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A taste of Pingyao

Hongwuji Restaurant

洪武记饭店

A popular Old Town restaurant known for dry-fried oat rolls, vinegar-braised beef, vinegar-scrambled egg and yellow millet cold cake.

Price not confirmedWidely recommended on Chinese travel sites as the Old Town's standout84 South Street, Pingyao Old Town (平遥古城南大街84号)
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Why come here

A place worth making time for

Specifically recommended in Chinese guides for its dry-fried kaolaolao; no verifiable award.

The house favourites

What to order

Point at the Chinese. Staff will understand it even where the menu has no English at all.

  • Dry-fried oat kaolaolao (干煸栲栳栳)
  • Pingyao beef (平遥牛肉)
  • Knife-cut noodles (刀削面)

What it actually tastes like

Naked oat flour has a strong nutty, almost bitter note that people sometimes read as stale. Vinegar everywhere.

Allergens in this kitchen

gluten/wheatsoysesame

This is the kitchen, not one dish. Woks, fryers, blanching water and utensils are shared in almost every Chinese restaurant, so for a serious allergy treat the whole premises as the unit rather than ordering around it.

Get to know the menu

Local specialities to try here

Pingyao Beef 平遥牛肉Deeply savoury and salty with a faint sweetness, extremely tender — it genuinely falls apart in the mouth.