Normally people don`t expect finding good restaurants in any railway station. It is unusual to have a good restaurant in railway station.  Here i would like to share my discovery with you .

      When you travel to Hangzhou by train, sometime you will arrive Hangzhou at lunch time or leave Hangzhou at dinner time ,if  you  have enough free time at Hangzhou railway station  and want to have a nice Chinese meal here. Please go this restaurant: Grandma`s . You go to first floor of railway station, you will see a big sign with Grandma`s, it   is indicated in 15 floor of the building. 

     Grandma`s restaurant has many chain restaurants in Hangzhou, it is the most welcomed restaurant by Hangzhou locals. It is a combination of Cantonese cuisine, Sichuan Cuisine,Hangzhou cuisine.  The price is very fair, can be said cheap comparing with its excellent good, service, nice environment .

     For your reference, one time,3 of us we have spent 85 RMB for 5 dishes .

     However, the cost of your meal depending on what you have ordered, but i can say is the price here is very fair comparing with other similar restaurant in Hangzhou.

    I love Grandma` !

When you travel to Hangzhou, Lingyin Temple is a must-do, it was built in AD.326 . It is one of ten most famous temples in China. But it is difficult to find good restaurant in  the surroundings of LingYin Temple. 

If you want to save time, you can have simple meal in the vegetarian restaurant in Lingyin Temple, it is located next by entrance area of the Temple. Here are the photo of the restaurant , it is called 十方苑. Although there are only noodles , but the noodles pretty delicious , hand-made noodles with vegetables,the specialty is Ahat noodles,20 RMB for one bowel ,see photo attached here . 

Eating is Shaoxing is one of the most important elements of your travel. By the food, you can taste another part of this old city.

Shaoxing has many restaurants with different tastes. People in Shaoxing spend much money on their food. Especially during the Spring Festival (Chinese Lunar New Year), all the family members are gathering together to have dinner everyday in different restaurants. It lasts to the last day of their holiday. To taste this special city by food, I suggest the tourists some special restaurants in Shaoxing.

 Normally you don't need to make a reservation for these restaurants. But during the special time, for instance the Spring Festival, you have to make reservation in most of the restaurants, at least 3 days in advance.

Special Local Food Restaurant

The special local food in Shaoxing is the best way for tourists to taste the city, there many nice restaurants in Shaoxing, most of them are located in or around the city center.

1. Xian Heng Restaurant (咸亨酒店)

2. Hui Ji Shan Restaurant (会稽山酒楼)

3. Xian Xian Restaurant (仙鲜饭店)

4. Xi Le Restaurant  (喜乐饭店)

Western  Food Restaurant

For the tourists from the western countries, if you are not interested in the Chinese food, you can also eat in some western food restaurants. If you are tired of traveling around, you can also stop for a cup of coffee and desert.

1. Yi Wei Yuan Pizza House (意味缘比萨屋)

2. Jin Yi Pin Steak Restaurant (金一品牛排馆)

3. Mei Fu Nong Hand-make Chocolate House (美芙浓手工浓情巧克力馆)

4. Miao Shi Jiao (妙士角情缘休闲屋)

Crystal Sugar Turtle (Bingtang Jiayu)

Crystal Sugar Turtle, Ningbo’s number one dish, is also known as "Number One Scholar Turtle".

Legend goes that during the Qing Dynasty, a candidate for the imperial examination on his way to the capital for the court examination stopped in Ningbo. During his stay in the city he ate this dish in a small restaurant, and he felt the dish was extremely tasty. When he asked for the name of the dish, the manager of the restaurant, to express his good wish for the success of the customer, replied that the dish was called "Number One Scholar Turtle".

The story goes that the scholar was a great success in the examination, and naturally became the Number One Scholar of the year. Believing that it was the dish he ate in Ningbo that had brought him the luck, he returned to the city and named the dish "Number One Scholar Turtle" and the restaurant "Number One Restaurant". Thus the dish has become well known far and wide. The dish is golden in color, tasty, and nutritious.

Dry River Eel (Guoshao Manyu)

Ningbo has lots of rivers and lakes, and thus is abound in river eels.

The preparation of this dish is a complicated and skillful process. A 500 g eel is prepared, cook softly, the bones are removed, and is then fried with spices. The prepared dish should be perfect in shape, golden in color, fresh and slightly sweet to the taste.

Yellow Croaker with Sea Cucumber (Huangyu Haishen)

This nutritious dish is made of yellow croaker and sea cucumber. To prepare the dish, select a fresh yellow croaker, steam it, and remove the bone. Then cook it with slices of sea cucumber with seasonings. The dish is perfect with wine.

Fried Lichen Cubes (Taicai Xiaofangkao)

This dish is made of fried slices of pork belly and lichen slices with seasonings of Shaoxing wine, sauce, red preserved bean curd and sugar. With its nice shape and colour, this dish will stimulate one’s appetite. Fried Lichen Cubes are best served with wine.

Goose Liver Fried with Veal Fat (Wangyou Bao’e’gan)

With a history of over 2000 years, this delicious and nutritious dish is prepared with fried goose liver with seasonings of spices, chopped scallion pieces, and paper powder.

Yellow Croaker Fried with Lichen (Taicai Tuo Huangyu)

This dish features a truly definitive Ningbo local flavor. It is made of fried yellow croaker with lichen powder, and best served with vinegar.

Fried Yellow Croaker with Bean Curd Sheet (Fupi Bao Huangyu)

This unique Ningbo dish should be prepared by a very skillful cook even though the process looks simple. First wrap croakers with bean curd sheets, then cut it into blocks, and fry them until they turn golden. This dish is best enjoyed with vinegar.

Ningbo-style Ricefield Eel Slices (Ningbo Shansi)

This unique dish is cooked with fresh ricefield eel slices with ginger slices, Shaoxing wine, sauce and other spices.

Steamed Chicken in Soup (Huozhong Quanji)

To prepare this healthy dish, select a home-bred hen, keep livers and heart in the belly, cook it for a while and steam it with slices of mushroom, edible tree fungi and bamboo shoots.

Great Croaker with Pickled Cabbage (Xucai Dahuangyu)

Another dish featuring a unique Ningbo local flavour, it is prepared with fried fresh great yellow croaker and cooked with pickled potherb mustard (a special local vegetable) and other seasonings.