Though not one of China's four major cuisines, Hangzhou Gang Cuisine is a culinary experience not to be missed on a trip to Hangzhou, with famous dishes such as West Lake Vinegar Fish, Longjing Shrimp, and Piece of Szechuan. In Hangzhou, restaurants that can represent the local tastes of Hangzhou cuisine in different eras are mainly divided into three categories: one is the classic traditional Hangzhou cuisine restaurants represented by Louwailou, Shanwaishan, and Hangzhou Restaurant, featuring traditional dishes such as West Lake Vinegar Fish, Longjing Shrimp, and Deep-fried Rattlesnake; the second is the innovative Hangzhou cuisine represented by Grandma's House, featuring fusion and innovative dishes such as braised pork and squirrel and guppy; and the third is the newest netroots restaurants represented by Lantang Li, which is a newcomer in the city, and is a must-visit food experience. The third category is represented by the newly promoted Netflix restaurants, which go for low-priced Lontang characteristics, featuring dishes from big stoves and home-cooked food.

Classic traditional Hangzhou cuisine hall represented by Louwailou

The so-called classic traditional Hangzhou cuisine hall is completely inherited the practice of classic Hangzhou cuisine, do not make big breakthroughs in the dishes, strictly follow the traditional cooking methods and standards, and truly restore the taste of Hangzhou cuisine in the history of the restaurant's representatives, including Louwailou located in the lonely mountain of the West Lake, Hangzhou restaurant on the Lakeshore Road, and Yuquan Road, Mountain Yuquan Road, etc.

These several classic Hangzhou restaurant, the same long history, the signature dishes are different, but there is a **** the same point, that is, the perfect inheritance of the traditional practice of Hangzhou cuisine, you taste the dishes here and taste, and Su Dongpo's era, there is not much difference, the reason why I say so, because the "Dongpo meat" and other classic dishes, is the era of the traditional practice of Hangzhou cuisine. The reason why I say this is because classic dishes such as "Dongpo Pork" were handed down from that era.

The classic dishes of traditional Hangzhou cuisine mainly include: West Lake Vinegar Fish, Longjing Shrimp, Sister Song's Fish Soup, Dongpo Pork, etc. These are the must-order dishes. Of course, it also includes traditional Hangzhou snacks such as green onion hinpi buns, slice of Szechuan, and deep-fried rattlesnake. Of course, prices at traditional classic Hangzhou restaurants are the highest among the three types of restaurants, usually above 150 per person.

Innovative Fusion Hangzhou Cuisine Represented by Outer Grandma's House

If you were to ask which restaurant has been perpetually overcrowded in the last decade, Outer Grandma's House would have to be one of them. In Hangzhou, Grandma's has about ten stores, and in the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai postal zones, the number of stores is even higher. The reason why Grandma's is so popular is that in its main dishes, it constantly incorporates cooking methods from Shanghai, Suzhou, Huaiyang and other cuisines. For example, Grandma's Braised Pork is very different from Dongpo Pork's cooking method, which is a braised pork made with salted fish. Ningbo people are able to taste the flavor of their hometown in this dish, which is why Grandma's is classified as a fusion dish in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and China.

The main dishes of Grandma's House, one look at the menu, you know that it is an upgraded version of the traditional Hangzhou cuisine, in addition to the traditional Hangzhou cuisine unique West Lake vinegar fish, Longjing shrimp, here and added to the traditional Hangzhou cuisine does not have, but the taste of the fusion of the same lineage of dishes, the most popular, including the called chicken, squirrel cinnamon fish, Grandma Braised Pork Golden Flower two-headed Wu sausage, Hangzhou Xiaolongbao, and so on, the taste of the adaptation of the strong, the taste of the strong, and so on. Most tourists from Jiangsu and Zhejiang can both eat the flavor of their hometown specialties and experience the taste of Hangzhou cuisine.

These fusion restaurants, represented by Grandma's House, are slightly less expensive than traditional Hangzhou Gangtang restaurants, at around 100-120 yuan per person.

The newest Netflix restaurant represented by the alley

Netflix restaurant to take the route of the local food, is the generation of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Netflix restaurant's successful route, but the Netflix restaurant source birth is not the same, the overall success of the way there are two paths, a path is to choose the location of the special meaning, according to the uniqueness, such as Maogiabu "South Lodge", exclusive access to the Maogiabu on the "South Lodge", and the "South Lodge", which is located on the "South Lodge". The first path is to choose a location that is particularly meaningful, according to the uniqueness, such as the "South Lodge" in Maojiabu, which occupies the most quiet place on the ancient incense road in Maojiabu, surrounded by water on three sides, and supported by the landscape of the Maojiabu wetland, and the mentality of the meal is different. The second path is to take the affordable route, choose Hangzhou local home cooking, big stove dishes to reduce the cost of ingredients on the basis of basically about 70-80, not more than 100 yuan per capita price, took an affordable route.

Lane such a net red restaurant, there is also a unique geographical advantage to support, this is the starting point on the Maogiabu, is to go to the Lingyin Temple of the road, and therefore become a source of customers to ensure that the dishes, do not take the high-end route, in Hangzhou home cooking, on the basis of Lane dishes, do some innovative improvements, such as Lane marinated chicken claws, sauerkraut better than the fish in pickled fish, marvelous fritter shrimp, and so on, the dishes and the style of the store is the characteristics of Hangzhou, but the practice is not bound to the traditional, more suitable for young people.

The above three types of restaurants, roughly able to cover the trip to Hangzhou, need to feel the taste characteristics of Hangzhou cuisine, of course, in addition to these three kinds of outside, there is another big category, is the Meijiawu, Longjing, and other places of Nongjiale, where the dishes, closer to Hangzhou people's local home-cooked food practices, to fish head soup, this chicken pot and other home-cooked dishes as the main features, it is also worth going to feel the

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