Frog Lada is a local catering brand in Changsha, different from traditional Hunan restaurants, Frog Lada focuses on cooking bullfrog food with Hunan special flavors, and has a new way of thinking about Hunan cuisine. He has been recommended by Hunan Satellite TV's "Everyday Upward" program and listed on the 2017 China Catering Innovation Top 100 Annual List. Since the opening of its first store in 2010, Frog has covered 30 cities and has as many as 90 stores. At present, there are four stores in Hangzhou, and with their good productions, they have a good popularity among diners who love bullfrogs in Hangzhou.
The restaurant offers up to 12 original flavors of charcoal-grilled bullfrog. Bullfrogs are divided into two types: round pots and square frying pans, the round ones are the pots with thick soup, and the square ones are charcoal pots placed on the iron plate, and the flavors for choice and matching are also different. The bullfrogs produced by both cooking methods have their own flavors, and diners can choose according to their favorite tastes.
There are six flavors of spicy, pickled pepper, green pepper and onion flavor, sauerkraut flavor, Miaojia sour soup flavor, chicken juice and mushroom flavor, and the bullfrog meat is tender and soft. Among them, Miaojia sour soup flavor bubble pot set sour, sweet, spicy as a whole, the soup color is bright, the use of Miaojia special sauerkraut, the taste is sour and refreshing, add sweet and sour fresh tomatoes, the whole pot of taste is just right, make people appetite.
There are six flavors of perilla, strange pepper, double pepper, ginger spicy, black pepper and Chongqing bean curd, and the bullfrog meat is crispy and tender. Among them, the perilla flavor is the signature of the store, the bullfrog can smell the fragrance of perilla before the mouth is served, and the unique fragrance of perilla is perfectly combined with the spicy taste of green pepper and red pepper, which makes the frog meat crispy and tender, fresh and salty and slightly spicy, with strong Huxiang characteristics. If you are not accustomed to the taste of shiso, you can choose the double pepper flavor, which is also spicy and full of strength, and is paired with a variety of side dishes that have been stewed quite deliciously, such as potatoes, lotus roots, and green beans. Chongqing bean curd flavor has a characteristic hemp fragrance, the spiciness, there is no imagined hot and spicy nose, and the spicy with hemp enriches the layering of the taste. The restaurant replaces the fragile bean curd with chewy Chiba tofu, which becomes more and more flavorful as it is simmered, absorbing the flavor of the soup and complementing the bullfrog. Each serving of bullfrogs is about 3 catties, which is full of weight, suitable for more than two people to share and eat.
In addition to the signature bullfrog, there are also special dishes such as spicy pickled cabbage fish, flaming flower nails, hot fresh squid, and fried belly with green pepper sauce. The snacks include happy hash browns, osmanthus sugar glutinous cakes, perilla bayberry, fried ice cream and other delicious and satisfying. Diners who are spicy by the bullfrog can order a cup of sour lemon and plum juice, which is appetizing and spicy.
The restaurant's unique décor is impressive. The frog statue at the entrance is eye-catching, and the restaurant is decorated with red and blue neon lights, and the design is avant-garde, cool and stylish, more like an American bar. Delicate frog ornaments can be found throughout the store, and there are various stylish and dynamic frog murals on the walls. Each table is equipped with a sealed bag for mobile phones, glasses cloth, leather bands and printed paper towels, as well as frog toys to keep you entertained during mealtime. The waiters all wore cute frog headbands, which were novel and chic, and the service was warm and generous. The lively and novel dining atmosphere of the restaurant is rare among Hangzhou Hunan restaurants, and has won the love of many young diners.