Lawyer Liang Wenxi, the eldest daughter of Liang Shiqiu, said in an interview: At that time, my family was a big feudal family with dozens of members. My grandfather, Liang Xianxi (梁咸熙), born in 1887, was also a very conscientious eater, and although there was a high chef in charge of the stove at home at that time, he still often went out to restaurants or small halls to look for what he liked to eat. He called himself "the owner of the full of moths". Under his influence, when I was a child, I often went with my grandfather to taste the delicacies of various restaurants in the capital in a foreign car. My father, Mr. Liang Shiqiu, was also a big fan of food. In his "Yasha Talks about Eating", he wrote about many of the meals he personally experienced, and also talked many times about Houdefu Restaurant, the anecdotes in the restaurant, and the famous dishes and points in the restaurant.

"Houdefu restaurant opened at the time, coinciding with the collapse of the imperial system, the Republic of China was first established, in the Yuan Shikai when the country, he liked to use Henan cuisine to treat guests, over time, some officials and eunuchs also like, competing to follow suit, making Houdefu reputation, business is booming. The original, the small second floor can not receive the successive diners, but the feng shui relationship between the old site will not move, and do not change the decoration, an old and simple look for decades. In order to expand business, successively in Beiping City South amusement park, Shenyang, Changchun, Heilongjiang, Xi'an, Qingdao, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Chongqing, Beibei and other places to open branches. The senior apprentices under Mr. Chen, one by one, were sent to each branch to take charge of the food. This is a brief history of Hou De Fu." (Liang Shiqiu)

Houdefu's best dish is the bear's paw, which is a famous delicacy in the capital. In addition, there are iron pot eggs, two do fish, walnut waist, Luo Han tofu ......

In 1912, because Yuan Shikai did not want to go to Nanjing as president, and instigated Cao Kun to start a mutiny, so the restaurant was robbed, and then resumed business again shortly thereafter.