Little Blue Whale has been established for more than ten years and is a well-known local Jinling restaurant in Nanjing.
Different from the state banquet dishes that are delicate, light, and can adjust the mouth, the home-cooked dishes produced by Little Blue Whale generally have the commonality of "heavy mouth". Catfish powder skin is the signature dish of Little Blue Whale. The catfish is deep-fried with a crispy skin and tender flesh. The taste of the noodles is soft and rotten without losing toughness, and it is more flavorful after absorbing the soup, and the overall taste of the dishes is salty and spicy. Local gourmets have another way to eat catfish powder, that is, wrapping a piece of catfish meat and eating it with corn steamed buns. The steamed buns need to be ordered separately, and the sweet steamed buns neutralize the oiliness in the fish, and the taste is also good.
Taro steak is another big deal. The taro steak is sweet and sour flavor, the taro is cut into delicious pieces, slightly fried, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and the taste is soft and glutinous. The chops are relatively ordinary, with more bones and a dry and hard taste. The sweetness of the sauce is too strong and thick, which is easy to make people tired, so it is not advisable to eat too much.
Braised fish roe and fish bubbles are a common dish in Huai'an, while the taste of the little blue whale is more salty and spicy. The fish roe has a strong aroma, and the fish bubble is fatty and delicious, which is very suitable for rice. However, the quality of the restaurant is not stable enough, and sometimes the fishy smell of the organs is not removed, which affects the overall taste of the dishes.
The little blue whale is a small street shop, and the door is inconspicuous and easy to ignore. Although the restaurant has two floors as a dining area, there are not many tables, and there are often queues. Home-cooked restaurants often don't pay attention to the environment, and Little Blue Whale is no exception, the restaurant layout is casual, the distance between the tables is close, it is more crowded, there is no sense of privacy, and the dining experience is worrying. There are not many waiters in the restaurant, the service is not thoughtful enough, and occasionally there will be missing dishes, but fortunately, the waiter is enthusiastic, and the amount of dishes also shows the sincerity of the store.
