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Xiangtan Dining


The most famed Xiangtan food is taken as Mao dishes which suggest the dishes and food were what Mao Zedong preferred. Now, Mao style dishes are popular in the different cities of China. In addition, Stir-fried Preserved Pork with White Pepper is a traditional dish in Xiangtan, and the fish head with chopped chili pepper is a popular Xiangtan dish.
Special Food in Xiangtan
Lotus seeds sweet soup

"Lotus seeds sweet soup" is a famous delicacy in Hunan's desserts range. The fragrant lotus seeds are mainly produced in Dongting Lake area, especially Xiangtan City. Huashi and Zhonglupu in Xiangtan City are the great producers with the largest yield and the best quality. There are two kinds of lotus seeds, namely, white lotus seeds and red lotus seeds. The white lotus seeds produced in the two places, with plump and round shape, pure white color, glutinous taste and sweet fragrance, are the best lotus seeds in China.
 
The Motherland Is Red All Over
Originally named Steamed Fish Head with Chili Peppers, this dish is bright red, aromatic and delicious. It is prepared with the head of a bighead carp, and spicy thick sauce made according to a secret recipe.

Mao's Home-style Braised Pork with Soy Sauce
As a favorite of Mao Zedong, it is prepared with half-fat and half-lean pork, in addition to some high-quality soy sauce and a small amount of sugar. 

Young Chicken with Cayenne Peppers
One of the typical Hunan dish, it is prepared with a 0.5-kg hen raised in the year as the main raw material. The chicken meat is fried with peppers, Shaoxing cooking wine and yellow vinegar. The dish is golden yellow, hot and spicy, delicious and aromatic

Fried Shredded Ox Tripe with Sliced Bamboo Shoots
It is a Muslim dish. Cook the ox tripe, cut it into shreds, and fry them with sliced bamboo shoots. The dish is crisp, delicious, aromatic, slightly spicy and refreshing.

Popular Restaurants in Xiangtan

Fuxinglou Restaurant
Cuisine: Traditional 1,000 layer glutinous rice cakes
Add: 58S.Jiefang Rd., Xiangtan

Tel: (86)731-58221191

Mount Mengze Villa
Cuisine: Hunan cuisine
Add: 3 Huxiang Rd.,Xiangtan

Shaoshan Hotel
Cuisine: Mao Family Baked Fish
Add: 16 Guyuan Rd.,Shaoshan 

Jiayuan Reataurant
Cuisine: Waleng Rolls
Add: 18 E.Shaoshan Rd., Xiangtan


Travel Tips
There are several restaurants in the area boasting some of Chairman Mao's favourite foods- spicy pork and smelly tofu. However, it is important to note that these, as with the tourist area as a whole, is catered largely for domestic tourists, so you will be lucky to find a restaurant with a picture menu, let alone one in English. Chinese restaurants also cater to groups, who order several dishes and then eat communally. The best option for one or two people is to try to find a noodle shop, which may mean walking a little ways from the main area. Hunan cuisine is famously hot, so if you don't want a dish red in colour from all the chili, its best to make it clear beforehand.



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