Bai Family Mansion

Staff dressed as Qing dynasty nobles preside over this charming garden restaurant, serving 'official cuisine' – in other words, the emperor's leftovers. Qing royals were served hundreds of dishes at mealtimes, of which they would only eat a tiny proportion, the rest passing down through the ranks with not a crumb wasted. Several dishes on the menu were supposedly favourites of Cixi, the Empress Dowager.