The first South Beauty opened in 2000 at the China World Trade Center in Beijing, and today it is a well-known Sichuan food chain brand. In the first-tier cities, there are beautiful Jiangnan figures, but if you have a certain level of appreciation for authentic Sichuan cuisine, it is really not a good choice.
South Beauty focuses on high-end Sichuan cuisine, although it has gradually declined, but it used to have a lot of halo. South Beauty is a caterer for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, and has won the Golden Horse Award of China Hotel and the title of "Readers' Favorite Sichuan Restaurant" by The Beijinger Magazine.
South Beauty adopts the form of central kitchen distribution, and all ingredients are purchased through the group to ensure food safety from the source. For example, all the chicken, duck and fish meat is first sent to the central kitchen for rough processing, and then distributed to the store for further processing. Another example is garlic white meat, after each piece of white meat is cooked according to the operation process of garlic white meat, the ingredients are packed and sealed and transported to each store. Dishes such as abalone and jar meat will also be stewed, simmered, vacuum-sealed, and then processed after arriving at the store. This is a good way to control the cost and product quality and safety, but at the expense of some taste. And each semi-finished product will have a seasoning package, which also greatly weakens the chef's influence on the final dish, so the taste of South Beauty across the country is not much different.
In the 14th China Food Festival in 2013, the traditional rich and wealthy chicken, Chaliao chicken and cross-bridge pork ribs in South Beauty won the Chinese Famous Cuisine Award, among which the traditional rich and noble called Hua Chicken won the Golden Tripod Award for Chinese Famous Dishes in one fell swoop, which is well deserved.
South Beauty's menu includes Sichuan, Cantonese and Tan family cuisine. Among the top ten signature dishes, there are Tang Cooking Old Pot Mao Xuewang, Jiangshi Rolling Fat Beef, Radish Cake and Black Pepper Crab, Skillful Glutinous Rice Stuffed Chicken Wings, and Lucky Water Tender Fish. Crispy sesame chicken, signature boiled pangasius with fresh green peppers, and ancient stone-cooked bean curd are very popular, and signature surfing is also very popular, with Dungeness crab, snow crab, red shrimp, and fish fillet.
South Beauty has a number of branches in Shenzhen, with luxurious decoration, comfortable tables and chairs, and a much better environment than the Guangzhou branch. South Beauty's service is decent, adding water to the bone plate is more timely, but it is not enthusiastic, and the 10% service charge is not worth it. You don't usually need to wait for a seat, but please be prepared for an improved taste and low overall cost-effectiveness.
