Restaurant from the north east of China, where the extreme cold influences the food, that needs to be hearthy, warm and nourishing to face temperatures that drop below 20•Celsius The Chinese Tie Guo Dun (铁锅炖) or “Iron Pot Stew”, is a Dongbei “dish” centered on a deep cast iron pot, whereby soup, chicken, pork, vegetables, noodles, and corn cakes are thrown in and cooked all together. It’s similar to Sichuan’s Gan Guo or “Dry Pot”, or like hotpot with less volume of soup.
Similar to hotpot, you first choose a “stew base,” a harthy stock to broil your order of meats, vegetables, noodles and whatnot. The bases include pork,chicken-mushroom, goose and fish.
We went for the signature free-range chicken. A whole free-range chicken—gizzards, liver, hearts and all—is cooked long and slow in an already rich stock with ginger and spices. That soup is tumbled into a massive cast-iron pot in the center of the table, along with the foodstuff you’ve ordered.
Here are a few things ordered: goose claw, greens, black ear mushrooms, tofu skin, potatoes, rice cake, oyster mushrooms, tea tree mushrooms, and spare ribs, mountain yam and potato tagliatelle.
One must-order is the corn cakes (玉米饼), an essential item of the whole ensemble. These corn cakes are affixed to the side of the pot just above the simmering line of your stew.
The catch about ordering them is that you can only do it once, before the pot is covered to stew. So be sure you have enough of those before the lid goes on.
The mealy corn cakes are crisped on the bottom with a fluffy center, making them an ideal vessel to soak up all the stew. Oh, and every time a pancake is placed uon the pot, the server bellows idioms of well wishes. Eat the pot stuff with a raw garlic and chili dip.
Definitely worth trying.
Veronica Boer
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06 Maggio 2025
8,0
TOP! I make myself a reminder Marinated pork bone, stewed pork shank, prawn with Chinese vegetables, calzone with fried leeks, pickled spinach with peanuts.
Luca Candaten
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23 Aprile 2025
10,0
Absolutely approved! Excellent food from northern China in the Dergano/Maciachini area, off the beaten path in Chinatown and very popular.
Menu very suitable even for those who don't like/tolerate spicy food. The fried food is super dry and comes out without having your clothes smelly.
I recommend booking because it fills up quickly 😉
Emma
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17 Febbraio 2025
10,0
Recommended for those who are from Milan, that is, accustomed to the many viruses, but who comes from other parts, change restaurant because my friends and I are still sick in bed
Steven Hu
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26 Gennaio 2025
6,0