Fangshan Palace Recipe

 

 

 

Fangshan Restaurant in Beihai Park prepares dishes in the style of the imperial kitchen of the Qing court. After the Revolution of 1911, cooks in the imperial kitchen were no longer needed, and in 1925 a group of them gathered to open the Beihai establishment. Among their better-known dishes are: chicken breast saute, Luohan prawn, stewed venison, stuffed mandarin fish, ¡°phoenix in its nest,¡± frog and abalone and ¡°Buddha¡¯s hand rolls.¡± In recent years the ¡°complete Manchu-Han banquet¡± of the Qing court has been revived. It consists of 234 hot dishes and 48 cold dishes, cakes and fruit.

 

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