Hangzhou Food and Restaurants

Recognized as one of the eight major schools of cuisine 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

It is prepared with a West Lake grass carp, weighing about 0.5kg and starved for two days, as its main ingredient. After boiling for three minutes sugar and vinegar sauce is poured over it.

Shelled Shrimp with Dragon Well Tea

This dish is prepared with shelled fresh water shrimps and the well-known Dragon Well (Longjing) green tea leaves. It is beautiful in color has a special taste.

West Lake Water Shield Soup

Prepared with the West Lake Water Shield (a plant that grow in West Lake) and minced chicken slices, it tastes fresh and delicious.

Dongpo Pork

It is cooked by braising fine-skinned and thin pieces of fat streaky bacon with famous Shaoxing wine in a sealed pot. When the dish is ready, the bacon will be moist and red, and the sauce well be thick and tasty. It tastes savory, sweet and full of body, but not greasy.

Deep-fried Bean Curd Rolls Stuffed with Minced Tenderloin

Bean curd rolls are cut into small segments, then deep fried. The bean curd rolls are golden and taste crispy with a faint scent of soybean.

Jiaohua Chicken

The chicken is stuffed with fried pork and wrapped with lotus leaves. It is soaked in Shaoxing wine and coated with a layer of mud. When the mud is baked dry it is cracked and the clay is broken off and removed. This dish is tender, fresh, juicy, crisp, tasty and full of the fragrance of lotus.

Hangzhou Food

• Shallot Stuffed Pancake
• Victory Cake
• Crisp Cake
• West Lake lotus root powder

HangzhouRestaurants

• Louwailou Restaurant
• Tianwaitian Restaurant
• Shan Wai Shan Restaurant
• Kuiyuanguan

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Hi, I'll be visiting Shanghai and Hangzhou in early April. When I was in Beijing about a year ago we ate at a Muslim restaurant called Lai Tong Soon which specialises in hotpot food. Do they have a branch in Shanghai/ Hangzhou? Which is the best restaurant in Hangzhou for local cvuisine?

Asked by Jerry Ng (Jan. 22, 2012) Reply

A Vanessa Zheng (Jan. 23, 2012) replied:
Hi Jerry, I have searched on the internet for you, but there is no informatin about Lai Tong Soon in Hangzhou and Shanghai. In Hangzhou, the most famouse restaurant is Louwailou Resturant.

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where can we find a HALAL food in hangzhou

Asked by MOHD HOSNIE (Feb. 21, 2011) Reply

A William (Feb. 22, 2011) replied:
Hi Mohd Hosnie

There is Maimaiti Muslim restaurant in Hangzhou, NO. 72 Hushu South Road, Gongshu, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.

I send email to you and enclosed the map legend of this restaurant, you could check you email for more details.

Any queries please feel free to contact me : william@chinahighlights.net

William

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I have been invited by a university in Hangzhou to present a paper. Is there a direct flight from Malaysia to Hangzhou? Thanks.

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Yes there are direct flights from capital of Malaysia to Hangzhou.

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