In 2016, an article titled "Seven Years of Grinding, Three Years of Grinding, He Redefined Hot Pot with Unchanged Ingenuity!" The 100,000 WeChat tweets of "became popular in Chengdu's circle of friends, and also made Radio Lane an Internet celebrity store on many people's check-in lists. To this day, the popularity of Radio Lane has not decreased, and it is still the most difficult hot pot in Chengdu to queue.
Almost every hot article about Radio Lane will say that the boss Tang Yi gave up his trading company in order to worship Liu Peng of Chongqing Dalong Hot Pot as a teacher, and came to the door again and again for seven years to seek teachers, and finally moved Liu Peng to accept him as the last apprentice.
Although Radio Lane and Dalong Hot Pot Chengdu are from the same master, the taste of the bottom of the two pots is also slightly different. The bottom of the pot in Radio Lane is darker than the latter, and the spicy taste is more prominent, so that the aroma is completely masked by the spicy taste in the later stage of eating. There is only a red pot in the store, no mandarin duck pot, and most customers only have a memory point of spicy after the meal. In terms of dishes, it is almost the same as the Dalong Hot Pot Chengdu store, most of the dishes are presented casually, and the store does not provide coriander, chopped green onion and oyster sauce, and the first two can be ordered separately.
Radio Lane is designed with 90s white walls and green doors and windows, with a retro temperament, and a casual shot is a nostalgic photo. The service level of the restaurant needs to be improved, and some staff have a perfunctory attitude and slow response. During peak hours, the atmosphere is noisy, the cleaning of the store is very untimely, and a large amount of garbage can often be seen at the door and under the table.
Overall, although Radio Lane is popular in Chengdu, there is still a lot of gap between the production level and fame, and it makes little sense to go to check in as an Internet celebrity store and make a special trip to eat.
