Roma Lake

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The place to appreciate time and food

By Jackie Zhang

The Chinese name of Yuan’s Restaurant is “shangshi,” which means to appreciate time while enjoying good food. And it has just the atmosphere to deliver that promiseocated next to Roma Lake, the restaurant has a splendid view of the outdoors; inside, it has lovely European decor.

Yuan’s specializes in teppanyaki. “French, Japanese and Taiwanese teppanyaki are the most popular becse of their unique flavors and cooking styles. Yuan’s offers all three,” Qi Guangliang, the restaurant’s customer manager, said.

French teppanyaki comes with foie gras and snails, Japanese teppanyaki capitalizes on its sweetish-salty sauce, while Taiwanese teppanyaki is prepared in front of diners.

Two other popular dishes at Yuan’s are prawn with honey and mustard (88 yuan) and Australian scallops (48 yuan). The French foie gras with red wine (98 yuan) is also worth a try.

Beer lovers should not miss its Belgian beer. “The world’s best beers are from Germany. But Belgian beers is also not bad. All of our Belgian beer are fermented twice, which givehem a rich, heavy flavor,” Qi said.

For winter, Yuan’s specially offers porridge hot pot (150 to 160 yuan). “We serve several kinds of porridge hot pot and guests can add fish, meat or vegetables, depending on their prerence. We hope to make the winter a little warmer with this secret recipe,” Qi said.

Yuan’s Restaurant
Where: 10A Roma Lake, Houshayu, Shunyi District
Open: Daily except Monday, 10 am – 10 pm
Tel: 8049 7601