Hunan cuisine is one of the eight major cuisines in the country. It is rich in oil and rich in color, and is especially famous for its sour, spicy, fragrant, fresh and waxy dishes. Changsha is the center of Hunan cuisine and a nationally famous city of gourmet food. Changsha people are famous for their love of food and their ability to eat.
The more famous Hunan dishes in Changsha mainly include spicy chicken, three-layer chicken, Changsha crispy duck with sesame seeds, mushrooms without yolk eggs, tripe soaked in mushroom soup, hair silk 100 pages, steamed cured meat, etc. In some restaurants run by farmers along the Liuyang River, you can enjoy simple "countryside cuisine". You can also taste sweet potato cakes, sweet potato stems, taro stems and other whole grains that are not available in the city.
Recommended restaurants
Fire Palace: If you want to try Changsha’s special snacks, you can go to Fire Palace. There are many varieties of snacks there, such as fried stinky tofu, salt and pepper dumplings, and sister dumplings. , white pills, etc. are all done very well.
Address: Pozi Street, near Jiefang West Road; Wuyi Road, No. 93 Wuyi Avenue, Furong District. ?
Chili Fried Pork Local Restaurant: Although the name is simple and inconspicuous, its booming business and consistent focus on making the signature dish "Chili Fried Pork" are enough to make Changsha gourmet And diners from out of town rush to patronize. ?
Address: Furong Middle Road, near Puyuan.
Flavor cuisine restaurants: Flavor cuisine is a cooking method that has become popular in Xingcheng in recent years. Its "strong ingredients and strong taste" are deeply loved by Changsha people who love spicy food. Several time-honored restaurants are basically hidden in inconspicuous or even shabby residential buildings. Among them, "Zhao Ji", "Qian Si" and "Xiao Li Flavor" under Liucheng Bridge are particularly famous.
In addition, Changsha also has some large-scale restaurants and dining areas with long-lasting reputations. The more famous ones are the Youyi New Village area on the Second Ring Road (there are large restaurants such as Jixiang Yiyijixiang and Bodhi Tree), The scenic area on the east bank of the Xiangjiang River (including the Qinhuang Restaurant and the Haoshishangda large restaurant), Jinxiu Square and the West Lake Tower, which is known as the largest landscape restaurant in China, are near the Radio and Television Center.
(Zhangjiajie Food) The Tujia cuisine in Zhangjiajie not only has strong ethnic characteristics, but also incorporates the essence of Hunan cuisine. Spicy is a characteristic of Hunan cuisine, and Tujia cuisine is no exception. In addition to spicy food, Tujia people also particularly like wax, sour and pickled vegetables, which have unique flavors. Special dishes include cured pig head, "Reunion dish", blood tofu, mixed slag, sour fish, loach tofu, black-bone chicken and gastrodia soup, etc.; snacks include social rice, pig blood porridge, etc. In addition, don’t miss the recommended dishes below. ?
Eat in scenic spots
It is very expensive to eat in hotels near Zhangjiajie scenic spots. Vegetables cost more than 15 yuan, meat dishes cost more than 30 yuan per portion, and game dishes cost more than 80 yuan. , such as wild boar, bamboo chicken, fir fungus, etc. If you stay at a farm hotel in the scenic area, you can ask for a meal package. Breakfast is generally 5 yuan per person, and lunch and dinner are 12 yuan per person. The conditions are average but quite delicious.
However, dishes such as stir-fried bacon with kudzu root, rock fungus, and sour corn scrambled eggs are very local characteristics and are worth tasting. They can be eaten in hotels and farmhouses. In addition, it takes about 10 minutes by car from Shuihuansimen to Huanglong Cave. There is a "Yindu Tujia Restaurant" with delicious food, especially fried wild bee pupae, stone chicken, and golden whip fish.
In short, when spending money around scenic spots, you must be mentally prepared to be expensive, and don’t forget to bargain. ?
Eat in the urban area
In the urban area of ??Zhangjiajie, there are many delicious foods and the prices are very cheap. If your stomach has been aggrieved in the scenic area, you can completely relax here!
Breakfast
You can try the "Xueyun Big Bun" chain operation in the urban area. It costs 5 yuan for a big one and has many varieties. We recommend the mushroom, bamboo shoot, meat and chili bun, which is delicious. Spicy and juicy. Another serving of hot soy milk costs 1 yuan per cup, which is enough for you to go hiking in high spirits.
Lunch/Dinner
First of all, I recommend Zhangjiajie’s special dish-Sanxiaguo. The so-called "Sanxia Guo" is a hot pot made of three main ingredients and simmered without adding soup. The most famous one is "Master Hu's Sanxiaguo" near Fengwan Bridge (available by bus No. 10), which costs 15 yuan per serving. The most economical version for two or three people is 30 yuan. The specialties are stir-fried intestines and stir-fried walnut meat, which can be stewed in one pot and taste great. By the way, I ordered a side of sour radish, which was crunchy and sour, making me drool.
Like to eat fish heads? Then go to Sanjiaoping, where there is Laowu Yutou Hot Pot Restaurant (available by bus No. 7). The soup is stewed with small cherry tomatoes produced locally in Zhangjiajie and is very delicious.
The fish head is 15 yuan per pound, and comes with a plate of vegetables and a plate of noodles. You can eat comfortably with less than 30 yuan per person.
If you have a big pocket, you can eat some meat and game. I recommend the Tasteless Restaurant (on the way to the scenic spot from Dayong Bridge, very close to Dayong Bridge Park, you need to take a taxi, less than 15 yuan), the name is a bit sensational, but the taste is still good. There are wild boar, rat, muntjac meat, bacon, etc. We especially recommend the local specialty yellow pork, also known as Miao sour pork. In addition, there are many delicious places just past Beizheng Street in the urban area, such as Master Li's Crispy Du (light taste), Junge Intestine Restaurant, Lekofu, Oolong Shanzhai, Music Kitchen, etc. If you have time, you might as well make a special trip there to taste it. one time.