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By Xu Wenwen |
May 24, 2012, Thursday
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RESTAURANTS are often looking for something new to attract customers. They change menus regularly to capitalize on trends, some go out of their way to provide unique service while some focus on the decor to distinguish themselves from competitors.
Hangzhou has its fair share of restaurants offering something different. Shanghai Daily visits two such eateries.
Yee Chino Restaurant
Yee Chino started the trend of elaborately decorated restaurants in the city when it opened 10 years ago. Its new location is on the east side of West Lake, the busiest area in the city.
However, the white facade is so low-profile that its signboard is overshadowed by two deer-like statues standing on the grass in front of the building. Its gate, which is always closed, is at a corner and does not face the street.
Yet people are always impressed by its luxurious and vintage decor. Covering less than 1,000 square meters, the restaurant's interior cost more than 10 million yuan (US$1.58 million), including a large sum for antiques.
The restaurant is separated into circles by imported curtains that feature handmade beads from different countries.
All chairs and tables were custom made in France. The floor tiles were designed by the owner and each are different, all curios are from the owner's collection.
The menu offers Hangzhou, Western and fusion food with prices higher than average.
The dishes are as delicate as the decor. For example, the fruit tree, pieces of fresh fruit cubes stabbed onto a tree-shaped stand, is served with dry ice. It usually makes a big impression on diners. Specialty eggplant includes abalone, crab meat, fish meat and vegetables. The goose liver is also highly recommended.
Address: 1 Luyang Road (opposite the China Academy of Art)
Tel: (0571) 8707-0777
Recommended dishes: Specialty eggplant, bobo chicken, crab powder braised with tofu, cuttlefish noodle, goose liver and abalone braised with chicken
Reyi Restaurant
The restaurant's slogan is there are no boundaries in cuisine. This fusion restaurant doesn't shy away from experimenting, mixing ideas and ingredients from Italy, France and Greece in Europe with foods from Thailand and Vietnam.
The menu includes cheese baked with Chinese rice cake, tomato salad with sesame paste, persimmon ice cream, tempura stinky tofu and Uygur-style pizza.
The cheese baked with Chinese rice cake works well because of their similar softness and stickiness.
Spring roll fans have a choice of four different styles - jackfruit, shrimp, stinky tofu or preserved vegetables.
The Nyonya chicken feet dish is a combination of Malaysian and Chinese food, yet the restaurant has created something new by adding over 10 spices. It combines the taste of Cantonese chicken feet, Southeast Asian curry chicken feet, and also ordinary chicken feet with pickled peppers.
Though offering around 30 tables, the restaurant stores over 1,000 spices and has 15 cooks. Also it features iPad menus.
Reyi's owner Xiao Xiao developed a good reputation among local people because of her cuisine blog. Before opening the restaurant, she was a housewife who enjoyed writing about food on her blog. After receiving encouragement and positive comments about her blog, she decided to open Reyi last year at the end of Qingzhiwu, a path that goes to Baoshi Hill.
The restaurant is nestled on a slope with a grand garden, European-style parasols and a blackboard with the menu.
People can eat indoors, in the garden, or on the balcony. Xiao also teaches a cooking class at the restaurant.
Address: 161 Qingzhiwu (the road opposite Jade Spring)
Tel: 189-6997-3778
Recommended dishes: Cheese baked with Chinese rice cake, Uygur-style pizza, Vietnamese spring roll, rice beverages contained in test tubes, spicy fish head and barbecue chicken.
Hangzhou has its fair share of restaurants offering something different. Shanghai Daily visits two such eateries.
Yee Chino Restaurant
Yee Chino started the trend of elaborately decorated restaurants in the city when it opened 10 years ago. Its new location is on the east side of West Lake, the busiest area in the city.
However, the white facade is so low-profile that its signboard is overshadowed by two deer-like statues standing on the grass in front of the building. Its gate, which is always closed, is at a corner and does not face the street.
Yet people are always impressed by its luxurious and vintage decor. Covering less than 1,000 square meters, the restaurant's interior cost more than 10 million yuan (US$1.58 million), including a large sum for antiques.
The restaurant is separated into circles by imported curtains that feature handmade beads from different countries.
All chairs and tables were custom made in France. The floor tiles were designed by the owner and each are different, all curios are from the owner's collection.
The menu offers Hangzhou, Western and fusion food with prices higher than average.
The dishes are as delicate as the decor. For example, the fruit tree, pieces of fresh fruit cubes stabbed onto a tree-shaped stand, is served with dry ice. It usually makes a big impression on diners. Specialty eggplant includes abalone, crab meat, fish meat and vegetables. The goose liver is also highly recommended.
Address: 1 Luyang Road (opposite the China Academy of Art)
Tel: (0571) 8707-0777
Recommended dishes: Specialty eggplant, bobo chicken, crab powder braised with tofu, cuttlefish noodle, goose liver and abalone braised with chicken
Reyi Restaurant
The restaurant's slogan is there are no boundaries in cuisine. This fusion restaurant doesn't shy away from experimenting, mixing ideas and ingredients from Italy, France and Greece in Europe with foods from Thailand and Vietnam.
The menu includes cheese baked with Chinese rice cake, tomato salad with sesame paste, persimmon ice cream, tempura stinky tofu and Uygur-style pizza.
The cheese baked with Chinese rice cake works well because of their similar softness and stickiness.
Spring roll fans have a choice of four different styles - jackfruit, shrimp, stinky tofu or preserved vegetables.
The Nyonya chicken feet dish is a combination of Malaysian and Chinese food, yet the restaurant has created something new by adding over 10 spices. It combines the taste of Cantonese chicken feet, Southeast Asian curry chicken feet, and also ordinary chicken feet with pickled peppers.
Though offering around 30 tables, the restaurant stores over 1,000 spices and has 15 cooks. Also it features iPad menus.
Reyi's owner Xiao Xiao developed a good reputation among local people because of her cuisine blog. Before opening the restaurant, she was a housewife who enjoyed writing about food on her blog. After receiving encouragement and positive comments about her blog, she decided to open Reyi last year at the end of Qingzhiwu, a path that goes to Baoshi Hill.
The restaurant is nestled on a slope with a grand garden, European-style parasols and a blackboard with the menu.
People can eat indoors, in the garden, or on the balcony. Xiao also teaches a cooking class at the restaurant.
Address: 161 Qingzhiwu (the road opposite Jade Spring)
Tel: 189-6997-3778
Recommended dishes: Cheese baked with Chinese rice cake, Uygur-style pizza, Vietnamese spring roll, rice beverages contained in test tubes, spicy fish head and barbecue chicken.
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