Xiangdang Youfan is the first restaurant in Kunshan City that specializes in chopped pepper fish head, and there are several plus franchise stores under the brand, mainly distributed in Kunshan. The first branch in downtown Suzhou opened in March 2018, and the restaurant was unable to make ends meet due to excessive discounts in the early days.
Xiangdang Youfan is obviously younger, and the positioning is clearer than that of the dealer town. On the front page of the menu, a few simple pictures are printed, which clearly tells guests that this is the main dish. Chopped pepper fish head, chili fried meat, squid whiskers, roast chicken, crispy pork knuckles, taro pork ribs cover the steaming, stir-frying, simmering, and stewing methods of Hunan cuisine. The dishes on the reverse page of the menu are quite rich, the style is basically the same, and the eggplant with preserved eggs with peppers is very eye-catching, and the spicy is strong, which is very popular.
In addition to chopping pepper fish head, the portion of the dish is generally smaller, and the price is correspondingly lower, so it is most suitable for a dinner party of three or five people. In addition, lo-mei can also be ordered by size, so even if you eat alone, you can order food very friendly. Many dishes also have a mixed and matched "dick" temperament, such as squid whiskers in large steel basins, roast chicken in pole dancing, and single stew in cups of drinking water for veteran revolutionary cadres, which are not too exaggerated, and have just the right sense of humor, and many young people are willing to pay for them.
In terms of taste, most of the dishes are spicy, and the braised duck head, braised chicken feet, and even vegetables such as courgette, which Suzhou people love to eat, are all spicy. Because the chefs of the franchise store are assigned by the Kunshan headquarters, the taste is more authentic, and you can eat the essence of Hunan cuisine, especially the eggplant with pepper and preserved eggs, which is the representative of the "beating" dish of the Tujia in Xiangxi. A table of people is spicy, and then drink chilled snowflakes bravely, or Jiang Xiaobai, it is an excellent moment of relaxation. However, many people love to order wood-fired shredded chicken, in order to maintain the shape, the roast is not flavorful, and it is recommended not to order it if you value the taste.
Good taste is inseparable from good ingredients. For example, the signature chopped pepper fish head is only made of the big silver carp head of Taihu Lake, and the meat is more delicate than that of common male fish; Chopped peppers are selected from alpine Chaotian pepper and beauty pepper, which are pickled in highly liquor, and the taste is salty and spicy. And a small piece of chili fried meat, is a lot of Hunan people claim to be the specialty dish, the store does not dare to be sloppy at all, designated to Hunan screw green pepper, the skin and meat are closely connected, stir-fry is not easy to get out of the water and peel, fried out of the spicy taste, do not add more seasoning, the taste is also ideal.
The restaurant is very new, the environment is very comfortable, the slight disadvantage is that the large dining table does not have a turntable, and it is not very convenient to pick up dishes. Some of the older waiters were sluggish and didn't feel good; The lad is more flexible and the communication is very comfortable.
Recently, Shanghai's Xu Ye chopped pepper fish head has also opened to Kunshan, the eight-pound big fish head is the treasure of its town store, and the kitchen is specially designed for the big fish head to customize the steamer, no need to worry about the fish head is not delicious. Since it is currently only open in Kunshan City, this list is not recommended, and interested diners can pay attention.
