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Zhongnan Restaurant — The Unchanging Taste of Home for Fifty Years

Tucked away in the dense greenery of Ren'ai Road, it doesn't indulge in elegance, but instead has round stools surrounding large round tables and small square tables. Everyone serves themselves, enjoying the fragrant dishes, all carrying the irreplaceable taste of home; even more remarkable is that although "Zhongnan Restaurant" is named after Jiangsu and Zhejiang home-style dishes, it offers flavors that cannot be replicated at home.

The restaurant uses large woks for stir-frying, offering fresh, crisp, and sweet flavors that are beyond what most families can achieve. The cooking for dozens of people is rich, deep, and full of flavor. Moreover, the meticulous selection of seasonings such as soy sauce and coarse salt, and the time-consuming, labor-intensive dishes, would not be worth the effort for just a few households to bother with. "Zhongnan Restaurant's" "Pig Trotter and Soybeans" undergoes a process of stewing, braising, freezing, and steaming for a full two days, resulting in a unique, refreshing, and chewy flavor. "Pickled Vegetable Beef" is made using natural fermentation techniques, with a brine that has been aged for 30 years, offering a distinctive, crisp, and refreshing taste...

From the 45th year of the Republic of China to the present, the old-time atmosphere slowly lingers in "Zhongnan," and food lovers love this simple, lively atmosphere, along with the nostalgic flavors that have remained unchanged for fifty years.