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Eating in Hangzhou
Famous Local Food Recognized as one of the eight major culinary arts in China, Hangzhou food is characterized by its light flavors, enjoyable presentation and delicate cooking methods. Hangzhou cuisine makes crisp, tender, light and fresh dishes. The most famous dishes include West Lake Fish in Sweet and Sour Sauce, Shelled Shrimp with Dragon Well Tea, West Lake Water Shield Soup and Dongpo Pork. West Lake Fish in Sweet and Sour Sauce West Lake Fish in Sweet and Sour Sauce is prepared with a West Lake grass carp, weighing about 0.5kg and starved for two days, as its main ingredient. Boiled for three minutes and then sugar and vinegar sauce is poured over it. The fish tastes delicious with a taste similar to crab. West Lake Water Shield Soup Prepared with the West Lake Water Shield (a plant that grow in West Lake) and minced chicken slice, it tastes fresh and delicious. Shelled Shrimp with Dragon Well Tea Shelled Shrimp with Dragon Well Tea is prepared with the shelled fresh water shrimps and the well-known Dragon-Well green tea leaves. It is beautiful in color has special tastes. Dongpo Pork Dongpo Pork is cooked by braising fine-skinned and thin pieces of fat streaked pork with famous Shaoxing wine in a sealed pot. When the dish is ready, the pork will be moist and red, and the sauce will be thick and tasty. It tastes savory, sweet and full of body, but not greasy. Jiaohua Chicken The chicken is crammed with fried pork and wrapped with lotus leaves. It is soaked in Shaoxing wine and cooks it with a layer of mud from the wine jug. When the mud is baked dry, break the clay. This dish is tender, fresh, juicy, crisp, tasty and full of the fragrance of lotus. Deep-fried Bean-curd Rolls Stuffed with Minced Tenderloin Bean-curd roll into small segments, then deep fried. The bean-curd rolls are golden and taste crispy with a faint scent of soybean. Recommended Restaurants Some famous restaurants in Hangzhou are Louwailou Restaurant Add: No 30 Gushan Road Style: Built in the 1840s by a Qing Dynasty Noble, Louwailou Restaurant is said to be the oldest restaurant in China. The Restaurant features authentic Hangzhou cuisine. Tasty food served including West Lake Carp in Sweet and Sour Sauce, Beggar's Chicken as well as Dragon Well Tea served with snacks. Tel: 86-571-8796 9023 Zhiweiguan Restaurant Add: No. 83, Renhe Road Style: the biggest and the most modern restaurant in Hangzhou. It has four stories of fine dining and top-of-the-line recreation facilities. Popular low-priced dishes are served on the first floor. The second floor serves seafood. The high and medium grade box area is on the third floor. The fourth floor consists of a Banquet Room, a bar, a chess room and a KTV recreation area. You can take advantage of the great views of the picturesque West Lake from the restaurant. Tianwaitian Restaurant Add: No 2 Tianzhu Road, outside the Peak Flying from Afar Park entrance. Style: This is also a very old restaurant first opened in 1910. Its nice location close to the Lingyin Temple, tasty seafood and warm service make the restaurant very popular eating place for tourist. Tel: 86-571-8796 0599 Kuiyuan Restaurant Add: 154, Jiefang Road Style: Noted for its noodles called "Shrimp and Fried Eel". There is a saying that "You have not really understood Hangzhou if you have not eaten Shrimp and Fried Eel." Tianxianglou Restaurant Add: 447, Yan’an Road Style: known far and wide for its excellent Hangzhou dishes. Dong Lai Shun Add: 486 Qingtai Road Tel: 86-571-8782 0666 Golden Pond Restaurant Add: 28 Yuhang Road Tel: 86-133 0681 8555 Jiu Bai Wan Add: 80 Renhe Road Tel: 86-571-8791 6576 Zhang Sheng Ji Restaurant Add: 33 Shuang Ling Road Tel: 86-571-8602 6666 Shan Wai Shan Restaurant Add: 8 Yuquan Road Tel: 86-571-8798 6621 Zhuang Yuan Guan Add: 74 Zhong Shang Zhong Road Tel: 86-571-8702 8914 For western food lovers, the following western restaurants are good choices: Va Bene, Add: House 8, No.147 Nanshan Road, Xihu Tiandi Style: It offers superb, authentic Italian cuisine set in a beautiful atmosphere of old Chinese mansion overlooking the lake. Paulaner BBQ Add: 21st floor, XinYu City Hotel, 315 Wen Hui Lu Style: Enjoy skewers of meat for approximately CNY58 per person. Sing and dance shows are scheduled every evening. You have to get there early or make reservation first if you want to dine at Paulaner BBQ, to avoid inconvenience. Haveli Add: No.77, Nanshan Road Style: An Indian food restaurant. Entrees cost approximately CNY100 for fine dining both indoors and outdoors. Valentino's Restaurant Add: 333 Tiyuchang (stadium) Road Style: an antipasto buffet and also tremendous Italian sandwiches, salads, pasta and pizzas. KFC There are more than 30 KFCs dotting Hangzhou. Following are some of the main locations. Qingchun Branch: No. 70 Qingchun Road Wulin Branch: No.380 Tiyuchang Road Jiefang Branch: No.105 Jiefang Road Caihe Branch: No.57 East Qingchun Road Wenyi Branch: No.298 Wenyi Road Pizza Hut Add: No.2 Dongpo Road Jiebai Branch: No.249 Jiefang Road Ruifeng Branch: No.149 Qingchun Road Xihu Shidai Branch: No.109-111, Dongpo Road Wulin Square Branch: No.29 Tiyuchang Road

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