Speaking of "Qingya Zhai" alone, I am afraid that few diners are familiar with it; But if you move out of the name of "Phoenix Temple Mutton Skewers", many diners can be excited about it - as early as more than ten years ago, Phoenix Temple mutton skewers were the first number of Hangcheng mutton skewers.
The store was originally opened next to the Phoenix Temple, closed in 2008 due to the renovation of Zhongshan Road, and then moved to Jiangcheng Road, and soon disappeared into the world, and the owner also left Hangzhou to find another livelihood, and in recent years returned to Hangzhou to open this halal restaurant. The old store was newly opened, and Qingyazhai also kept the mutton skewers of Fenghuang Temple intact, still the original recipe and original taste.
The current store of Qing Ya Zhai is much larger than the old store, and the sanitary environment is as dirty as before. The barbecue stall is located on the side of the restaurant and can be ordered for dine-in or taken out directly from the barbecue stall. The words "Former Phoenix Temple Mutton Skewers" are posted in the store and barbecue stalls, which reassures the diners who come to visit.
In the absence of "Phoenix Temple Mutton Skewers", Hangzhou has almost no progress in the field of mutton skewers, so that Qingyazhai's mutton skewers have a strong competitiveness even today. The mutton skewers of Qing Ya Zhai have been simply marinated in advance, the taste is obviously salty, the skewers are many, the meat grains are large, the body is very full, roasted to light charred, only do simple sprinkling, the color is brown and gray, the taste is fruitful, the original juice is fragrant, the meat head is solid, the mutton flavor is slightly heavier, and the northwest road is really strong. The mutton skewers of Phoenix Temple are praised by many gourmets as the only one in Hangzhou that can be called the qualified Northwest mutton skewers, in fact, the mutton skewers here are not perfect, the simple seasoning can not please the diners who like the heavy taste, now the passenger flow is not small, the skewers occasionally become very sloppy, the fat and thinness are unbalanced, it is easy to get greasy to eat more, and the heat is difficult to say that it is always stable.
In addition to the must-order mutton skewers, there are also grilled lamb kidneys, grilled lamb tendons, grilled lamb chops, etc., most of which are of good standard. Lamb tendon and lamb chops are also rich and original juice routes, the materials are exquisite, or glutinous or solid, the taste is different, the cost performance is quite high, and it is worth the same point with mutton skewers. It should be noted that the grilled lamb chops in the barbecue stall are small pieces of small bones, and the grilled lamb chops in the dine-in menu are whole lamb chops, which are more expensive, and the method is fried first and then grilled, and the taste is not as good as the freshly grilled chops, so do not confuse them.
Although the lamb skewers are good, it does not mean that the other dishes of Qing Ya Zhai are also worth looking forward to, and the dine-in menu is mainly Halal food in the northwest, and most of the tastes are mediocre. This list only considers skewers, so I don't recommend other dishes. Restaurants are full of alcohol and smoke, and sensitive diners need to be prepared for this.
