Food Recommendations for Baoding Trip - Jiuwei Shanfang

Coming to Baoding, I wanted to try traditional Baoding cuisine. Many Baoding dishes borrow from Shandong and Beijing cuisines, combined with the characteristics of Hebei cuisine. Of course, Baoding used to be the capital of Hebei province, so its food has some unique features. This restaurant was a good one I found nearby. Their Golden Lion Fish is a Baoding specialty; you can think of it as a more complex and delicate squirrel-shaped mandarin fish. It's limited daily, so you have to get there early, as there aren't many places in Baoding that serve this fish. The sweet and sour flavor is similar to squirrel fish sauce, but crispier. It stays crispy even when cold, but the thin strands make it difficult to taste the fish meat. Still, it's quite unique. I recommend the Spicy Stir-fried Chicken. I got it for only 9.9 yuan with a group-buying coupon, and the portion was quite generous. It's basically Hebei-style spicy chicken, but fried crispy, and the meat is marinated in a sweet flavor. Overall, it's a sweet and salty Baoding dish. This restaurant serves ordinary shredded pork with garlic sauce. It's not the typical white shredded pork style found in Baoding; it feels more like the Beijing-style Sichuan cuisine, just without pickled peppers and the ginger typically found in Sichuan-style shredded pork with garlic sauce. However, the sweet and sour flavor is good, and it's definitely not spicy! The restaurant's ambiance is okay; the decor looks a bit dated, but the food is all quite tasty. #BaodingFood #BaodingFoodExploration #GoldenLionFish #BaodingCuisine #FoodExploration