CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- It’s the Winter Solstice today. Have you prepared the mutton for it? Here we collected a “Map of Mutton Restaurants” for you. One mutton meal will warm up you throughout the whole winter. Now, let’s have a look at the map.

Old Peking Yingyuan Instant-boiled Mutton

It is a time-honored restaurant, with the thriving business. It is authentic from the soup to dishes, with no acceptance for reservation. The restaurant uses the dried small shrimps to season the soup and only uses the delicious stock. The light soup base will bring out the tenderness of the high-quality mutton. After enjoying the meat, you can put a handful of tine peas into the pot, to disperse the greasy taste.

Average price per person: about 107 yuan

Address: No. 31-9, Chating North Road, Yuzhong District

Laomenkuang Instant-boiled Tripe

Laomenkuang Instant-boiled Tripe is the favorite of many mutton fans. You can see the booming business there no matter what the season is. The Old-Peking-style decoration makes you feel like being at home while the taste reminds you of the Old Peking. You can choose spicy sauce or garlic with taucu sauce. The former is mellow and the latter is umami. The taste is amazing when good sauces are coupled the newly-cut mutton.

Average price per person: 120 yuan

Address: Building 7, Tianyihuafu, 179 Huanglong Road, Yubei District

Siji Mutton Restaurant

Hiding in a residing building near Haitangxi Stop, it can be easily missed by customers. This restaurant uses local goats. Goats are nicely treated, so that customers won’t smell the taint. The steamed mutton in the box and braised mutton chops are the unmissable dishes. The aromatic flavor comes with the dishes when they are served onto the table. The mutton is cut into suitable sizes, keeping both palatable fat and thin meat.

Average price per person: 42 yuan

Address: No. 36, Haitangxi Center Street, Nan’an District

Laoganjia Ice-boiled Mutton

You can only put mutton into hot water? No! Check Laoganjia Ice-boiled Mutton, where ice cubes, red wine and Nonfu Spring Water are used to boil the mutton. The encounter of the ice box and mutton can tighten the quality of the mutton and get rid of its taint. Besides, the red wine adds a unique flavor into the mutton.

The ice-boiled mutton soup is mellow and sweet, and the mutton is tender and odorless, with an amazing taste different from the traditional instant-boiled mutton.

Average price per person: 87 yuan

Address: No. 56-4, Yanghe North Road, Jiangbei District

Xiaopangwa Old Mutton Restaurant

The Restaurant is opened only in winter and is nowhere to be found at any other time. The steamed mutton in the box here is spicy and appetizing. Opening the box, you will find the Restaurant is generous in mutton. The spicy shredded mutton tastes good with the rice, and the mutton soup base is mellow due to the long-time stewing.  

Average price per person: 65 yuan

Address: No. 169-5, Xiaolongkan Center Street, Shapingba District

Shiweixuan Mutton Restaurant

You can see the booming business here all the time. Even after 13:00, there are still many customers in the restaurant. There is only thin mutton in the steamed mutton in the box. The mutton is warm and tender, with a trace of sweet in the spicy taste. Customers often order a bowl of white mutton entrails soup and replenish it if they want more. There are also sauced tofu, noodles covered with numerous peppercorns and the appetizing sesame paste.

Average price per person: 43 yuan

Address: No. 33-2, Wenhua Street, Yuzhong District (Translated by Zhou Tuo, Fathom Language Limited)