There are many genres of Hubei cuisine, Xiangyun cuisine is good game, and Jingyi is good at river freshness. Huaning Restaurant uses snails, snakes, eels, soft-shelled turtles and other game, river fresh food as the main ingredients, the dishes are salty and fragrant, the price is close to the people, and it is a supper canteen for many local residents.
Huaning Restaurant has been in business for more than 20 years, and snails have always been its signature brand. There are a variety of flavors such as spicy, scallion roast, cashew nut, etc., among which spicy snail has the highest order rate. The snails are stir-fried with dried red peppers, then added with green onions and peppercorns to enhance the flavor, and then added to the sauce and simmered. The snail is big and thick, fresh and has no fishy smell, and the Q bomb is full of toughness, the taste is slightly like abalone, and the rich and fragrant spicy sauce is even more salty and refreshing. When serving, the snail meat is partially out of the shell, and the best way to eat it is to first sip the shell to let the spicy taste flow straight into the mouth, and then chew it carefully to taste the sweetness, and finally there is a slight numbness. Those who are not spicy may wish to choose the shallot roasted snail, which has a slightly lighter taste and even more umami.
Stir-fried eel is a famous dish in Hubei, and Huaning's eel pot is heavy, spicy and flavorful. The eel is fried and then fried with garlic, green onions, peppercorns, and red peppers, which is fragrant and flavorful, but the product is unstable and sometimes too salty. The way to eat eel is a bit complicated, first tear out the internal organs, and eat it to be delicious.
Huaning's other river fresh dishes are not low, the flavor of boiled shrimp is similar to drunken shrimp, live shrimp soaked in marinade, shrimp meat is smooth, and the taste is sweet and sour. Diners need to be reminded that there is little risk of contracting parasites in raw food rivers. Live snakes are placed in the water tank at the entrance of the restaurant, and the chef will make a spicy ginger snake after diners choose it, the snake meat is fresh and crispy, and soaked in ginger and spicy sauce. Huaning's dishes are not limited to game and river fresh, but also common Hubei dishes such as dried stir-fried lotus root, small soup balls with pickled cabbage, and braised lotus root with preserved duck, all of which are without merit.
Huaning is so popular that there are usually queues for dinner market visits, so diners are advised to arrive as early as possible. The restaurant has a hall and a private room, the environment is ordinary, noisy, and no smoking is prohibited, and the smell of smoke is pervasive in the restaurant. The quality of service is even more average, and the waiter has a casual attitude in the process of food delivery and waiter selection, and ignores the suggestions made by customers.
