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A taste of Zhangjiajie

Yinxiang Laozaotai Sanxiaguo (Tianmen Mountain cable car branch)

印象老灶台三下锅·湘西本土原味菜(天门山索道店)

Western Hunan home cooking built around sanxiaguo, conveniently placed by the Tianmen Mountain cable car station.

About ¥66 per person≈ US$9.83No. 3 on Dianping's Zhangjiajie local-flavour restaurant list (张家界当地风味餐厅榜), rated 4.5By the Tianmen Mountain cable car station, Yongding

Why come here

A place worth making time for

No. 3 on Ctrip's Zhangjiajie must-visit food list, rated 4.5

The house favourites

What to order

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

  • Three-in-one pot (三下锅)
  • Spring-water-stewed fish from the old stove (老灶泉水煮鱼)
  • Cured pork with dried radish (腊肉炒萝卜干)

What it actually tastes like

The classic sanxiaguo contains offal — pig intestine is one of the three traditional components — so say so when ordering if that is a problem, and most places will swap in chicken or cured pork. Sour pickled radish arrives as a side and is meant to cut the fat. Heat level is real but not Sichuan-numbing.

Allergens in this kitchen

soygluten/wheatfishsesame

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