Lan South Beauty is the recommended restaurant in the 2018 Michelin Guide Shanghai.
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 pursuit of 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 once had 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. All chicken, duck and fish meat will be sent to the central kitchen for rough processing, and then delivered 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.
In the menu of South Beauty, in addition to Sichuan cuisine, Cantonese cuisine and Tan family official 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 Shanghai, with luxurious decoration, comfortable tables and chairs, and the decoration of each store is slightly different. Among them, the 881 club store is located in an ancient three-storey small western-style house, with a strong Shanghai style, and the expensive and exquisite dishes occupy a lot of space. Located in Shanghai's IFC, Lan South Beauty is actually the same as other stores, but with a different name. In addition, the first sight of South Beauty in Longemont Shopping Plaza is currently closed, and diners need to go to other branches to eat.
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 always makes people feel that it is not very cost-effective. The low cost of private rooms is generally 300 yuan per person. There is usually no need to wait for a seat, but please be prepared for the improvement of the products in this store and the overall cost performance is not high.
