Many old and new Hangzhou people are familiar with the Hangzhou restaurant located at the intersection of Yan'an Road and Post Road, but they don't know that there is a higher-level Hangzhou restaurant hidden in the same building: 1921 Lakeview Restaurant. In fact, 1921 and Hangzhou Restaurant were born in the same cell, belonging to the same old Hangzhou catering company. 1921 was the opening year of Hangzhou Restaurant, which gathered social dignitaries in the early days of its opening, and was a high-end meeting place in Hangzhou. The name of 1921 Lakeview Restaurant not only has the meaning of tracing back to the source, but also corresponds to its higher-grade positioning than Hangzhou Restaurant.

1921 Lakeview Restaurant has a more exquisite and high-end decoration design, the hall is solemn and elegant, and the private rooms have different themes, which cleverly restores the typical style of various eras from the Republic of China to the 90s, which has a unique charm. The most popular is the retro old Shanghai-style box, with retro leather sofas and chairs, beaded lampshades and gently swaying white gauze curtains, as if returning to the era of Eileen Chang. 1921 also has a glass curtain wall that penetrates the west side of the restaurant, which can enjoy the beautiful scenery of the West Lake, the lake and mountains are hazy, and three or two light boats pass slowly from the present, which is suitable for both cultural atmosphere and food. Great for family gatherings and business meetings.

The restaurant has a wide range of dishes, including not only Hangzhou specialties, home-cooked dishes and seafood, but also Western dishes such as steak, lobster, foie gras, etc., as well as cold side dishes. The flower chicken, which is not easy to queue up in Hangzhou restaurants, can also be eaten in 1921, the price is higher, but the taste is also more sophisticated. Chicken selection from Xiaoshan local chicken, also called Yue chicken, chicken age six months, about two catties, is the first choice to make called flower chicken, roasting method and Hangzhou restaurant the same, all use the self-created iron gall that can circulate heat conduction, smeared with 18 kinds of spices after roasting for 3 hours, the original juice of the chicken is not damaged at all, the skin is thin and oily, the taste is tender, fragrant and not greasy.

Famous dishes such as West Lake vinegar fish, 1921 also played well, the fish meat is sweet and tender, accompanied by a sweet and sour vinegar sauce, refreshing and fishy, but its main ingredient is not the grass carp that has always been used in the traditional preparation method, but the bamboo shoot shell fish and mandarin fish that are easy to deal with fishy; Diners looking for a traditional taste and the soft texture of grass carp can try it at the West Lake State Guesthouse, and if you like the harder shell fish, you can try it at 1921. Other traditional dishes such as clear soup fish balls and Song sister-in-law fish soup, 1921 also has a clear eye, fish balls do not add starch or coagulant, only fish meat with salt and ginger water to make fish puree, into boiling water to form, put into the fish bones and chicken rack to boil into the soup base, the taste is very fresh with a hint of fishy, the taste is soft and slightly elastic. The freshness of the fish in the Song sister-in-law fish soup is more flavorful, and the lettuce shreds, black fungus are cooked together, fresh and smooth in the mouth, the taste has a sense of wholeness, very harmonious, especially the amount of ginger shreds is properly handled, and even difficult to detect.

Diners who like dim sum may also wish to try 1921, because of the "Bite of China" popular lotus cake, its founder is Liu Guoming, the head of Hangzhou restaurant, but this dim sum is not served in Hangzhou restaurant, if you want to try it upstairs in 1921. The color of the six-petal lotus crisp is green, white and pink from the inside to the outside, like a lotus, the puff pastry is as thin as a cicada's wings, the broad bean paste filling is sweet and fragrant, the presentation is elegant and exquisite, and it is very pleasant just to look at. 1921 also has a lotus crisp afternoon tea set for two, which includes half a dozen lotus cakes, fresh fruit trees and Longjing tea. Sitting by the window by the lake and sharing a meal with friends and spending the afternoon is a wonderful experience.

The fly in the ointment is that the service in the restaurant is poor, and the waiters are generally cold and lack patience. Special reminder, the hall seats can not be booked, and the box must be booked for a minimum of six people, about 200 per person, if you want to eat in the lake view box with a wide view and beautiful scenery, you need to make a reservation at least ten days in advance.