Zhen Yishun is the most well-known old Xinjiang restaurant in the local area. Each branch has its own advantages, and the Jiaochangkou store located at No. 5 Zhongxing Road is the designated restaurant for the government to receive certain political exchanges and business negotiations. Songpai Road store is located in Xinjiang restaurant street, next to Bosten Manor (No.1), most of the dishes are delicious and stable, the service has a rare affinity in Xinjiang restaurants, and there are many repeat customers.
The ingredients of Zhen Yishun are good, although the mutton is not as outstanding as Persian Teng, but the passenger flow is large, and the goods are purchased once in three or four days, and the short-frozen mutton is still very fragrant, the meat quality is not hard, and the quality is fresh. Roasted whole sheep is not cut in half, but the whole roast, better lock in moisture, all parts are very tender, eat more than addictive, the amount is suitable for about 13 people. If there are few people, you can order a kebab, and the seasoning is very fragrant. Mutton is eaten in many places, but Xinjiang people love to cut it into small pieces and grill it to eat, with the moving street stalls, meat skewers go to the whole country, not to be missed.
The finer workmanship makes the production to a higher level. Even if it is a bowl of sour soup slices, the kitchen can cut the fresh tomatoes thin and fine, so that the flavor is fully integrated into the soup, the soup base is rich and refreshing, rather than thickening and coloring by thickening and tomato sauce, and the beef slices in the soup are evenly thickened and colored.
Zhen Yishun still serves Chongqing hot pot, and both branches have half of the hot pot seats. The ingredients are mainly beef, mutton, vegetables, and fish, without pork and various offal, and the ingredients are much less than the hot pot restaurants that can be found everywhere in Chongqing. The spicy and boiling butter pan is full of aroma and tastes enjoyable, and there is no disadvantage compared to the local average. In addition, the restaurant also has a lot of Jianghu dishes, full of heavy oil and spicy meat dishes, which are pleasing to the eye. This also produces an interesting phenomenon, Zhen Yishun is not only a restaurant for locals to experience Xinjiang cuisine, but also a place for some Xinjiang tourists to experience Chongqing cuisine.
The two cuisines are in the same room, and although both are "red" and "spicy", attentive diners will notice that they are markedly different. The "red" of Chongqing hot pot and Jianghu cuisine is red oil, which is formed by the fusion of cooked clear oil and chili powder, which is almost the background color on the Chongqing table; The "red" color of Xinjiang is the color of tomato (or ketchup), which has a more pronounced sour taste. In front of Chongqing's diet, the unique sour and spicy flavor of Xinjiang cuisine is fresh.
Zhen Yishun has been open for more than ten years, and the environment of both stores is relatively old, and the smell of hot pot is permeating, so the store is not suitable for banquets, and it is more than enough to meet parties or daily meals.