"Outside the mountain Qingshan Building, the West Lake song and dance for a few hours." Hangzhou West Lake is a place that makes tourists dream! Located by the West Lake, this Louwailou Hotel is said to have been founded in 1848 during the Daoguang years of the Qing Dynasty, and has a history of 173 years, and it is a well-known old brand in Hangzhou and even the whole country! However, for this century-old shop, it has always been quite controversial, and many people say that the dishes here are not only not delicious, but also expensive and the service attitude is not good, which is a shop that "loses outside the golden jade"! Is this really the case? But in order to live up to the expectations of the myth of Jiangnan cuisine, I came here to arrange a meal when I came to the West Lake to play.
This hotel is located at the foot of the lonely mountain, Xiling Printing Agency next door, and the West Lake scenery in the natural and cultural attractions of the reflection, the building suspension, the pane printed lake, the people into the picture, the scenery is too good to say, especially on rainy days, the distant mountains are hazy, beautiful. This hotel has been famous since the Republic of China period, Lu Xun, Zhang Taiyan, Yu Dafu, Yu Shaosong, Ma Yinchu, Zhu Kezhen, Cao Juren, Lou Shiyi, Liang Shiqiu, Chen Lifu, Sun Ke, Zhang Jingjiang and other celebrities and dignitaries have visited here.
The hotel is decorated in an antique way, there are two floors up and down, the first floor decoration is slightly old, the second floor is better, the height of the floor also makes people feel that the view is very open, and there is a beautiful view of the West Lake by the window. But compared with the tall environment, the service is obviously a bit unsophisticated, the waiters are all face-to-face, no smile, no enthusiasm for ordering, neither taking the initiative to pour water, nor taking the initiative to greet, talking yin and yang weird. And the most bizarre thing is that the queuing systems on the first and second floors are independent, either queuing up on only one floor, or two people queuing up on different floors to get a number. The table for eight people can only be used by families with eight people, and cannot be divided into two or three two-person families. So although there are empty tables inside, there are still many people waiting outside the door. The experience was very bad and it seemed that this was a restaurant with no repeat customers.
West Lake vinegar fish is a famous dish in Hangzhou and his family's signature dish. There are a variety of prices of fish to choose from, the price is not cheap, the cheapest grass carp is 88 yuan. The hungry fish is boiled in boiling water and poured with sauce, the color is bright red, the fish is tender, and the taste is sour. This taste is honest, if it is not a local, it is estimated that it will not be used to eating. Grass carp also has a slight fishy smell, and it may be better to choose mandarin fish or bamboo shoot shell fish, but the price is much more expensive. In addition, this dish has been cooked for a long time, and almost all other dishes have been served.
Longjing shrimp taste decent, but the price of 198 yuan is too low! Dongpo stewed meat 28 yuan a cup, half fat and half lean pork with ingredients, stewed into a large mahjong block shape, the color is like agate. The stew time should still be relatively long, you can do the skin and fat part with chopsticks can be separated, the lean part is a little salty, the fat part is a little greasy, but it is okay to eat it together with the steamed bun. Dry fried bell 46 yuan a piece, the bell is actually tofu skin rolled up, and then fried in the pot, control the heat is the problem of burning this dish, the fire is easy to overdo, the fire is not strong and not crisp enough, it looks very simple, but in fact not simple a dish, dipping sauce is used in Hangzhou's sweet noodle sauce, it is estimated that many people are not used to eating. Song sister-in-law fish soup 26 yuan a bit, the main ingredients of this fish soup is sea bass, mushrooms, ham shredded, bamboo shoots and chicken soup hooked up, the taste is OK, very delicious, sour just right, the mouth is fragrant, the chef's knife work is also very exquisite, is a more time-consuming dish, but unfortunately slightly salty so a little, if a little lighter it is more perfect!
In addition, west lake sugar root, ringing oil eel silk, West Lake lettuce soup these dishes are also very general, the taste and price are not worthy of the name. This shop is really disappointed overall, in addition to the scenery, there is almost no other advantage, the lower limit of taste is like a wedding banquet, the service seems to collect debts, it is better to charge the attraction fee, provide a seat, let everyone call for takeaway are fine. This century-old brand is like Quanjude in Beijing, eating nothing more than a fame!