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A taste of Pingyao

Yunjincheng Mansion

云锦成·公馆（平遥店）

The upscale option inside the walls, built around the private-banquet cooking of the Shanxi merchant houses that made Pingyao rich — the jinshang family-banquet tradition, served in a restored courtyard mansion. If you want one deliberately nice dinner in Pingyao rather than another plate of noodles, this is the sensible choice.

Price not confirmedInside the walls, Pingyao old town
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Why come here

A place worth making time for

Ranked No. 8 on Ctrip's Pingyao local-cuisine restaurant list with a 4.8 user score, specialising in Shanxi merchant-family banquet cooking; no graded award.

The house favourites

What to order

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

  • Shanxi merchant banquet set (晋商家宴)
  • Pingyao beef (平遥牛肉)
  • Steamed oat-flour kaolaolao (栲栳栳)
  • Braised pork with aged vinegar (过油肉)

What it actually tastes like

Richer and sweeter than everyday Shanxi food, but the vinegar is still there. Several dishes use a lot of animal fat.

Allergens in this kitchen

gluten/wheatsoysesameegg

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.Oat Flour Rolls 莜面栲栳栳Nutty and distinctly oaty, dense and chewy; the dipping sauce supplies the salt and heat.Guoyourou Sliced Pork 过油肉Savoury and glossy with a sharp vinegar tang that cuts the oil; the meat is velvety rather than crisp.