Historic decision to Shangri-la The chain of luxury hotel Asians, who has decided to no longer serve its guests Shark fin soup in all its 72 properties. The dish has always been considered a delicacy enough to be served in fancy restaurants throughout Asia, especially Hong Kong; Special for banquets, but now the hotels of the chain can no longer eat it. The decision has immediate effect: there will be so even the opportunity to order a last portion of the plate, due to the new “sustainable fisheries policy, “Signed by the chain.
For customers in the Hotels Asian luxury may be a bitter pill to swallow, but the leaders of the company were clear and inflexible: no more fish fin soup. Not only that, since the new policy chain will lead to a gradual phasing out of the menu blue fin tuna and Chilean sea bass, Two other species to extinction.
The decision is very important and opens a new horizon for ‘high gastronomy. The shark is in fact one of the most endangered animals in Asia and is indiscriminately hunted for their fins.
The alarm raised by scientists remained unheeded for years, but today’s Shangri-la has decided to make his battle for the preservation of endangered species.
There will be variations in the menu height of the most refined palates, ensure the chain. To whom then is willing to spending record numbers in order to serve blue fin tuna, Another endangered species, a large chain opposes, inaugurating a Luxury food and ecological.
A brave choice, but essential: while for caviar can, at great cost, to create farms and thus avoid his death, for sharks is not possible. Better then to leave them free in the seas.
