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the traditional Zhejiang cuisine is composed of Hangzhou cuisine, Ningbo cuisine, Shaoxing cuisine and Wenzhou cuisine, and Hangzhou cuisine is the leader of Zhejiang cuisine. Jiangsu and Zhejiang are rich in fish and rice, and the local people are quite particular about their diet.
Hangzhou cuisine pays attention to light oil, light pulp, light and tender taste. Historically, it has been divided into two schools: "on the lake" and "in the city". The former is mainly made of fish, shrimp and poultry, and is good at techniques such as raw stir-frying, clear stew and tender stir-frying, paying attention to clear, fresh, crisp and tender taste and retaining the original flavor. The latter is mainly made of meat, and its cooking methods are mainly steaming, stewing, boiling and burning. It pays attention to light oil, light pulp, light and tender taste, and pays attention to the combination of fresh and salty.
1. Hangzhou specialty restaurants recommend
1) Zhiweiguan
Chinese time-honored brands. Traditional famous snacks and snacks compete with each other and attract countless Chinese and foreign diners. "Fresh meat dumplings, cat ears, roasted goose with glutinous rice, and Happy Double" have always been talked about, and they have won many awards such as "provincial quality products", "National Jinding Award" and "Chinese famous snacks". At the same time, they have also traveled to Fusang and exported to Japan. The concept of knowing taste is based on the traditional dishes in Hangzhou and boldly introduces the essence from all over the world. Under the leadership of famous chefs, eight famous cuisines are leading the way, and famous dishes emerge one after another, such as "Silver Snow Fish in Chicken Juice", "Dried Duck", "Boiled Duck in Wulin", "Shredded Fish with Crab Yellow", "Dragon and Phoenix Double Meeting", "chili pepper Lamb Leg", "Crab Yellow Olive Fish" and "Yipin Seafood Cup".
2) Louwailou
Hangzhou Louwailou, which is famous for its "delicious food and beautiful scenery", is located at the foot of the beautiful Xizi Lake and the lonely mountain.
the restaurants in the building are elegantly decorated, with beautiful environment and complete facilities. Dishes not only pay attention to color, aroma, taste, shape and quality, but also pay attention to variety. Besides traditional famous dishes such as West Lake vinegar fish, Longjing shrimp, Huatong chicken, Song Saoyu soup and Dongpo braised pork, there are a large number of special dishes with flavor. Where is the beauty of the West Lake vinegar fish? It is the only building outside Hangzhou. "Where is the beauty of the West Lake vinegar fish?" People in Hangzhou have a custom. Anyone who has guests must go outside the building to taste the flavor of Hangzhou cuisine. Visitors from other places don't go upstairs to the West Lake, and it seems that they don't really appreciate the delicious food in Hangzhou.
3) Kuiyuan Pavilion
Kuiyuan Pavilion Headquarters is located in the northwest corner of the intersection of Jiefang Road and Zhongshan Road in Hangzhou. On the lintel of the three-story building, there are three gold words "Kuiyuan Pavilion" inscribed by Mr. Sha Menghai. On both sides, there are couplets written by Zhu De Yuan, an octogenarian: "Three bowls and two bowls are all right, and thousands of things are all right". Above the stairs of the gate, there is a plaque "King of Noodles in the South of the Yangtze River" written by the famous painter Cheng Shifa, which fully shows the profound cultural heritage of the old Kuiyuan Pavilion in 142 years. For more than a hundred years, the Ning style of Kuiyuan Pavilion has become famous all over the world, and diners from all sides have come here. In recent decades, it has received many famous people from all walks of life, such as Cai Tingkai, Jiang Jingguo, Li Jishen, Chen Shutong, Mei Lanfang, Zhu Kezhen, Gai Jiaotian, Zhou Xuan, Tung Chee-hwa, Jin Yong, etc., making Kuiyuan Pavilion more famous.
In the 61 years after liberation, Kuiyuan Museum has strived to maintain and carry forward its traditional management characteristics, kept improving its skills and prospered its business. Fried eel noodles with shrimp, sliced Sichuan noodles, noodles with eight treasures of red oil, noodles with four treasures of sea and noodles with happy ever after have become famous snacks in China. In recent years, it has also created new varieties that are well received by customers, such as "cold noodles with vegetarian sauce", "noodles with kuiyuan" and "noodles with mushrooms in red oil".
4) Grandma's house
Grandma's house is located at No.6-1 Macheng Road (opposite to the Provincial Higher People's Court). The best representative of civilian consumption. Going to grandma's for dinner is definitely to make a reservation, without worrying about not having enough to eat, just be bold. In this era of soaring prices, for ordinary people, cost performance is king. So grandma's family opened countless chain stores in the city, and every family was full. First-rate homely hangzhou dishes, second-rate dining environment and third-rate price.
