Lao Yi Home-style Cooking (Babang Store)
Home-style Chinese cuisine · ⭐ 4.5
Building 9, Jinling Residential Community, Zone 4, 120 meters northeast of intersection of Guansha Road and Chazishan Middle Road
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If you are traveling in China to visit Changsha, this restaurant is worth a stop for great food. This restaurant is located at Building 9, Jinling Residential Community, Zone 4, 120 meters northeast of intersection of Guansha Road and Chazishan Middle Road. It is a Home-style Chinese cuisine place, and the flavors are homestyle (mainly savory). Dragon Mate recommends you try: Chopped Chili Fish Head, Spicy Large Shrimp, Spicy Tripe.
If you do not eat pork, make sure to use Dragon Mate voice to clearly tell the staff “no pork” before ordering.
Restaurant guide
- City: Changsha
- Category: Home-style Chinese cuisine
- Rating: 4.5
- Address: Building 9, Jinling Residential Community, Zone 4, 120 meters northeast of intersection of Guansha Road and Chazishan Middle Road
- Popular dishes: Chopped Chili Fish Head, Spicy Large Shrimp, Spicy Tripe, Cumin Beef, Home-style Large Shrimp
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Dishes
Chopped Chili Fish HeadA spicy Hunan dish featuring a fresh fish head steamed with chopped chili, ginger, and garlic for a bold, aromatic flavor.
Spicy Large ShrimpSpicy Large Shrimp is a flavorful dish made with fresh large shrimp stir-fried with aromatic spices and seasonings, offering a savory and slightly spicy taste.
Spicy TripeSpicy tripe is a dish featuring pig kidneys as the main ingredient. The kidneys are scored, blanched, then stir-fried with green pepper, red pepper, and onion, seasoned with soy sauce, cooking wine, and starch.
Cumin BeefCumin beef is a dish primarily made with beef, seasoned with cumin powder and coriander. The beef is sliced, marinated, then quickly stir-fried at high heat. Finally, cumin powder and coriander are sprinkled on top, making the beef tender, juicy, and infused with the distinctive aroma of cumin.
Home-style Large ShrimpA home-style dish made with fresh large shrimp stir-fried with garlic, ginger, and scallions, offering a savory and slightly sweet taste.
Stir-Fried Beef with Yellow OnionStir-fried Yellow Beef is a dish made primarily with yellow beef and vegetables. To prepare it, slice the yellow beef thinly, marinate it with seasonings to infuse flavor, then quickly stir-fry it together with garlic, ginger, chili peppers, and other ingredients to maintain the beef's tender texture.
Pan-fried Sea BassA dish featuring fresh sea bass pan-fried with ginger, scallions, and garlic, resulting in tender fish with a savory aroma.
Signature Pig TrotterSignature pig trotter dish made with pig's feet, blanched to remove odor, then slowly stewed with soy sauce, cooking wine, ginger slices, and green onions. Tender, flavorful, rich in collagen, with a deep, satisfying taste.
Shimen Pig IntestinesShimen Intestines is a dish primarily made with pork intestines. After cleaning and blanching, the intestines are stir-fried or stewed with seasonings such as chili peppers, ginger, and garlic. Some recipes add fermented broad bean paste and soy sauce to enhance the flavor.
Clay Pot Frog LegsPot-braised bullfrog is a dish featuring bullfrog as the main ingredient, typically cut into pieces and stewed in a clay pot with辅料 like ginger, garlic, and chili. Seasonings such as doubanjiang, cooking wine, and soy sauce are added to make the meat tender and flavorful.
Minced Meat Steamed EggMinced pork meatballs steamed with eggs, a dish where seasoned pork is shaped into patties and placed on egg mixture, then steamed until tender and fragrant.
Garlic Chicken FeetGarlic chicken feet is a dish made primarily with chicken feet, stir-fried with seasonings such as garlic, ginger, and green onions. After blanching, the chicken feet are stir-fried with minced garlic, then seasoned with soy sauce, cooking wine, sugar, and other condiments, and simmered until fully flavored. The final step is to reduce the sauce. The finished dish has a golden color and a rich aroma.
Sauce-Braised BeefA Chinese dish made by slow-cooking beef in a savory sauce with spices like star anise and cinnamon.
Spicy and Sour Chicken OffalSpicy and sour chicken offal is a dish made primarily from chicken gizzards and hearts, seasoned with pickled chili peppers, scallions, ginger, and garlic. The preparation involves stir-frying the chicken offal until cooked, then adding spicy and sour seasonings to simmer and reduce the sauce before serving.