The Southern Fish 渔芙南: From Humble Boutique to Mighty Mansion
Posted: April 25th, 2017 | Author: LumDimSum | Filed under: Foodies & Dining Scene | Tags: fiery, Fuchengmen, home-cooked, Hunan cuisine, Hunan food, Hunan peppers, Joel Shucat, private dining rooms, rice wine, The Orchid, The Southern Fish, 渔芙南 | 5 Comments »There were tears shed when the little restaurant in a narrow hutong near Dashilar called The Southern Fish 渔芙南 closed last month. This cozy, quaint little restaurant was a gem of a find back in March 2015 and although it was tricky to find, the fiery home-cooked Hunan fare made it worth the effort.
But Beijingers know far too well how quickly things change in this fickle capital, especially when it comes to the F&B scene. Lucky for us, The Southern Fish was ahead of the game. Turns out that they only closed their Dashilar branch a few weeks before they opened a bigger branch in Fuchengmen.
When fellow foodie Joel Shucat of The Orchid Hotel told me last week that Southern Fish had reopened near Fuchengmen, it was all I could think about. From their Dianping page, I could tell it was much bigger from the last one, but I still felt wholely unprepared for the grand size of the new branch.
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