From the Century-Old Restaurants to the Online Popular Restaurants, What are the Most Favored Restaurants in Nanjing?

If you want to know what's the most popular restaurant in Nanjing, it must be Nanjing Dapaidang! Nanjing Dapaidang is a chain store that mainly serves Nanjing traditional dishes. It is featured by the teahouse style of the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China. The dishes are all prepared in ancient methods and you can enjoy the Suzhou Pingtan performance while having meal. The specialties of Nanjing Dapaidang include the traditional taro dessert and the lion's head. The ushers, waiters, and waitresses will welcome you politely. Using the charcoal burners with slow simmer, the dishes will have their original taste and flavor.

Shiwangfu Restaurant is the most famous restaurant in Nanjing and it is renowned for its "classic Huaiyang cuisine". The lion's head and the shark fins soup are a must when dining here. The interior decoration is high class and elegant, and somehow resembles the old Shanghai BaiLeMen. Apart from specialties, the "big winner" is the unique snack invented by Shiwangfu. The square bread is simmered with New Zealand butter and it smells so fragrant when served. It is crisp outside and tender inside, looking like a huge dice and implies that "everyone is the winner". It is recommended to sample a piece .

Creative recipe names and affordable prices remind us of the "Grandma's Kitchen" which is prevailing in the south of the Yangtze river, and chuniang.com has been a popular restaurant in Nanjing providing homemade recipes of Nanjing cuisine+Sichuan and Hunan cuisine. Their specialty, the Roasted Chicken , is a must-eat which has crispy skin and fragrant meat. The feedback of the Taro Pork Soup is also very good. Taro is fried and crispy outside and glutinous inside, with strong flavor . Chuniang.cn's interior decoration is also very unique, an all wood structure, like a maze.

Yingshi Tangbao is one of Nanjing's most popular time-honored shops with a history of over 100 years, and the Yingshi Jizi Tangbao is its trump card. The chicken juice contained has a pure taste. Tangbao has thin skin, and many fillings, and the soup is sweet. After the soup is drunk, it will be delicious to have the skin dipped in vinegar. In addition, duck blood soup is also a favorite of customers. The duck soup tastes really delicious . A portion of Jizhi Tangbao plus a bowl of duck blood soup will satisfy both your taste buds and your stomach, and it is cheap.

Wan Qing Lou is a gourmet restaurant specializing in selling eight beauties of Qinhuai. Here, you can have delicious Nanjing-style delicacies such as shredded chicken and beef pot stickers. In addition to enjoying the eight beauties of Qinhuai at one time, there are also singing and dancing performances in the Wan Qing Lou, accompanied by the charming scenery along the Qinhuai River outside the window. The set meals are all served in small bowls for samples and tastes amazing .

You will meet Diguo everywhere in Nanjing, which is a kind of local dish with stews in the middle and pot stickers on the sides. It is worth trying if you haven't had one. Hanjie Diguo is the most famous and difficult store to find in Jinling City, which has been operating for many years and is highly recommended by Nanjing locals. Hanjie Diguo is located at the entrance of the alley connecting Nanjing University to Nanda Normal University. Surely, Di Guo is their specialty. The most recommended dish is Diguo Chicken. First, you should eat the chicken followed by soft pumpkin and potatoe. And nearing the end , one should soak the pot sticker in the soup which will be especially delicious. It is strong-flavored and should be accompanied with a bowl of rice.

Minguo Red Restaurant is themed on the era of the Republic of China. The waitresses are all dressed in the college uniforms of the Republic of China, with double braided hair. The restaurant is also decorated with fixtures symbolizing the Republic of China. The characteristics of the restaurant are not only reflected in the environment, but also in the dishes, which look outstanding and delicious. Beef cube, one of the specialties, tastes tender, and the bucket shrimps is recommended too, for their freshness and softness.

The Festival specializes in Zhejiang cuisine mainly seafood. The restaurant is decorated rather exquisitely, adopting light blue walls and yellow light fixtures to create a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere throughout the lobby and in the private rooms. The specialties are Steamed Clams with Red and Green Peppers, and Vegetable and Yellow Croaker Wonton Soup. The clams are plump, the wonton skins are thin and made of eggs, and the soup is white and delicious. All the dishes in the restaurant are light and it is suitable for family gatherings.

Cat Fly is a small Japanese restaurant, with bright and simple decorations like a coffee shop. There are comfortable booths and cat decorations everywhere. The restaurant even allows you to bring your cats along for a meal. The recommended dishes are Baked Seafood Rice with Cream, Mango Roll Cake, and Salmon Sashimi. While enjoying your meal, you can see cats lounging around and staring at you as if find watching stupid human beings eat entertaining. That will be interesting.

Fragrant wine fears no dark alley. Xian Ju Ge is located high up in an old commercial high-rise building in Xinjiekou. The storefront is very small and all dishes served are Huaiyang style home cuisine. A good place to go with friends or for organizing parties, The dishes both look and taste very good, and the restaurant is very popular even on non-holidays. You need to make an advanced reservation. Braised Pig's Feet , this dish is deep red in color and very fragrant in taste. The pig's feet are stewed for a long time and then cut into small pieces. The entrance is soft and smooth, suitable for the elderly. Thai Eggplant Strips are sweet and sour, and too delicious to stop eating.