Before the wave of beef hot pot in 2015, Shenzhen already had a number of time-honored Chaoshan beef restaurants. The most well-known of these time-honored brands is the Chaotai Beef Shop, which was founded in 1992. Twenty years ago, Chaotai beef shops have appeared in Futian Food Street, Nantang Food Street, Duanxi Restaurant and Huanggang Nightless Food Street, which is a well-deserved beef hot pot in that era, and it is in the limelight for a while. Now Chaotai has a branch in Nanshan, Chegongmiao and Guomao, although it is difficult to compete with the fame of big chain brands such as Bahe Lihaiji, but its popularity is still undiminished.

The beef in each Chaotai store is taken from free-range 2 to 3-year-old sturdy cattle, and the exclusive slaughterhouse in the suburbs of Shenzhen slaughters live cattle once a day in the morning, afternoon and evening, and delivers them to each store within two hours. The beef is cut at the stall, the category is complete, and it can be seen that the beef is bright in color, the color is red, the fat is yellow, and the meat quality is indeed fresh. The top snowflake fat cow is the neck meat of the back of the cow's neck, which is naturally the most expensive part of the whole cow, the daily supply is very limited, and the price of 68 yuan is not low, but the cut out of the meat slices is Zhouzheng, the snowflakes are dotted, tender and juicy, rich in oil, and the entrance is fat and chewy, which is definitely worth tasting. Five-toe and three-flower toe are hot sellers in the store, and the tendons and tendons in the meat are elastic and refreshing, and they are also on a first-come, first-served basis. Spoon meat, tender meat, hanging dragon companion, beef meat, fat beef and other colorful parts, are also full of fresh and fragrant, and the quality of basic beef is considered to be top-notch in Shenzhen.

Chaotai's beef balls can be said to be a must-order on the table, Chaotai has a beef ball workshop of hundreds of square meters on the side of the restaurant, the daily beef balls are made of fresh yellow beef slaughtered on the same day, and more than 40,000 beef balls are born here every day during the peak period, and its consumption is large, and the rapid flow of beef can be seen. Chaotai's clear soup base is made of fresh beef backbone, beef keel, beef barrel bones and other fresh beef bones slaughtered every day after several hours of open fire, compared with other beef hot pot restaurants, it is obviously more mellow and flavorful, sprinkle a few celery grains in the bowl before shabu-shabu, and then pour a spoonful of clear soup, the hot smoke rolls up, the food is sweet, and makes people have a great appetite. The wet fried beef river in this shop is the best-selling staple food in the store, and it is also the best product in the minds of many Shenzhen people, the beef is tender and full of wok, but the amount of oil is huge, and the sauce is thicker.

In terms of ingredients, Chaotai is much inferior to its peers. On the self-service dipping table, the sand tea sauce commonly used in other Chaoshan beef hot pot restaurants is called "hot pot sauce" here, with a salty taste, sweet throat bottom, and a little insufficient aroma; The label "sand tea sauce" is the shrimp satay sauce that Chaoshan people despise, and the taste is even harder, salty and spicy, dry in the mouth, and difficult to swallow. Other flavor dishes, such as chili sauce, light soy sauce, sesame oil, etc., are all decent, and the material table bottoms out from time to time, and the replenishment is slow.

The area of the three stores of Chaotai beef shop is very large, the decoration of the food stalls, the people are full of people during the meal, the excitement is extraordinary, and the attendance rate is high, but there is generally no need to wait for a seat. The service level of the restaurant is decent, the staff is sufficient, and the service attitude is warm and caring, but the service efficiency is average, and the serving speed is extremely slow, which has a great impact on the dining experience. All in all, the lower pricing is a major advantage of Chaotai compared with the likes of Baheli, and the classic taste that has not changed for 20 years also makes it a gap with many peers, and it is really a high-quality and affordable choice for tasting beef.