Simple, inventive French food served in a fun setting

French chef Yannick Alleno, whose Paris restaurant Le Meurice was awarded three Michelin stars in 2007, will open a new restaurant in the Shangri-La Hotel, Beijing in September.

The restaurant will be called S.T.A.Y, meaning "Simple Table Alleno Yannick".

Using simplicity as his concept, Alleno, who is the first French three-Michelin star chef to work at the Shangri-La Hotel, Beijing, said unlike those chefs who add things such as herbs to a dish, he tries to take out things to make it a simple but original dish.