Yangzhou Lion Pavilion

The Lion House is a century-old restaurant in Yangzhou, specializing in classic Yangzhou cuisine. We went to the Dongguan Street store. Due to the epidemic, business was a little worse than in previous years. We ordered boiled dried shredded silk, steamed lion head, Yangzhou fried rice, etc. The taste was pretty good.

You must try Huaiyang cuisine. This is a very famous chain restaurant. In fact, it is full of tourists. Their lion heads are quite big and taste really good. I think the other dishes are OK.

For the first meal in Yangzhou, I wanted to eat some authentic Huaiyang cuisine, so I chose the Lion House, which has a good reputation. The food was really good. I ordered salted duck, lion's head, Yangzhou fried rice, and boiled dried shredded pork according to the order of the dishes recommended online. Each dish tasted good, but I felt sick of it at the end, so I didn't finish it. My children and wife liked salted goose the most, I liked boiled dried shredded pork the most, and my children liked Yangzhou fried rice. As for the lion's head, we all liked it, but none of them were our favorites.

This hotel is located at the intersection of Wenchang Road and Guoqing Road, close to Chang'an Inn where I stayed. The storefront is quite small. Push the door and go directly to the second floor. There are two dining areas, A and B. The waiter asked the number of people and took us to the corresponding seats. The decoration and layout felt OK. A simple menu was served. Tea was self-service. We ordered salted goose, premium lion head, passionate fish head, Wushan small claws, eggplant beans, smoked fish, stir-fried shrimps, etc. The store owner was very attentive in the presentation of the dishes and the choice of containers. Of course, the taste of the dishes was also quite good. My family was very satisfied with the meal, especially the premium lion head. The zitou lived up to its reputation, it was big and just right for several of us to share, and it was rich in content with diced ground prawns and two salted egg yolks. The side was very layered when cut, and the meat was very tender and delicious. It was topped with a layer of sauce which was very flavorful, and also sprinkled with a layer of fried rice or something like that, which was fragrant and crispy. There were some vegetables underneath, which was less bland than the steamed ones and was quite innovative. Also, the stir-fried river shrimps were very generous in quantity and very fresh, with some diced ground prawns mixed in, which made the taste more layered than the ordinary stir-fried green beans, and it was a cooking method I had never eaten before. Not bad, this was the most satisfying meal I had in Yangzhou, and it's worth a try!

To be honest, being a Chinese is really a very happy thing! You can change the different flavors of cuisine every two or three days to enrich your picky taste buds! Huaiyang cuisine ate the stewed lion head. It is said that the best lion head in this restaurant on Dongguan Street tastes great, so I came here to try it. The weekend dinner was crowded! The entrance was full of people waiting for a seat. It seems that it is necessary to make an appointment in advance. Let's get back to the topic and talk about ordering dishes. The best lion head, haha, it's really big! The taste is rich and rich, the freshness of the water chestnut, the fatness of the salted duck egg yolk, and the thick sauce, it's delicious, pick up two spoons of Yangzhou fried rice with the lion head~ Dongshan old goose is really delicious. Although the meat is old, it is very chewy! Suitable for friends with good teeth. The squirrel fish is not as good as the one in Suzhou Restaurant, but it is made with authentic sweet and sour sauce. The flour is a little thick, and the knife skills are not good enough. Fry it until golden brown and then take it out. If it is overcooked, it will be tough, so you need to use force to eat it. The portion is moderate and the price is not expensive, about 100 yuan per person.

The Wensi tofu soup is very delicious, with thin strands like hair. I really admire the chefs' knife skills. The top-quality lion's head is amazing when it is served. There is a secret hidden in the huge thing. Although it is braised, the meat paste is still as fresh and tender as steamed. The filling is actually egg yolk. After eating a lot, two people only ate one-third. The crystal meat was completely wiped out, which is suitable for our taste. Although I tasted other fried rice the day before and was very satisfied, the Yangzhou fried rice in the Lion House really surprised me. It has more and more delicious ingredients with auxiliary ingredients, and there are a lot of shrimps. It is absolutely amazing. The fried fish looks very beautiful, but its quality is definitely a big failure. It is too sweet, too sweet. It is so sweet that even I, a Wuxi person who is good at eating sweet, think it is too sweet. The point is that it is not only too sweet, but the fish meat is not only hard but also very fishy. The whole dish was left unattended after two people tasted a piece each. It is recommended that the restaurant's background music be adjusted and the volume be adjusted to a moderate level. The song played during the meal was very harsh, and the volume was too high, which affected the appetite.

Delicious, lion head, Yangzhou fried rice and old goose pot are highly recommended, the boiled dried bean curd was a little cold, but the taste was good. Except that the dishes were not very hot, the others were quite satisfactory. Because we came late and there was no queue, 4 people ordered 4 dishes and 1 Yangzhou fried rice, about 80 per person, very full, but the seats are a little small, but the environment is good!

I ordered a set meal from the Bite of China restaurant. If you arrive later than 5pm, you will have to queue up. This restaurant is located in the Liuhu Road campus of Yangzhou University. The environment is good and the dishes are excellent! I recommend the lion's head, which is huge and has 2 salted egg yolks in the middle. It is not greasy. It is great. Wensi's tofu knife skills are amazing. It is the best meal I had in Yangzhou.