Xiang Ji Shi Jie - Harbin

As a student studying abroad in China, I was looking for health-conscious restaurants and a friend brought me here. It was so delicious that I had to return. The atmosphere is spacious and quiet, and they play soothing music while you eat. 5/5 the food is very fillable. Two people can share a course and be well maintained.

We were a little chic to look for this place as the reviews on Happy Cow said the address was debatable. We gave our taxi driver the name of the temple and the no. 5 address and he was sure there was no way to eat there, but he turned out to be wrong to his own surprise! The restaurant is behind (or side)? It was dark) of the temple, on the first floor. There was a waiter who spoke a little bit of English, and we speak a few mandarin so that it worked well. The waiter also had some notes with English Mandarin translations (not the whole menu, just some ingredients and dishes): very attentive. We ordered the sweet and sour pork and as we like spicy dishes, the waiter recommended a dish with sausage and bean sput. We also ordered some dumplings. The pig was really delicious, crispy on the outside and with a beautiful sauce. The Bohnsprout dish was also beautiful: we loved the spices! The dumplings were okay. Some simple rice and 2 non-alcoholic beers made a great dinner. I would recommend you try this place!

We came to the restaurant at 7:20, the first floor was completely dark. Luckily, someone was clean and told us that the restaurant was up and was still open. We went upstairs to find a table. The waiting staff informed us that they closed at 8:00. The waitress who took our order was really nice. We were hungry, so we sat down and ordered a few dishes. Since the foods in this part of China are rather fat and salty, we asked for light salt and light oil. The food came relatively fast. We have dumplings, a tofu dish, stir fried mixed vegetables and spicy eggplants. Vegetable dishes were really fat (especially eggplants). The sauce for the tofu was really salty. I could only eat the upper part that is not shattered in the sauce. The dumplings were good. Flavor-wise the food was decent. But it was too salty and oily for my taste.

As a student studying abroad in China, I looked for health conscious restaurants and a friend brought me here. It was so delicious that I had to return. The atmosphere is spacious and calm, and they play soothing music while you eat. 5/5 the food is very filling. Two people can share one course and be well nourished.

We were a bit skittish to go look for this place as the reviews on Happy Cow said the address was debatable. We gave our taxi driver the name of the temple and the no 5 address and he was sure there was no way we could have dinner there, but he turned out to be wrong, to his own surprise! The restaurant is at the back (or side? It was dark) of the temple, on the first floor. There was one waiter who spoke a tiny bit of English, and we speak some Mandarin so it worked out fine. The waiter also had some paper notes with English Mandarin translations (not the whole menu, just some ingredients and dishes): very thoughtful. We ordered the sweet and sour pork and as we like spicy food the waiter recommended a dish with sausage and beansprout. We also ordered some dumplings. The pork was really tasty, crunchy on the outside and with a lovely sauce. The beansprout dish was lovely too: we loved the spices! The dumplings were okay. Some plain rice and 2 alcohol free beers made a great dinner. I would recommend you try this place!