Zhiweiguan (Chenghuang Branch)
Century-old Hangzhou kitchen by West Lake, birthplace of 'happy marriage' dishes.
- Average price
- 70-130 CNY/person CNY per person
- Signature dish
- Dongpo pork & West Lake fish in vinegar
Price is indicative — final quote on inquiry.
What it is
Hangzhou's century-old (1913) state-banquet canteen — the house that catalogued the city's dishes: cat's-ear pasta, xiaolongbao, and above all pian'erchuan, the pickled-greens-and-bamboo noodle that defines Hangzhou breakfast.
How to order like a local
Order pian'erchuan first — snow vegetable, bamboo shoot, lean pork, broth the color of jade. Add the cat's-ear pasta for the novelty and a xiaolongbao basket for the table. The menu is long; the canon is short.
Good to know
The Chenghuang branch queues at meal hours — go at 11am or 2pm. Sixty to eighty yuan for a two-person canon run.
More to eat in Hangzhou
- Dongpo Pork (Braised Pork Belly)
Slow-braised pork belly named after the poet Su Dongpo, melt-in-mouth sweet soy glaze.
- Wushan Night Market Crawl
Old-town lanes of stinky tofu, osmanthus cakes and sugarcane juice.