If you want to taste Banna Dai flavor Yunnan cuisine in Hangzhou, Manxiang Xina must be the first choice. Different from chain Yunnan cuisine brands such as Color Clay and One Sit and One Forget, Manxiang Xina's production does not blindly include all parts of Yunnan and various cuisines, but is deeply engaged in Dai cuisine represented by Xishuangbanna flavor.
In fact, the boss and lady of Manxiang Sina are from Xishuangbanna, and the proprietress is a chef, and the current head chef of the restaurant is a Dai chef who has nearly 30 years of cooking experience in Xishuangbanna. The vegetables, fruits and other ingredients of Manxiangsina, as well as spices such as lemongrass, herbs, coriander, fragrant bamboo, millet and spicy, are regularly sent to Hangzhou by Xishuangbanna, and these specific ingredients and spices are the key to the establishment of Dai flavor. The chef and ingredients are in place, which ensures the authenticity of Banna Dai flavor from both software and hardware aspects.
At the beginning of the seat, the restaurant will give melon seeds and tangerine peel candy, and before the meal, there will be a "splashing water baba" for diners to appetize, which is a Dai snack made of glutinous rice and brown sugar, soft and sticky, with a light sweetness. Dai barbecue is Manxiang Xina's specialty, you must order, lemongrass grilled fish, Manxiang grilled chicken, Manxiang grilled pork belly, Banna barbecue, etc., are all made of charcoal slow roasting, order freshly made, the taste is refreshing, there is charcoal fragrance. Dai lemongrass grilled fish is the restaurant's number one signature dish, salty, light and spicy, rich in meat, and the presentation effect is even better than that of Caiyun and One Sit and One Forget in the same city. The roast chicken is flavored with spices, but the juice is dry. The surface of the roasted pork belly is brown and burnt, the meat is elastic, and the gas and taste are good, but the parts of the pork belly cut into thin sections are not uniform, the fat and lean are separated, and the fat meat is like a single chew oil residue.
Staple foods also play an important role in the menu of Manchampina. Manxiang pineapple rice, Dai flavor hand pilaf, Banna bamboo rice and other rice, as well as Dai beef rice noodles, local chicken rice noodles, Dai lemon rice noodles and other Dai rice noodles, all have a fairly high degree of reduction, rice mostly use thin and tough fragrant rice, glutinous rice is a specialty of Banna, rice noodles are also airlifted from Banna in batches, with the signature light sour smell and chewy taste, the taste of Maozi is also authentic. The price of mancina's staple food is on the high side, but the portion is real, so it is recommended to order it sparingly.
Wild vegetables are a common occurrence in Yunnan, and the menu at Manchampsina offers a wide range of options. Water coriander, plantain flowers, pea tips, pumpkin tips, phoenix vegetables, etc., many southern Yunnan native dishes are unique in Hangzhou, and the most distinctive of them is the Dai flavor phoenix cuisine. The taste of phoenix cabbage is very tender and crisp, the seasoning is light, and the special thing is that there will be mucus secretion when biting off the stem, chewing the mucus is full of mouth, the taste is strangely astringent, and the fried tomato smooths the taste of the green vegetables to a certain extent. If you can't accept the strange taste of various wild vegetables, pea tips stir-fried with garlic will be a relatively safe choice, and the taste is more universal. In addition, passionflower boiled fish, steamed brain flowers, chicken feet and so on are also rich in Banna style dishes, each with its own characteristics, the spice mix is also more authentic, and the taste is generally sour, sweet and spicy.
Manxiangsina is located in Wuzhou International Plaza in the West Lake District, which is relatively remote and inconvenient for public transportation. The shopping mall where the restaurant is located is deserted, so the traffic of Manchampina's customers on weekdays is not high. The restaurant is decorated with logs, Dai ethnic style, and the store is decorated with rich tropical vegetation, which is comfortable to look at. As a family-run Yunnan restaurant, the restaurant is quite large and decorated with sincerity, due to the small number of customers, the waiters in the restaurant are small, and the owner and the proprietress are often hands-on, with a gentle and friendly attitude. Mancina's dishes are usually cooked to order, which also makes the restaurant slow to serve, which affects the smoothness of the dining experience, and the efficiency needs to be improved urgently.
