertise.
[1] [2]Why this profile is included
Included through a current MICHELIN star, Asia’s 50 Best No.85 re-entry, a long Black Pearl record, a named senior chef and a documented 2019 three-chef dinner at Cai Yi Xuan. Restaurant awards and Wang Yong’s personal recognitions are kept separate.[1] [3] [4]
Independent observations
ChefsLanding · · Editorial commentary on the public record
Hotel Chinese restaurants often hide behind a vocabulary of timelessness. Jin Sha’s record is more concrete: a long MICHELIN run, a Black Pearl run, a 2026 Asia re-entry and a chef who has been in the same hotel since 2010. The useful question is not whether the room is elegant – it is – but whether the cooking still has a pulse after years of banquet service.
Wang Yong’s stated inspiration is travel, conversation and the home dishes he learned from his mother. That is a modest, human answer, and a better one than a manifesto. The risk for a restaurant at this level is complacency; the signature dishes are traditional enough that execution is everything. We would follow the sourcing and the consistency, not the next award line.
Recent developments
- 2026
The hotel’s current dining page lists Jin Sha at No.85 on Asia’s 50 Best 2026, one MICHELIN star for 2023–2026, three Black Pearl diamonds for 2018–2026 and a 2025 Tatler Asia-Pacific listing.[1] [4]
- 2019-11-07
Jin Sha’s Wang Yong was announced for a 7 November 2019 six-hands dinner at Cai Yi Xuan, Four Seasons Hotel Beijing, with Li Qiang and Chan Yan Tak. The source is an announcement, not a post-event recap.[5]
Collaborations & guest appearances
1 collaboration project · 0 within the two-year research window
Projects are deduplicated: multiple nights, venues or reports do not automatically become separate collaborations. Food-and-drink events and shared festival appearances are labelled by format.
Li Qiang × Chan Yan Tak × Wang Yong
Cai Yi Xuan, Four Seasons Beijing · Beijing
Scheduled date passed · announcement
Participants / partners
Li Qiang / Cai Yi Xuan · Chan Yan Tak / Lung King Heen · Wang Yong / Jin ShaThe hotel announced a 7 November 2019 dinner at Cai Yi Xuan with Li Qiang, Lung King Heen’s Chan Yan Tak and Jin Sha’s Wang Yong. The original announcement is retained as historical evidence.[5]
Recognition over time
Restaurant ratings and individual honours are listed separately. Editorial profiles are labelled as coverage.
Sources & dates
Public biographies, restaurant statements and named projects checked on 5 November 2026. Exact employment dates and unreported engagements may remain unavailable.
- fourseasons.com · Jin Sha · official restaurant page, team and awards ↗Checked 2026-11-05
- press.fourseasons.com · Wang Yong · official biography and quote ↗Checked 2026-11-05
- MICHELIN · Jin Sha · MICHELIN Guide selection ↗Checked 2026-11-05
- 50 Best · Asia’s 50 Best 2026 · published 51–100 list ↗Published 2026-03-12 · Checked 2026-11-05
- press.fourseasons.com · Cai Yi Xuan ·2019 three-chef collaboration ↗Published 2019-10-28 · Checked 2026-11-04