The Land Village Restaurant is located on the first floor of the Land Hotel, which used to be the canteen of the Land Bureau of Qingyang District. The spicy flavor of the dishes here has attracted a lot of followers.
The restaurant is often full, but it is not well-known, and it is far from attracting public opinion like Mingting. The turning point occurred after 2014, when both the Land Hotel and the Village Restaurant were privately owned, and a back-of-house chef changed owners, specializing in frog dishes. Some sensitive diners are beginning to cherish the old days. Around 2017, there was a similar store in Jiuyan Bridge that put up a sign of a national and rural restaurant, which once aroused the disgust of the owner, and the village restaurant was forced to post a notice to show that there was no branch. Instead, the restaurant is once again ushering in a climax, and usually only the best restaurants are eligible to win imitation, with the local and rural restaurants attracting some new fans, and some diners who don't know the truth want to visit the "main store".
The layout of the restaurant is very interesting, you need to pass through the Huanhua Tea House, follow the route to the left to see the sign of "Country Restaurant". The ceiling in the store is quite complicated, and the walls are lined with yellow wallpaper. The pilasters have been replaced with a dark brown lining in a natural wood colour, but even so, they still have a strong 90s character.
The serving plate is an imitation of the old enamel basin, although the bottom of the basin is shallow, but the portion is still large, and there is no need to be too bold when ordering. The dishes of the restaurant have Zigong characteristics, and the spicy taste is quite obvious.
The restaurant's top sign is in the frog section, and the menu even omits the word "frog" and only retains the word "special". Its preparation method is subdivided into 6 types: braised pepper, pickled pepper, sauerkraut, green braised (light but not spicy), pepper and salt, and dry stir-fry, and the eel slices and eel sections are cooked by the same cooking method. Rabbit belly, pigeon gizzard, beef tendon, and brain flower are spicy. After 2017, the village restaurant expanded its menu to include dishes such as tarpon and other dishes. In contrast, we recommend Brain Flower, Eel, Frog, and Spinal Cord, and in more than 10 years of operation, the restaurant's kitchen team has specialized in these four types of dishes, and the flavor is more stable. Cold dishes and seasonal vegetables did not stand out.
Country restaurants are slower to serve, and due to their high popularity, table sharing is also commonplace. The dishes in the restaurant are divided into spicy levels, and usually no one challenges "extra spicy". Even for those who love spicy food, we recommend choosing "mildly spicy", and the staple dish "towel steamed bun" can also be used to reduce the spiciness.