2. Recommended dining in West Lake Scenic Area
1) Baoqing Club: The house is a famous historical building with a mountain facing the lake. The decoration is very emotional, of course, it is expensive. It is recommended that fermented shad, the first-class carved wine, be steamed with special fermented shad, and the oil seeps into the fish, which is moist and delicious.
2) Qinghefang: There are many famous Hangzhou cuisines in the street. Wang Runxing Restaurant, Yangtang Restaurant and Taiji Road Teahouse are all good choices.
3) Gaoyinxiang Food Street: a famous food street, with restaurants all over the street. You can find everything from popular food to authentic hangzhou dishes.
4) Lotus fragrance house in Huazhong City: north of Leifeng Tower, south of Jingci Temple, surrounded by mountains and waters, with beautiful scenery and first-class environment, mainly engaged in hangzhou dishes, as well as wild series of aquatic products.
5) Wufeng Caotang: The scenery by the bridge is very good, and the farm dishes are very good. The signature dish is awesome, the stinky tofu is tender, and the osmanthus pot is also very distinctive, but the price is not low. The business in the store is quite good. If you don't make a reservation, you will be late and there will be no seats at all.
6) Hidden building: Hong Kong-style private cuisine, located in a two-story detached house next to the West Lake, with a quiet environment. Recommend special beef, signature tofu, squab, and seafood stone pot with rice.
3. Recommended for famous dishes in Hangzhou
Longjing Shrimp
"Longjing Shrimp" is a famous dish with outstanding traditional flavor in Hangzhou, with white and tender meat, green and fragrant tea.
Dongpo meat
is bright red in color, rich in mellow juice, crisp but not broken, oily but not greasy. Take wine with soy sauce, shallots, ginger and sugar as soup. The original juice is not moved. Put it in a sealed casserole and stew it with slow fire. The cooked meat is moist and bright red, crisp and rotten like tofu but not broken, and tastes delicious but not glutinous ...
West Lake vinegar fish
In ancient times, someone ate this dish and wrote a poem on the wall of the restaurant: "Skirt couplet" Why go back to Hans Zhang perch?
Fried chicken with chestnuts
"Jingui fragrant chestnuts come". Fried chicken with chestnuts is a famous dish in autumn. Chestnut, also known as chestnut, is a specialty of our country and enjoys the reputation of "king of dried fruits". Sweet and glutinous chestnuts are fried with fresh and tender chicken, with Huang Liang color and delicious taste.
Ham and broad beans
The selection of "Ham and broad beans" is very particular. It should choose the early-maturing broad beans in our garden, which can be eaten in long summer during the Qingming Festival. The eyebrows of the beans are still green, the meat is tender and tender, and the skin is soft and tender, which has a special taste. If the bean eyebrows turn dark, ...
honey juice fire recipe
soaked and steamed with ham and rock sugar for many times, it is salty and sweet, thick and fragrant, with lotus seeds and green plums, and the color is moving.
west lake water shield soup
the water shield of the west lake, also known as horseshoe grass and lotus leaf, was a precious aquatic food in China a long time ago. Water shield is not only fragrant in taste, but also rich in nutrition. Its tender stems, buds and rolled leaves are surrounded by white and transparent jelly, which contains high ...
4. Hangzhou snacks recommend
Wu Shan shortbread
White flour is used as raw material, and cooking oil is added to form an oily noodle, which is shaped and put into an oil pan. Add fine white sugar when eating. The finished product is crisp, layered, golden in color, crisp but not broken, oily but not greasy, fragrant and sweet, and melts in the mouth. This cake is in Wushan ...
Cat's Ear
Cat's Ear is a traditional snack in Hangzhou Zhiweiguan. More than 911 pieces of flour can be made from 511 grams of white flour, and then cooked with diced chicken, diced ham, mushrooms, scallops and bamboo shoots. The snack noodle flap is shaped like a cat's ear.
pianerchuan noodles
pianerchuan noodles are a famous snack in Kuiyuan Pavilion in Hangzhou. When cooking, lean pork slices are selected, accompanied by bamboo shoots and cabbage, and cooked with noodles. The sliced meat is fresh and tender, and the sliced cabbage and bamboo shoots are bright and white, and the food is delicious and refreshing.
Fried eel noodles with shrimps
When cooking, choose thick and fresh eel, cut it into eel slices, fry it with plain oil, stir-fry it with meat oil, and pour it with sesame oil until the eel slices are yellow and crisp; Clean fresh shrimps, add egg white, size and stir-fry until white and tender; After the refined noodles are cooked in the pot, they are not sticky or pasty ...
Castanopsis fissa
There is an interesting recipe for Hangzhou-style snack Castanopsis fissa. In 1142, Yue Fei, a national hero, was killed in Dali Temple in Jian 'an on charges of "unwarranted", and the people in Hangzhou hated the couple.