Sichuan cuisine in Chongqing is more about dishes such as Mao Xuewang, spicy chicken, and boiled fish, which are not confined to the form, and diners do not care about the dining environment, as long as the dishes are authentic enough to satisfy the taste buds. Unlike Chengdu, there are fewer high-end Sichuan restaurants in Chongqing, and more casual and bold Jianghu cuisine, while Chengdu's Sichuan cuisine is more graceful and exquisite. However, Yu Yan Hall is a rare club-style Sichuan restaurant in Chongqing.
Yu Hui Hall and Chengdu's private Sichuan restaurant do not belong to the same company, both are the catering brands of Chengdu Zhuangyu Management Company. In addition to catering, Chengdu Zhuangyu also has brands such as bars, hotels, and teahouses. Cultural elements are an extremely important selling point of Chengdu Zhuang language, whether it is Zifei or Yu Yan, the addition of traditional cultural elements makes a meal not only a process of taste enjoyment, but also an additional dining environment, service, performance, etc., so that diners can gain beauty in taste, vision and hearing. Yu Yan inevitably has the meaning of using culture as a gimmick, but it has to be said that various forms of art performances have brought a new dining experience to diners.
Yu Yan is not a Sichuan restaurant in the strict sense, and creative Sichuan cuisine and Cantonese cuisine are Yu Yan's specialty works. Similar to the Guchuan Cuisine Experience Hall in the eight provincial capitals, Yu Yan's dishes do not appear too heavy on oil and spicy, even if they are spicy, they only use a little chili pepper or Sichuan pepper to enhance the flavor, only a faint spicy feeling. Creative Sichuan cuisine is generally an evolution of traditional Sichuan cuisine, either using new ingredients to replace the ingredients of the original dish, or incorporating elements of other cuisines into Sichuan cuisine. There is no doubt that a good creative Sichuan cuisine must satisfy the taste buds of most diners, and it will not just create a buzz in appearance.
There are no menus, but rather dishes are tailored to the number of customers, budget, and taste preferences. After confirming a series of customer requests, the receptionist will confirm all the dishes with the customer, from pre-dinner snacks to desserts. The flower branches on the bonsai shape are vivid, the petals made of mille-feuille puff pastry transition from yellow to red from the outside to the inside, and the taste of the flowers is slightly sweet, and the roasted beef is matched with the king oyster mushrooms, cut into strips, poured with sauce, the softness of the beef and the fat texture of the king oyster mushrooms blend together. If you have special requirements for some dishes, you can also ask for which dishes are required in the restaurant.
The prices of Yu's dishes are generally higher than those of the entire Chinese food industry in Chongqing, one of the reasons is the choice of ingredients. In addition to chicken, beef, freshwater fish and other ingredients commonly found in Sichuan cuisine, Yu Yan is also good at cooking non-local ingredients such as sea cucumber, abalone, wild mushrooms, foie gras, salmon and fresh shrimp. Kung Pao chicken, which is common in Sichuan cuisine, uses foie gras to replace the original chicken, making the taste smoother, and the smoky background of dry ice not only satisfies the taste, but also increases the visual sense of appreciation.
Located in the Palm Springs Ecological Park, the Yuyan Guild Hall is full of antique style on the upper and lower floors, decorated with wood carvings, stone carvings and stilted buildings, the lighting is in the shape of lanterns, and the design of the floor-to-ceiling windows in the lobby allows the lake view outside the window to be seen. Whether you eat in the lobby or in the private room upstairs, there are performances of guzheng and other qin songs, and occasionally traditional Sichuan opera programs such as face changing. The rest area is comfortable, and it is even equipped with a mahjong room, which is indispensable for Sichuan and Chongqing people, so you can also be entertained after dining.
Yu Yan will charge different service fees according to the location of the customer, the lobby and the world private room will be 6% of the dining service fee, while the upstairs private room and tea room will be 15% service fee. In addition, dance, face changing, folk music and other programs need to be charged separately, and the specific fees can be asked by the service staff at the time of booking.
