"Lotus seeds sweet soup" is a famous delicacy in Hunan's desserts range. The fragrant lotus seeds are mainly produced in Dongting Lake area, especially Xiangtan City. Huashi and Zhonglupu in Xiangtan City are the great producers with the largest yield and the best quality. There are two kinds of lotus seeds, namely, white lotus seeds and red lotus seeds. The white lotus seeds produced in the two places, with plump and round shape, pure white color, glutinous taste and sweet fragrance, are the best lotus seeds in China.

Mao's Home-style Braised Pork with Soy Sauce

Fuxinglou Restaurant
Cuisine: Traditional 1,000 layer glutinous rice cakes
Add: 58S.Jiefang Rd., Xiangtan

Tel: (86)731-58221191

Mount Mengze Villa
Cuisine: Hunan cuisine
Add: 3 Huxiang Rd.,Xiangtan

Shaoshan Hotel
Cuisine: Mao Family Baked Fish
Add: 16 Guyuan Rd.,Shaoshan 

Jiayuan Reataurant
Cuisine: Waleng Rolls
Add: 18 E.Shaoshan Rd., Xiangtan

Travel Tips
There are several restaurants in the area boasting some of Chairman Mao's favourite foods- spicy pork and smelly tofu. However, it is important to note that these, as with the tourist area as a whole, is catered largely for domestic tourists, so you will be lucky to find a restaurant with a picture menu, let alone one in English. Chinese restaurants also cater to groups, who order several dishes and then eat communally. The best option for one or two people is to try to find a noodle shop, which may mean walking a little ways from the main area. Hunan cuisine is famously hot, so if you don't want a dish red in colour from all the chili, its best to make it clear beforehand.

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