If you think French toast sounds like a pretty ordinary dish, you obviously never eat breakfast with chef Christopher Pitts at Shanghai's Table No 1. His version (58 yuan, or $8.8, at the weekend brunch) is dusted with the usual powdered sugar and gleams with warm and spicy housemade orange marmalade. For an extra 30 yuan, he'll make your order mega French with a foie gras upgrade, giving a savory edge to the sweet treat.

1-3 Maojiayuan Lu (near Zhongshan Nanlu), Huangpu district, Shanghai. 021-6080-2918.