Danial & Helen
Cuisine: Hangzhou Home Cooking
Location: Xihu District, Hangzhou
Price: ¥300 per person
Group size: 1–8 guests
Meet Danial & Helen
We are Danial and Helen, both close to seventy.
Forty years ago we both worked at the Hangzhou Art Company. Later we left to run our own small antique shop, which is where the collection came from. Twenty years ago we went to West Africa to work in the timber import trade, and we have since retired back to Hangzhou.
We have kept a few pieces from the antique shop years, and we are always happy to show them to guests who are curious about Chinese painting, calligraphy and carving.
Sample menu
Hangzhou home cooking, seasonal and market-dependent.
Meat dishes
Red braised pork (红烧肉)
Sweet and sour pork ribs (糖醋排骨)
Seafood dishes
Hangzhou Three Delicacies, with fish balls, chicken, egg and vegetables (杭三鲜)
Rice noodle seafood claypot (粉丝海鲜煲)
Steamed sea bass (清蒸鲈鱼)
Stir-fried seafood
Noodles and wontons
Pian Er Chuan noodles, the famous Hangzhou specialty (片儿川)
Hand-wrapped wontons (现包馄饨)
Vegetarian and seasonal dishes
Hangzhou tofu-skin rolls, vegetarian (杭州卷鸡)
Eight-treasure diced, with peanut, dried tofu and vegetables (八宝酱丁)
Braised bamboo shoots (油焖笋)
Stir-fried seasonal vegetables
Tell us in advance and we will cook for vegetarians, or source the specific ingredients you need. Note that 杭州卷鸡 translates as "rolled chicken" but is entirely vegetarian, made from tofu skin.
Getting There
Xihu District, Hangzhou
- ≈ 25 min from West Lake
- ≈ 35 min from Hefang Street
- ≈ 40 min from Hangzhou East Station
Nearest metro: Fengtan Road (Line 2) or Gudang Xincun (Line 3), both about 800m from the door