Nanjing's century-old halal brand - Green Willow Residence

For Nanjing people, Green Willow Residence is not unfamiliar, the development has now become a chain of restaurant brands, there are many branches in Nanjing, the early days of creation, the store site is located in the picturesque Qinhuai River Peach Leaf Ferry, weeping willow Yiyi, full of verdant - "Green Willow Residence" thus named, has a history of more than 100 years, known for halal dishes and vegetarian dishes. Lvliuju Restaurant has won the titles of "China Time-honored Brand", "International Famous Restaurant", "Chinese Famous Restaurant", "Jiangsu Famous Restaurant", "China Commercial Service Famous Brand", etc., and has become the first catering enterprise in Jiangsu Province to pass the ISO9001 international quality system certification. Nearly 30 delicacies have won the "International Food Quality Gold Award", the highest award of the China Hotel Association - "Golden Tripod Award", "Chinese Famous Dishes, Famous Points" Gold Award, "Chinese Famous Snacks" and other titles. The dishes are famous in Nanjing for the five characteristics of "fresh, tender, hot, crisp and fragrant", and are loved by the majority of the people, and the classic representative dishes: "vegetarian roast duck", "Luohan Guanzhai", "Scroll Tibetan Scripture", "Excellent Neptune Abalone", "Three Fresh Fish Belly", "Three Silk Vegetarian Knife Fish".

In the auspicious period, The Green Willow Residence was the first choice for banqueting guests and friends at that time, and there was no shortage of major political figures such as Dai Jitao, Kong Xiangxi, and Chiang Ching-kuo who often appeared; Mr. Sun Yat-sen, the father of the country who advocated vegetarian food, and the Song sisters who paid attention to beauty, and Zhuge Bai Chongxi, who was originally a Huimin general, were frequent guests of the Green Willow Residence. With the repeated improvement of the reputation of Luliuju, even the major celebrities and groups at home and abroad have come to a product for pleasure, and the famous calligraphers and painters Qi Baishi, Chen Dayu, Lin Sanzhi, Xiao Xian, Peking Opera Damei Baojiu and others have visited, all praising its pure style.

As the name suggests, the specialty of halal cuisine is to carry forward the meat vegetarian, and the secret of imitation meat summarized by Green Willow Ju is "chicken" eating silk, "meat" eating slices, "fish" eating segments, and the names of the dishes are all meat and vegetarian dishes. Here are a few for you to enjoy.

Vegetarian vegetable bun: Its skin is fermented by yeast with refined flour, and the filling is made of dozens of raw materials such as short-footed yellow greens, shiitake mushrooms, bamboo shoots, beans, dried tofu, sesame seeds, and enoki mushrooms unique to Jiangnan. Fang chuan the recipe of the green willow house vegetarian vegetable bun is the last title of the Qing Dynasty - China's famous industrialist Zhang Qian traveled to the famous temple in Jiangnan to get it occasionally, and then informed the green willow house of this recipe, and named it "green willow vegetarian vegetable bun". Vegetarian ham: This is made by rolling up refined tofu skin and soaking it in a fragrant brine and simmering over low heat. Chiang Kai-shek and Song Meiling went to Luliuju to dine, and the entourage recommended this dish to Jiang and Song, and Jiang praised it after tasting it, saying, "It tastes good, just like our ham in Jinhua, Zhejiang." "Plain ham got its name from this. Vegetarian roast duck: it is also made of high-quality tofu skin as the main raw material, and after cutting into pieces, it is shaped like a golden roast duck, with a fresh, fragrant, sweet and beautiful taste, and a soft and powerful taste. Luohan Guanzhai: May have originally been a temple dish, and now it is the signature dish of Green Willow Residence, with a variety of ingredients and exquisite, tomato, oil gluten, red dates, ginkgo more than ten kinds of materials, delicious taste, gorgeous dishes, so suitable for new year dishes. Now the green willow house is not only in Nanjing, but also throughout the country, has become the new favorite of people who love vegetarian food in the country.