Yulin/Tongzilin
Zhao Lei's song "Chengdu" made Yulin Road popular all over the country, attracting many tourists to stop here. In fact, it's not just a chic bistros, but also a number of late-night restaurants. Tongzilin near Yulin is a gathering place for foreigners, which makes the night snack culture here quite foreign.
Fragrant hot pot
Piaoxiang hot pot is a very low-key, no advertising, no branch of the hot pot restaurant, it has silently stood on the streets of Yulin for 20 years, becoming the most representative of the old Chengdu flavor of the Yulin population. The fragrant bottom of the pot is all fried in the store, and the red pot has only one kind of butter, which is still semi-solidified when served, and you can see the butter gradually melting into a liquid form after the fire is turned on. There are many spice crumbs and chili peels floating in the soup base, and its taste is not as mellow as the fat of Chongqing Old Hot Pot King, nor is it as prominent as the hemp flavor of the mansion, and the spicy and fragrant are just right. The hot pot steak is marinated beforehand, and the large slices of steak meat are still tender after a long time of cooking, with a faint black pepper flavor. Pig Heaven is a circle of meat on the palate of the pig's mouth, which is ladder-shaped in shape and powdery in color. When cooked, it has a similar crispness to yellow throat, but is firmer and more chewy than yellow throat. Firecracker bamboo shoots belong to the seafood vegetables, the color is dark green, and they are like a string of firecrackers, so they are named firecracker bamboo shoots, their taste is crisp and smooth, and there is a trace of sweetness in the seafood. The interior of the store is simply decorated, and the walls, tables and chairs can be seen to be a certain age, but fortunately, the merchants are carefully cared for, and the overall appearance is clean and bright. The waiter is all middle-aged women, who are proper and thoughtful, answer all questions, and take the initiative to remove the soup in a timely manner.
Yulin strings of incense
Yulin Chuanxiang is a large-scale skewer brand in Chengdu, which has opened more than 400 branches across the country since its establishment in 1995. It uses a butter pot base, in which peppercorns, chili peppers, cinnamon, flower horns and other seasonings are fried, and the taste will not gradually fade with the cooking time. Yulin Chuanxiang has a wide variety of ingredients, such as beef, chicken, squid and other dishes can be boiled in a pot, these ingredients are skewered on the same day, and some are pre-marinated, which is both fresh and delicious. The service at this restaurant is a little mediocre, and too many diners cannot be taken care of one by one.
Chen Ji Shunhe
Chen Ji Shunhe is a trusted choice ranking team in major cities can never bypass the beef hot pot brand. Although the popularity of beef hot pot has decreased, Tan Kee Shun Wo still maintains a high level of competitiveness, its supply chain management is strong, and mature and reliable suppliers ensure the high quality of beef. Chengdu Chen Ji Shunhe obviously has a tendency to follow the local customs, originally in Shanghai, Suzhou about 10 kinds of pot bottoms, here was directly cut in half - Shunhe clear soup pot, spicy beef pot, beef bone soup mandarin duck pot, original juice tomato pot, tomato mandarin duck pot, it can be seen that the spicy taste is pervasive in Chengdu. It is recommended that new diners choose Shunhe clear soup pot, Chen Ji Shunhe follows the traditional practice, with a slight beef aroma in the clear sweetness, which is appetizing and in line with the ritual sense of Chaoshan beef hot pot.
Li didn't care about burning
Li Zhijiao, who specializes in Yibin flavor, has been interviewed by Sichuan TV, British food program "You Can Cook" and CCTV2 for many years, and enjoys a high reputation in the Chengdu barbecue industry. Its success is inseparable from the improvement and research and development of kebab technology. The restaurant has a secret soup made with more than 40 kinds of spices, which the chef puts into the soup when the grilled food is half-cooked. This step gives the grilled food a rich flavor of soup and reduces the greasy feeling.
Among the many types of Li dishes, beef semi-strong meat, alpine yellow beef and pork nose tendon are the most popular. The semi-strong meat of the beef is taken from the loin and the breast, the former has a solid and elastic meat, and the latter has a crispy feeling of oil, both of which have their own fat and meat aroma under the fierce fire, and there is no lack of fat and fresh aroma in the mouth. Yellow beef is made of fat and lean beef belly cut into skewers, although it does not win with the rich oil fragrance similar to pork belly, but it has a fragrant and tough fiber taste, and the meat is more satisfying. Pork nose tendon is a local ingredient with Yibin characteristics, which is taken from two strip-shaped meat in the bridge of the pig's nose, and has a shape and texture like enoki mushrooms after roasting, and the taste is flexible and delicate, crispy and delicious. The service quality of the restaurant is average, and the food is cold and served too slowly.
Hugo Craft Beer House
Hugo is a craft beer bar specializing in draft beer, with a total of 24 heads in the store, offering 24 craft draft beers, and the style and variety of beers are acceptable: Porter, Stout, Pilsner, IPA, Wheat Beer and other beers appear on the wine list, and there are fewer lager beers. In addition to draft beer, Hugo also has more than 100 bottled beers, including several top-notch products under the Naked Island and Eight Monsters, and veteran craft brewers will not be disappointed when they go to explore. At present, Hugo provides barbecue meat and wine, and customers need to use the oven to grill it themselves, which is a good experience. However, the taste of the barbecue needs to be controlled by the drinker, but fortunately, the ingredients have a good freshness. The waiters are not only enthusiastic, but also have a thorough understanding of craft wines, and are able to patiently and accurately advise customers when recommending wines.
Bistro
The tavern has two stores in the Yulin area, No. 55 Yulin West Road is a 20-year-old store, but because the area is too small, the live performance has been canceled; Zhao Lei's song "Chengdu" describes the Fangqin store located at No. 47 Yongfeng Road, which is also the filming location of the MV for "Chengdu". In terms of alcohol, in addition to bottled beer and foreign liquor, due to the popularity accumulated by its own brand, the tavern has launched some self-created special blends, which are not too outstanding, but they are already acceptable for "punch-card consumers". Specific performances in the tavern are generally scheduled on weekends, with tickets for between 100 and a few hundred yuan, and the start time is about 9:30 p.m. There are also resident singers on weekdays, and the performance time is from 8 to 9:30 o'clock, and the surround speakers and blurred lighting make it easy to get emotional.
Other recommendations:
Youth Hot Pot, Matata, Uncle Dai Lobster Restaurant, Xichang Xiaojinding Barbecue, Xiaohongpao Lobster Restaurant