When it comes to "braised prawns in oil" in Shenzhen, most people will immediately think of "braised prawns in Songge oil". Founded in 2015, this crayfish shop quickly opened up a market in Shenzhen with the founder's concept of "only concentrating on making one dish". Many of its branches are located all over Shenzhen, and business is very hot. In August 2017, Songge Braised Prawns announced that it had received 120 million yuan in Series A financing. Such a high single financing is rare in the crayfish industry.

The first store of Songge oil stewed prawns was the Shizhou Middle Road store, which was formerly the grilled fish restaurant opened by the owner Xu Song himself. In 2015, the boss Xu Song sought transformation and set his sights on crayfish that were popular in Hubei, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. After investigation, Songge oil stewed prawns finally chose Honghu Lake in Hubei Province as the main crayfish breeding base, followed by Jiangsu Province. In order to cope with the off-season of crayfish in winter, Brother Song chose to purchase from Haikou, Hainan, which ensured the quality of crayfish to a greater extent.

Different from ordinary crayfish shops, Songge oil stewed prawns insist on hand-washing shrimp. To this end, Brother Song specially set up a group of artificial shrimp washing aunts. Officials attach great importance to this and list it as a promotional selling point. The first step of the crayfish that comes to the store every day is to be washed with water many times, and the dead shrimp and crayfish of poor quality will be directly removed. The rest of the crayfish will go through the steps of manual shrimp brushing, shrimp line, and shrimp head cutting. At the beginning of the store, these operations can be seen by diners at the entrance of the store. Later, due to drainage and other problems, they were all transferred to the exclusive shrimp washing room.

Xu Song specially invited Chef Zeng, a Hubei chef with more than ten years of cooking experience in braised prawns, as the head chef. Officially, each shrimp went through 28 processes and was simmered in oil for 25 minutes. Due to the stewed prawns in Songge oil, the crayfish was pulled out, and the head and tail were cut. After 25 minutes of oil simmering, the shrimp meat is quite flavorful. In the practice of stewing, add ginger, garlic, grass fruit, licorice and other 8 kinds of spices to enhance the flavor, add a little liquor to remove the fishy smell, and choose Shanxi Shuita vinegar, which is known as "the first vinegar in the world", for blending. It is worth noting that before April every year, some crayfish are green shrimp (not long after shelling, more tender), so the shrimp meat will be a little loose. Although the chef in the shop will shorten the simmering time accordingly, the stability of the product will inevitably be damaged.

The braised prawns in the store are divided into three categories: signature, boutique and superb, and the crayfish are divided from small to large. Among them, the signature braised prawns are made of crayfish of about 8 yuan (40g), a total of 2.5 catties, and sold for 198 yuan. 298 yuan of high-quality braised prawns in 3 catties, using 1 tael (50g) of crayfish. The most recommended is the best braised prawns, each crayfish is a selected "big guy", basically more than 1 tael 2 yuan (60g). The shrimp meat is plump and juicy, and it is quite satisfying to take a bite. The only pity is that the best braised prawns often sell out early.

Since Songge Braised Prawns mainly promote "Braised Prawns in Oil", other common spicy crayfish and thirteen-spiced crayfish are nowhere to be seen. Crayfish and the signature garlic shrimp dish can be tried. After eating crayfish, don't waste the remaining garlic juice, gold medal cold noodles are an excellent partner.

Songge Braised Prawns has many branches in Shenzhen, among which the Xiangmihu store is the most popular, the Shizhou Middle Road store is the most popular among old customers, and the Luohu International Trade Environment is the best. In the crayfish off-season, only part of the store of Songge Braised Prawns in oil continues to operate, and diners who want to go there are better to call to find out the situation first.