Mínjiān Càiguǎn

Shanxi


This humble place makes delicious country dishes (农家菜, nóngjiā cài). The stir-fried (homegrown) spinach (清炒菠菜, qīngchǎo bōcài) has bite and a lingering nuttiness. The spicy homemade tofu (辣酱沾豆腐, làjiàng zhān dòufu) is smoky and nutty. They also make less ordinary Shanxi pastas such as chǎo cācā (炒擦擦), stir-fried potato shavings, and 炒合愣则 (chǎo hélèngzé), gnocchi-like potato-flour balls.

The restaurant is accessed via a few steps, 60m from Xiángyuánlóng Kèzhàn.