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Grilling up some tasty hunks of flesh

By Xu Wenwen | May 14, 2015, Thursday | Print Edition

BARBECUE restaurants are extremely popular in Hangzhou and it’s the best time of year to be outdoors and enjoy a good meal.

Barbecue restaurants come in a variety of sizes from large to small. There’s also simple booths and street vendors serving up barbecued items.

Today Shanghai Daily provides the low-down on four new barbecue places, including a Korean restaurant and another featuring northeastern Chinese cuisine.

Grilling meat on a charcoal fire is believed to be the original barbecuing method and this is used at Lose My Shoe, a name that refers to getting drunk after drinking strong liquor. The owner and staff are from northeastern China.

The decor is from the 1960s and includes old newspapers on the wall, along with portraits of Mao Zedong and Carl Marx.

Chefs place lamb, beef and sausages on barbed wire above the oven to produce tasty hunks of flesh.

Common northeastern Chinese dishes like double-cooked pork (guo bao rou) and mixed vegetables are also available.

 

Address: No. 55, Xinyi Commercial Street

Tel: (0571) 8709-2589

It is a Korean restaurant famous for its signature eight-color set. The dish has eight large grilled pieces of pork flavored with different seasonings. The eight seasonings are spicy, soy sauce, curry, ginseng, pine leaves, wine and herbs.

The pine leaf flavored pork is a highlight as it features the scent of vegetables. The ginseng of course smells just like ginseng, but is worth a try since it’s not found on most menus. The herb-seasoned pieces are best suited to those who prefer mild foods.

Another nice feature is that oil isn’t used, which is standard for Korean barbecue dishes. The chunks of meat are placed on a hot iron plate by waiters and customers watch it cook. The waiters then cut the large chunks into smaller pieces with scissors until the surface is slightly burnt.

The meat is then wrapped in a crispy lettuce leaf, resulting in a tasty hunk of pork that is neither too spicy nor too salty. All vegetables and sauces are free at the buffet counter. And every table gets a free large bowl of seafood soup with crab, squid and onions.

The eight-color set is good for three people. For those who are still hungry, try the cheese fried rice. The chefs use mozzarella cheese in the recipe.

 

Address: 51 Hubin Rd

Tel: (0571) 8578-7757

Foreigners love this newly opened restaurant in the west of the city because owner Larry Pan speaks English well and has numerous expatriate friends. The high-quality food is also very fresh.

Pan is proud of the restaurant’s hygiene, citing an example of one expat customer who once told him, “I get digestive discomfort at other Chinese restaurants but never at yours.”

Pan says he uses the lamb raised on Yuhang’s farm. The meat is delivered in the morning daily and is used that evening. The chef marinates the meat in his secret recipe for about five hours before grilling.

Other kebabs include fish, shrimps and vegetables. The average cost is about 70 yuan.

 

Address: 391 Wenyi Rd (the crossing of Wenyi and Wantang roads)

Tel: 156-5807-0626

Some refer to this place as “legendary barbecue booth” because it originally moved to different locations around the city without warning, making it difficult to track down.

However, loyal fans followed the booth and owner Lao Yang. Once Lao Yang had settled in a new location, crowds soon formed.

Some anxiously followed Lao Yang on social media waiting for the message “Lao Yang is now here ...”

In 2012, Lao Yang finally rented a small restaurant on Yuhuangshan Road and ended the cat-and-mouse game. The eatery in daytime is a noodle restaurant and at 8pm turns into a BBQ joint.

Due to the large number of customers, 30- to 60-minute waits for grilled fish, lamb, and chicken wings are normal. Arrive before 8pm or go on a rainy night to avoid long queues.

The grilled small croaker is Lao Yang’s signature although the chicken wings are also excellent. The skin is grilled enough so the grease comes out, making each wing look sleek and sizzling.

The average cost is 50 yuan (US$8) to 100 yuan.

 

Address: 73 Yuhuangshan Rd, across the street from the China National Silk Museum

Tel: 135-8814-5034

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