About this place

If you enjoy eating beef, that is, absolutely any part of a cow, then make time for this traditional Hui Minority restaurant. The Hui look like regular Han Chinese people, but they are Islamic. "Niu Rou" (牛肉） means beef, and I don’t think any dish in this restaurant doesn’t use at least some part of a cow.

This kind of restaurant is representative of true Chinese dining. The walls are completely bare and somewhat grimy. Chinese customers gorge themselves at round tables, chugging beer and baijiu (Chinese firewater), and conversing in the loudest possible voices. Waitresses listen to your order and immediately shout the order to the front desk, using as loud a voice as necessary to be heard over the din of the restaurant. Dishes are very affordable. A recent meal with four people and seven dishes cost Y77 and there was more than enough to eat. 

Here are some dishes well worth trying, especially if you can’t read the Chinese menu:

Fan Qie Niu Wei Tang - Tomato soup with tomato chunks and cow tail (a solid appetizer)   

Jiang Bao Niu She - Beef tongue                                                                                                  

Hui Guo Rou - Fried beef with red and green peppers (excellent)                                                   

Fen Zhen Niu Rou -  A mixture of rice with some spicy ground beef                                              

Hong Shao Niu Ji Sui - Spinal cord in a spicy red sauce (it’s China, be a little courageous)

Directions: From Tianfu Square head east on Renmin Donglu or Dongyu Jie which run parallel to each other. Then turn left on Shuncheng Jie. Turn right on Tidu Jie (Cell Phone Street) after the Dynasty Hotel. Make the next left onto Sangui Qianjie. The restaurant is on the left side.