Zhejiang Cuisine - Hangzhou Style Lunch!

Many people know that Shanghai style food is part of Zhejiang cuisine!  Zhejiang cuisine one of 8 traditions of Chinese food! And is best one!  But Zhejiang cuisine have many style - Shanghai food just one!  Most famous of Zhejiang cuisine is Hangzhou style!

So Fat Yu and wife go to Hangzhou and eat lunch at very beautiful restaurant!  Is right on the famous West Lake!  And when Fat Yu say is on West Lake, he mean on West Lake: is many small buildings on stilt walkway!  Many lily pads and beautiful lily flowers!  Is perfect spot for the lunch!

We order classic Hangzhou style foods!  We start of course with the cold dish!  Sweet lotus root stuffed with sticky rice!  Also very popular in Shanghai!  But here they serve with lychee and...eh?!  Look like Pocky?!

Of course, cannot go to Hangzhou and not have bamboo!  Hangzhou famous for longjing tea and bamboo!  So we drink longjing tea and eat bamboo!

And must have fatty pork!  Hangzhou is best place for red cooked fatty pork - they name dish after famous Chinese poet Su Dong Po!  Usually look square, like bundle of book!  But this restaurant they make it like tower in Egypt!  Is very beautiful!

Even make look vegetables look like little fish!  Swimming around tower!

Speak of fish, must have West Lake vinegar fish!  Cannot eat on West Lake and not have West Lake fish!  Fish taste very fresh!  Is very delicious!  Has sour, has sweet!

So much food!  But we take long walk around West Lake, so have big appetite!  We take boat trip too! But we don't row the boat ourselves, we have someone row for us!

Why row for us? 

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Dongbei Dinner!

Of course, Fat Yu in Shanghai person, so my favorite food is from Shanghai!  But must admit, I also very like food from Dongbei!  Sometimes Shanghai food too sweet!  Dongbei food salty, and very heart!  Fill up big appetite like Fat Yu!

Fat Yu and wife have favorite Dongbei restaurant very close to house!  Restaurant is clean, food is good and on top of that, is cheap!  We eat here many times!  Have many favorite dishes!  Here are some!

Cold black mushrooms!

Glass noodles with sesame sauce!

Cabbage stir-fried with chili and black vinegar!

Tofu balls!  (Best part of the tofu!)

And last we have house specialty!  Braised pork knuckle!  They serve with plastic glove so Fat Yu can pick up pork knuckle and eat without getting hands dirty!  Also serve with straw, so Fat Yu can get the nice fat inside the bone!

Restaurant have many other good dishes!  Fat Yu will have to post another time!




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