Ava Shanzhai is a Hunan cuisine brand established in Shaanxi, which has opened more than 300 branches across the country, and the momentum far exceeds that of most Hunan brands.
"Ava Cottage" is an original ecological flavor created by the founder Qu Guoqiang, which is composed of the dietary characteristics of the people of Xiangxi Miao, Dong and Buyi, and the taste is mainly spicy. This self-created "original ecological flavor" is reflected in the smoked bacon, wild mushrooms, dried vegetables and other ingredients in the camphor tea mountain kiln, as well as pepper species such as Miaoling wild pepper. However, Ava Cottage adopts a combination of direct sales and franchise business model, and this unique "Ava Cottage" flavor is only presented in a few branches, and most stores are difficult to find.
Ava Shanzhai Xi'an Store is more like a regular Hunan restaurant, focusing on traditional Hunan dishes such as chopped pepper fish head, dry fishing vermicelli pot, and farmhouse fried pork, as well as individual specialties such as Ava private mushrooms. The Xi'an store can best reflect the flavor of "Ava cottage", and a certain is too chopped pepper sauce. Ava cottage uses alpine Miaoling mountain pepper, pickled for more than 200 days, the chopped pepper made is spicy but not pungent, fresh and fragrant, the spiciness, the spicy degree is slightly lower than the ordinary chopped pepper, and the salty fragrance is more abundant. Chopped pepper is spread on the head of the silver carp split in half, the fish meat is fresh and spicy and smooth, without a trace of earthy smell. Taking advantage of the heat, pour in a portion of the noodles, and the noodles soaked in the soup are stained with the salty and spicy chopped peppers and the strong aroma of soy sauce, which is very delicious. Noodles are the standard for chopping pepper fish heads, as a Shaanxi brand, the noodles produced by Ava Cottage are strong porcelain, wide but not thick, and much better than most Hunan restaurants. However, the soup is salty, and the noodles should not be soaked for a long time. In addition, Ava Cottage sells fish heads in half portions and single portions to cater for customers with different appetites.
In addition to chopped pepper fish heads, there are not many dishes that perform well in Ava Cottage. The taste of Awa Dangjia meat is acceptable, using Hunan local pork, cut into pieces and stewed with a variety of spices, and then added with soy sauce and sugar. The meat is golden, salty and sweet, slightly spicy, and the taste is fat but not too greasy, and meat lovers are satisfied. The main dishes such as dry vermicelli pot, stone pot garlic steak, braised tofu with boneless oil are not very spicy, and the taste is more popular, but it is difficult to say that it is brilliant. In general, the positioning and characteristics of Ava Cottage are not distinctive, and the signature dish of chopped pepper fish head king is amazing, while the other dishes are more ordinary.
If the dishes are still meritorious, then the service of Ava Cottage is undoubtedly a minus. The waiters have a casual attitude, are slow to respond to demand, and even occasionally have quarrels with customers, as if they lack professional training. In addition, there is a shortage of manpower during peak periods, and customers need to self-order, pour tea, etc., which is not a good experience. In terms of environment, Ava Cottage has a spacious environment and is quite ethnic minority style, but due to its long opening time, it is slightly old.
