Romantic: French Restaurant &Boutique Hotel in the Old Town Courtyard
Romantic themes: courtyard, romantic French food, precious collections
Hutong, courtyard, French food, these most romantic words gathered in the same space, is a good choice for couples to spend Tanabata. The French Restaurant & Boutique Hotel of the Old Courtyard of the Ancient City is hidden in the courtyard deep in Weijia Hutong, and the painted murals on the beams and front porch are written by Wang Liangyou, a master painter of the Palace Museum, and there are various collections here, such as an oak dining table from 1830, by the German furniture master Gao Yi.
Sit in the courtyard and try classic and creative seasonal French cuisine. Chef Wang Yichun's summer Fine Dining menu includes Brich Emerald Oysters, smoked salmon, crispy grilled sterile eggs, Hokkaido scallops, pigeons and steaks with the eyes. The French Bridge Emerald Oyster is plump and sweet, and is paired with highly acidic Japanese yuzu vinegar to achieve a balance of taste, accompanied by Russian black caviar and blood grapefruit foam made of creative molecular cuisine, forming a subtle layering. Another dish of salmon from Scotland, after a second smoke precipitates a more intense fruity aroma, under the embellishment of the two sauces, the taste of the fish becomes more three-dimensional. Canine tooth fish is also not to be missed, this is a kind of fish grown in the deep Antarctic sea, the fish meat is soaked and salted in Japanese soy sauce and sesame oil, delicious and sweet, and after frying, it is full of oil aroma. Dessert is always the perfect end on a date, and green apple mousse is a classic dessert with a hidden raspberry sandwich, and the entrance emits a pure fruity aroma, which is particularly pleasant.
In romantic days, you can't waste the night with your lover. Stepping into the second courtyard of the boutique hotel, it is the time when the wisteria blossoms, and the tea under the flowers is chatted freely, which has a special charm. The collection here is also worth admiring, such as the ten screens from the Qing Jiaqing period, on which the birthday greetings are said to be 500 years old; the Nanmu flower cover in the house is the masterpiece of the Qing Dao master in Dongyang, Zhejiang. Finally, head to the South Wing, lie in the fully automatic open-air Jacuzzi, open the skylight, and watch the stars together.
Beijing News reporter Qu Xiaoyi
Edited by Li Zheng Proofreader Chen Diyan
Photo Courtesy of the interviewee