Nowadays, Hangzhou cuisine is popular in the south of the Yangtze River because of its high quality and low price. Hangzhou cuisine belongs to Zhejiang cuisine of eight major Chinese cuisines, and "refreshing and unique" is the biggest feature of Hangzhou cuisine. Su Dongpo, a great poet in the Song Dynasty, once praised that "there is no such thing as Hang Cheng in the world", and there is an allusion to "getting off the horse at the smell of incense". There are countless famous dishes in Hangzhou. The most famous ones are beggar chicken, Dongpo pork, Song Saoyu soup, West Lake vinegar fish, Longjing shrimp, West Lake water shield soup, braised bamboo shoots in oil and so on. Dongpo meat is fat but not greasy, called chicken is tender and refreshing, and West Lake vinegar fish is delicious, so you must try it when you visit Hangzhou.

Hangzhou's famous restaurants include the "time-honored" Louwailou, Tianwaitian, Shanwaishan, etc. When you first arrive in Hangzhou, you may be attracted by the Louwailou. Indeed, in addition to the beautiful scenery of the West Lake, the antique buildings here can be seen from the window, showing the sparkling West Lake, which is very old and authentic. Besides, there are many places to taste delicious food in Hangzhou. Please refer to "restaurant recommendation".

restaurant recommendation → three famous restaurants in West Lake

Louwailou

Address: No.3, Gushan Road, Hangzhou (accessible by bus No.85, No.7 and No.81)

Recommended reason: It has a traditional old shop for more than 15 years and is a must-see restaurant for Chinese and foreign tourists when they travel in Hangzhou.

specialties: shrimp in Longjing, vinegar fish in West Lake, Dongpo meat and beggar chicken

Tips: You should be prepared to wait in line for dinner outside the building.

Shanwaishan

Address: No.8 Yuquan Road, Hangzhou

Special dishes: Song Saoyu soup, mandarin orange mandarin fish, whole fish outside the mountain, full moon flowers

Tianwaitian

Address: No.2 Tianzhu Road, Hangzhou (you can reach No.1, No.2, No.4, No.7, No.57 and No.538).

Special dishes: Shrimp in Longjing, fresh chestnut soup with osmanthus, colorful chicken wings, sea cucumber with crab, and spring jasmine with double finches.