At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Li Zijia, the minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, was in charge of the imperial dining room, and it is said that he smuggled the menu home, and the court craftsmanship has been passed down to this day. Since its opening in 1985, it has received many prime ministers, ambassadors, and celebrities, and has been featured in international travel magazine guides since its branch in Roppongi Hill, Japan, was awarded two Michelin stars for three consecutive years, attracting numerous domestic and foreign tourists.
Michelin only evaluates one branch, and the main store in Beijing Deshengmen and the branches opened in recent years are only of medium level.
The chefs of the Li family are all children or relatives of the Li family, and Li Li won the title of champion in the National Day Banquet Invitational Contest in the early years of CCTV.
The biggest selling point of Lijia cuisine is that it adheres to ancient practices, no modern kitchen utensils, uses stoves, and does not use seasonings such as monosodium glutamate, which maintains the palace flavor, and the taste is thick and fragrant. The use of common ingredients is good, and the basic dishes are well received. Jade tofu, a cold dish at home, is one of the favorite dishes of the Empress Dowager Cixi, which mixes more than 10 kinds of home-cooked ingredients and makes tofu blocks with an exclusive secret recipe. The green pine shellfish is quite novel, the shape is unique, no matter how carefully you taste, you will not think that the green background is fresh rape leaves. Tiger skin elbow, stir-fried eggplant, stir-fried sesame tofu, and sweet and sour pork ribs are also good basic dishes.
Lijia cuisine has more than a dozen set of meal levels, the fee ranges from 298 to 1798 yuan, each menu has basic dishes, there are changes in some big dishes, purely from the taste point of view, the package of about 400 yuan is the most cost-effective, almost covering all the well-received dishes, and avoiding the high-end dishes with mediocre taste. Many comments on the Internet are declining, and it is very likely that they have eaten a high-priced package.
In addition, a new cold dish set of more than 100 yuan and a children's meal of 80 people have been added recently, and you can also order home-cooked dishes with a price of tens of yuan.
Many dishes of Lijia cuisine take a long time to make, and they are prepared in advance, the quality control is not very stable, and the presentation is slightly rough. Good for trying.
In the past, there was only one dining table in Desheng store, and there are two private rooms, and the space for the scattered hall is not large, and the table is too crowded and the privacy is very poor; And the service is very average, and the attitude of individual waiters is arrogant, which is not suitable for banquets.
In recent years, the newly opened Jinbao Street store also has the problem of unstable quality control, but the presentation is slightly better than the main store, and the site is a courtyard house, close to the former residence of Cai Yuanpei, the president of Peking University, relatively speaking, the experience is better than the main store.
Lijia cuisine and Meifu are within one kilometer, and the style of the dishes is quite different, so you can choose according to your personal taste.
