There are many branches of Hunan cuisine, and if you distinguish them by region, the most common ones are Dongting Lake fresh, Xiangxi cured meat and Changsha cuisine. Different from Xiangchun Restaurant, which combines the strengths of dishes from all over the world, the success of One Light is that it has brought Changsha cuisine to the extreme, and the restaurant also clearly writes on the menu "Started in 1997, Changsha Benbang Cuisine". From the very beginning of Minmin West Street to the current Ant Workshop, Yilan not only has several halos such as "must-eat restaurants in Changsha" and "representative of Hunan cuisine", but also gradually become a business card of Changsha cuisine.
The well-known host Wang Han once wrote in the book "Taste" that "Changsha cuisine can only eat happiness, not happiness, happiness is instantaneous, and it will knock you down directly". The duck paw tendon with the highest order rate is to remove the bones from the duck paw and take the tendon, and then stir-fry with garlic and other condiments, and the spicy flavor of pickled pepper and fresh pepper rushes directly into the mouth and flows to the throat, which is spicy and refreshing. The stir-fried belly shreds with sour radish are also popular, and the self-pickled sour radish is crispy and the belly is elastic, and the mixture of the two tastes is impressive. Five-round steamed chicken with lotus seeds, wolfberry, longan, red dates and eggs as five rounds, take the meaning of reunion, the steamed meat fiber has been crispy, with chopsticks gently pick the whole piece can be torn off, the chicken is soft and fragrant, the entrance is quite amazing.
Looking at Changsha, the richness of local cuisine is not comparable to other restaurants, and the restaurant's production standards are also quite strict. Vegetables, beef, offal and other ingredients are purchased fresh every day with high quality. The meat ingredients are neatly reorganized, and the shape and size of the ingredients are close to the same as the condiments, without any peculiar smell. It is worth mentioning that One Lantern will also launch seasonal dishes according to the change of seasons, so that diners can taste the taste of the season. The crisp and tender texture of the fresh winter bamboo shoots selected not only does not affect the taste of the bacon after a long time of cooking, but also absorbs the oil juice of the bacon for its own use, exuding an attractive fat aroma.
Yilan currently has 6 stores in Changsha, including 5 Changsha restaurants and 1 flavor shrimp restaurant. The taste shrimp restaurant mainly focuses on crayfish and all kinds of late-night snacks, and the proportion of main dishes is much lower than that of other branches. The five restaurants are all built in antique, using elements such as clear water bricks, wooden doors and windows, and red lanterns to create the style of Changsha's old streets and alleys. Among them, the configuration of the main store of Ant Workshop can be called "luxurious", and there are sockets next to each table, which is convenient for diners to charge at any time. The restaurant service staff are quick with their hands and feet, although they are not familiar with some dishes, but they are responsive, and the service experience is good.