Hangzhou Phoenix Temple is one of the four ancient mosques in China, and the area around the Phoenix Temple is a famous Hui settlement in the old days. Due to the concentration of halal restaurants, it has always been famous for its delicious mutton, and the predecessor of Qing Ya Zhai, "Phoenix Temple Mutton Skewers", was once the brightest star here. After the closure of the Fenghuang Temple, the northwest family on Zhongshan Middle Road took over the mantle of the former, and the barbecue stall attached to the halal restaurant quickly became famous and became the number one sign of the lamb kebabs near the Phoenix Temple.

The Northwest Family is located in the former site of Yufeng Xiangbu Store on Zhongshan Middle Road, the store is not small, and it is one of the most prestigious halal restaurants in Hangzhou. Its barbecue stall is located in the corner of the north side of the restaurant, and a signboard is hung with the name "Yangbatou Special Barbecue" and the prices of various grilled items. Yangbatou barbecue has diners stopping and queuing all year round, and business is very prosperous. There are not many barbecue options, but they basically cover the mainstream ingredients, such as lamb and lamb belly, as well as beef skewers, beef tendons, chicken hearts, chicken gizzards, shrimp, small yellow croaker, chicken wings, etc. The Northwest family itself is a supplier of beef and mutton, and there is also a halal meat monopoly window at the door, which is a unique supply of mutton for their own barbecue stalls.

As the benchmark of Hangzhou mutton skewers in the minds of many diners, the mutton skewers of the Northwest people can only be called unsatisfactory. The size of the meat skewers is not big, the standard three thin and two fat, overlapping each other, the barbecue master personally operates in front of the stove all the year round, and the grilling heat is in place. The mutton skewers in the northwest are sprinkled with a lot of spices, but they do not cover up the aroma of the meat, the tenderness of the meat is enough, and the taste of the mutton is just right, but the juice is not much, and the taste is slightly dry. Roast lamb chops are won by the selection of materials, compared with many barbecue stalls crooked melon and cracked jujube lamb chops, the northwest people use the right part of the chop, the meat is fresh, burnt aroma, meat aroma and auxiliary material aroma achieve each other, the flavor is distinct. The beef skewers are multi-tendon and meaty, and the taste is solid and slightly woody; Chicken wings, saury, small yellow croaker, etc. are all pre-roasted and half-cooked, and the finished product is mediocre, and there is even a situation where the two have a cross-flavor. The lamb loin and liver here are quite bloody, so diners are advised to do what they can.

In addition to the barbecue stalls, there are also stalls such as lo-mei, noodles, raw beef and sheep at the entrance of the first floor of the northwest house, all of which are sold separately from the restaurant dine-in, and Gaozhuang steamed buns and beef fried buns are worth a try. The first floor of the restaurant is for fast food, and the second floor is for dinner, which is a remarkable standard in Hangzhou, and it is worth noting that if you order skewers or other stalls in the restaurant, diners need to go to the window to pick them up. At the end of 2017, the Yangbatou barbecue stall raised a round of prices, and at present, mutton skewers and beef skewers have risen to 4 yuan/skewer, and beef tendons have risen to 5 yuan/skewers.