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Leaving it late for New Year celebrations

By Wu Huixin | February 12, 2015, Thursday | Print Edition

SPRING Festival just wouldn’t be Spring Festival without family reunions and gatherings of friends, with some social butterflies scheduling as many as two or three get-togethers a night over the week-long holiday.

Restaurants that open till midnight become very popular hangouts during the lunar New Year holiday as late opening means revellers have more scope to switch from one gathering to another as the evening progresses.

Or if they’re having a good time they can stay later in one place and chat with friends who they have not seen for a long time.

Now the lunar New Year on February 19 is almost upon us, Shanghai Daily recommends three Hangzhou restaurants offering tasty food and late opening.

Hot Pot Paradise

Traditional hot pot restaurants serve Sichuan or Chongqing style hot pot that features spicy broth and sauce, but this restaurant offers Japanese shabu-shabu.

Unlike Chinese hot pot that diners share from a single pot, shabu-shabu is served in separate pots for each diner with miso soup as the broth.

Ingredients include onions, seaweed, tofu, shrimp, potatoes, udon noodles, giant white radishes and meat. Dipping sauces such as chili, seafood or barbecue adds flavor. Shabu-shabu should be simmered slowly at the table with ingredients added to it.

The restaurant also offers other traditional Japanese delicacies, including tempura, sashimi and sukiyaki.

 

Address: 375 Huansha Rd

Tel: 0571- 2811-0909

Time: 11am- 12pm

Sun Kee Restaurant

Like other Hong Kong style teahouses, this restaurant serves both Chinese snacks, such as Cantonese dim sum and traditional noodles and desserts, and Western favorites, including sandwiches, salad, coffee and macaroni.

As an everyday eatery, Hong Kong teahouses are noted for their convenience and low cost, and Sun Kee is no exception. Diners usually order a set meal that cost 63 yuan (US$10) and includes pineapple buns, a cup of Hong Kong style milk tea and a bowl of cha shao Cantonese-style barbecued pork with rice.

The checkered top of the pineapple buns resemble the outside of a pineapple and has a crunchy texture, while the bread dough underneath is soft and yummy.

The buns are served fresh from the oven, cut in half with a large slab of chilled butter placed in between. As this soon melts into the hot bread, diners should savor it quickly.

Milk tea is to Hong Kong people what coffee is to Westerners. The Hong Kong version has a stronger tea aroma than other varieties and sugar is often added.

Cha shao is always served with rice and noodles in Hong Kong style teahouses. The meat is seasoned with seasonings and then roasted over fire, creating a dark red exterior.

 

Address: 183 Wulin Rd

Tel: 0571- 8782-3580

Time: 10:30am-12pm

Zola Restaurant

You could easily walk past this unassuming restaurant as its facade has little to distinguish it from surroundings stores and eateries. However, if you’ve savored its pizza, you’re unlikely to forget Zola Restaurant.

A Zola pizza features thin dough, thick cheese and ample toppings. The crust is crisp while the middle part is al dente.

The number of foreign customers bears testimony to its popularity among pizza fans.

Staff say the secret of Zola pizza is the large oven that is equipped with an advanced temperature control system inside.

The oven is in an open kitchen, so diners can watch the chefs make and bake their pizzas.

As well as pizza, Zola also offers Asian cuisine, such as Hainan chicken rice, meatballs and Singapore crab.

And while some famous pizza chains are noisy, bustling places, Zola offers a more tranquil option.

 

Address: 88 Jingzhou Rd

Tel: 0571- 8190-3128

Time: 10am-12pm

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