Founded in 2016, Renren's Quality is located in Jiefangbei Times Mansion, positioned as a high-end vegetarian food, with elegant environment, exquisite presentation and high price. The restaurant has a sense of ceremony, but the dishes are not complicated, the ingredients are conventional, the taste is decent, and the form is greater than the content.
Almost all vegetarian restaurants promote the health benefits of vegetarianism, and the same is true for everyone. This kind of propaganda is actually wrong, most plant foods are nutritionally single, and the human body is prone to lack vitamin B12, calcium, zinc and other trace elements if only a vegetarian diet is consumed for a long time. In addition, the absorption rate of iron from most plant foods is not high, and it is easy to suffer from diseases such as iron deficiency anemia, which is not good for health.
In terms of cuisine, the restaurant mainly uses seasonal ingredients and adjusts the menu according to the solar terms. The ingredients are mainly vegetables, soy products and mushrooms, and the overall taste tends to be light, with less seasoning, advocating the original taste of vegetarian food, and no imitation meat dishes. The literacy of everyone adopts the form of a set meal, and the meal standard is fixed, which is divided into three grades: 168 yuan/person, 228 yuan/person and 268 yuan/person, and there is no single point.
The set menu usually includes fruits, flower teas, appetizers, main courses, main dishes, desserts, etc. Among the appetizers, the cold dishes are seaweed, cucumbers, peanuts and other common cold salads, and the soup is generally mushroom soup, which is more ordinary, but fortunately, there is less oil and less salt, the ingredients are fresh and sweet, and the taste is more pure. There are five main dishes, with the smooth shiitake mushroom cabbage roll and the spicy stir-fried sea mushroom being served at a very high rate, while the bead curtain and ice grass are the signature dishes. The main material of the beaded curtain is sea grapes, which are a type of green algae. Sea grapes are wrapped around an iron fork in a bunch, like a curtain of beads, giving it a unique shape. Sea grapes have a dark green and round appearance, a taste like fish roe, the juice is sour and fresh, and then accompanied by Japanese soy sauce and wasabi, there is no fishy smell at all, fresh and smooth. In the cold salad, the surface of the ice grass is covered with transparent bubbles, which resemble ice crystals, and the taste is crispy and sweet, with red vinaigrette and salad dressing, it is fragrant and refreshing, and it is very fresh. The staple food is mostly common fried rice and rice porridge.
Compared to most vegetarian restaurants in Chongqing, everyone has a heavier sense of ritual, customers are required to wear shoe covers to enter the store, the waiter in bright yellow emperor costume bows to welcome the entrance, and the clerk rings the bell to see off customers when leaving. Before eating, the waiter will serve the flower petal water to the customers to wash their hands, and after the meal, the customers will also be invited to put the 1 yuan donation into the donation box. What's more, the waiter dressed as the emperor will also read out the decree to introduce the dishes. Some diners find these sessions more formal and respected, while others find them too cumbersome and too forceful.
The waiters are all dressed in black gauze, classical costumes, and have a polite attitude. The waiter, who claims to be a personal food consultant, asks customers about taste preferences and dietary restrictions when they are seated, introduces the ingredients and nutrition of the dishes when they are served, and finally asks for food reviews. The disadvantage is that during the meal, some waiters will also explain the company culture, and even promote the theory of vegetarian health and promote the card, which makes customers feel disturbed.
Located on the 18th floor of Block D, Jiefangbei Times Mansion, Renren's Quality is designed in Chinese garden style, elegant and exquisite. The layout of the restaurant is compact, in the form of a private room, the room is separated by a bamboo curtain, the sound insulation effect is average, slightly noisy, and the dining chairs are relatively low, and the sitting comfort is poor.
