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Foodies who are eager to sample delicious Chinese food must not miss the newly published book－The Guide to La Liste's Top Chinese Restaurants.
La Liste. [Photo/China Daily]
"Foodies may feel lost as there are so many gastronomic lists. But French gastronomic classification La Liste (The list) is known as 'the guide of the guides', and offers relatively authoritative and fair guides," says food and wine critic Xie Ling, one of the Chinese judges on La Liste's international advisory board.
La Liste was founded by Philippe Faure in 2015, who is responsible for the Tourism Development Agency of France.
Xie Ling, the co-author of the book La Liste. [Photo/China Daily]
In December 2016, 100 Chinese restaurants from Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan made it to La Liste 2017's top 1,000 eateries worldwide. Among them includes the Huai Yang Fu restaurant at Andingmen, in Beijing, ranking 34 in the new list from 45 in the earlier one.
Huai Yang Fu is famous for its Huaiyang cuisine, one of the four major cuisines in China. Named after Huai'an and Yangzhou, cities in Jiangsu province, the cuisine is characterized by fresh ingredients and light flavors.
The delicious dishes of Huai Yang Fu have been made into La Liste. [Photo/China Daily]
Luo Yang, the general manager of the restaurant, attributed the restaurant's success to the ingredients and the traditional cooking skills. For instance, the restaurant uses white fish from Taihu Lake.
He also says that the restaurant have introduced the concept of appetizers and desserts. So it is convenient for them to match wines with the food.
