Tasting Local Hangzhou Food
Hangzhou cuisine is an important part of Zhejiang food culture. Hangzhou cuisine is mainly salty, with a little sweetness. "Light taste" is a symbolic feature of Hangzhou cuisine. Representative dishes include West Lake Vinegar Fish, Dongpo Meat, Longjing Shrimp, and so on.
Longjing Shrimp
Longjing Shrimp, as the name implies, is cooked with the buds of Longjing Tea. It is a famous dish with local characteristics in Hangzhou. The shrimp is white and tender, the buds are green and fragrant. After eating, the mouth is clear, but the appetite is increasing, and the aftertaste is endless. It is a unique dish in Hangzhou.
Recommended Restaurant: Hangzhou Restaurant
Recommended Dishes: Pumpkin Dessert, Longjing Shrimp, Dongpo Meat
Recommended Reason: Everyone knows this restaurant in Hangzhou.
Address: 1st-3rd Floor, No.205 Yan’an Road, Shangcheng District, Hangzhou
Dongpo Meat
Su Dongpo is another name of Su Shi, the famous poet of South Song Dynasty. Besides the Su Causeway on West Lake, Dongpo Meat is another story about him. Dongpo Meat belongs to Zhejiang cuisine, with pork as the main ingredient. The dish is thin skin and tender meat, red and bright in color, mellow and juicy in taste, crisp and rotten but not broken in shape, glutinous but not greasy in mouth, which is deeply loved by people. Slow fire, less water and more wine are the keys to make this dish.
Recommended Restaurant: Jiu Jia Li
Recommended Dishes: Dongpo Meat, West Lake Vinegar Fish, West Lake Beef Porridge
Recommended Reason: delicious taste with reasonable price
Address: No. 33 Changsheng Road, Shangcheng District, Hangzhou
Steamed Lotus Root Stuffed with Sweet Glutinous Rice
Steamed Lotus Root Stuffed with Sweet Glutinous Rice is a unique Chinese dessert in the traditional dishes of Hangzhou. The glutinous rice is poured into the lotus root with sweet osmanthus sauce. Lotus root is crisp but not hard, and glutinous rice is soft but not sticky.
Recommended Restaurant: Grandma’s Home
Recommended Dishes: Longjing Shrimp, Grandma’s Beef, Steamed Lotus Root Stuffed with Sweet Glutinous Rice
Recommended Reason: A new style Hangzhou cuisine restaurant by the West Lake
Address: 2A Building, No.147 Nanshan Road, Shangcheng District, Hangzhou
