It is the introduction of Chengdu seafood style, before its establishment, there was no restaurant in Chengdu that could serve as rich aquatic ingredients as banquet royal, and its variety of categories has overshadowed many business hotels. Today, Chengdu seafood restaurants are rich, and Yanyu no longer has a transcendent advantage. The most powerful competitor brand is Shangyan (No.1), which has the same founding team and very similar dishes.
Born in late 2015, the restaurant has been able to hold the bottom line in terms of the variety of dishes, but the specific dishes have always fluctuated. The first dish is widely criticized for its variability, and when the supply of lobster sashimi is cut off, peony shrimp and sea crayfish usually come on as substitutes, and the shell clams used for garnish are mostly from the display area, which is slightly less sincere. The restaurant used to add sea cucumbers to the first plate, but the supply is still often cut off.
The display area is U-shaped, with raw seafood and boiled seafood lined up opposite each other, and the connecting corners are dominated by alcoholic beverages. In addition to salmon, hiling, and Arctic shellfish, there are also geoducks, octopus, sea bream, tuna, etc., but there are no rare ingredients. Boiled dishes include eastern star grouper, mussels, baby abalone, bird shells, swan eggs, etc. Since the banquet is of the same origin as the banquet, there is also a large overlap between the two in the category of cooked items, and the details will not be repeated. Seasonal factors have also contributed to the instability of the food offerings, but this has affected diners. If you're choosing a feast for some unobtainable dish, it's best to call ahead and ask.
In 2017, the restaurant provided bird's nest and shark's fin; In 2018, live oysters from Giraldo were offered. Nowadays, abalone is not a rare delicacy, but many businesses do not remove the internal organs in order to keep the abalone snails fresh, and Yanyu provides two styles of live abalone and abalone, the latter is the product of shelling and organ removal, which is full of intimacy. In addition, the practice of marking the best time for the ingredients to be cooked at the banquet is actually inherited from the banquet.
Banquet members enjoy points discounts and can also enjoy exclusive ingredients, but they are also affected by category fluctuations, and the advantages of exclusive ingredients are minimal. Some of the ingredients in the 2018 area are actually better than the members' meals at certain times in 2016, the most typical examples are sea urchin and lobster, and the exclusive shrimp in the early days of the operation also seem unremarkable today.
The restaurant also has a barbecue area serving foie gras, Angus beef cubes, steaks, pork chops, oysters, scallops and more, and there are usually large queues. Cantonese cuisine is mainly in the form of morning tea, and the flavor is different from that of South China, but it is light compared with Sichuan cuisine, and the old fire soup is especially obvious. The Bee Snow Song ice cream served at the restaurant is of Belgian origin and is more worth tasting than a mediocre dessert.
Wutong Forest Store is the flagship store of Yanyu, its decoration style only shows the characteristics of Fujian seafood, the hard decoration is a business hotel cafeteria, the soft decoration is more extravagant, the wall display screen plays marine animation, and the ice sculpture shape in the display area is different. The dishes are small, shrimp and shellfish are usually served in one or two, and they need to be frequented frequently to fill their stomachs, and the barbecue area also has the defect of waiting in line for too long. In addition, compared with the former Taikoo Li branch (now operated independently under the "Shangyan" brand), the Wutong Forest store has a crowded environment, poor order, and an average dining experience. If you need a business meal, a banquet is a better choice. The price of banquet lunch is 298 yuan per person, and the dining time is 12:00-14:00; The dinner price is 398 yuan/person, and the meal is from 18:00 to 21:00.
