Hangzhou Cuisine

West Lake Fish in Sweet and Sour Sauce. It is prepared with a West Lake grass carp, weighing about 0. 5kg and starved for two days, as its main ingredient. Boiled for three minutes and pour sugar and vinegar sauce over it, the fish tastes delicious in a taste of crab.

'Shelled Shrimp with Dragon Well Tea'

This dish is prepared with the shelled fresh water shrimps and the well-know Drangon-Well green tea leaves It is beautiful in colour with , special tastes. "West Lake Water Shield Soup. Prepared with the West Lake Water Shield and minced chicken slice, it tastes fresh and delicious.

"Dongpo Park"

It is cooked by braising fine skinned and thin pieces of fat streaked pork with famous Shaoxing wine in a sealed pot. When the dish is ready, the pork will be moist and red, and I the sauce will be this and tasty. It tastes savory, sweet and full of body, but not greasy.

Deep-fried Bean-curd Rolls Stuffed with Minced Tenerloin

Cut the bean-curd roll into small segments, then deep-fry them in a pot. When the food is served, the bean-curd rolls are golden and taste crispy with a faint scent of soybean.

. Jiaohua Broiler

Slaughter a broiler and wash it clean. Then cram the chicken's cavity with fried pork. Pour lard over it and wrap it with lotus leaves. Then soak it in Shaoxing wine and coat it with a layer of mud from the wine jug. This being done, broil it first in a high heat and then on a slow flame. When the mud is baked dry, smash it on the ground and break off the clay. This dish is tender, fresh, juicy, crisp, tasty and full of the fragrance of lotus.