Seven Villas, 1 Bapanling Road, Xihu, Hangzhou, China Mainland
¥¥¥ ・ Zhejiang
One Star: High quality cooking
This restaurant in a bamboo forest exudes otherworldly serenity. The menu is dominated by Jiangnan dishes, which are given a new lease of life by modern Western techniques. Sample all of the signature dishes courtesy of the appetiser platter – veggie beggar’s purse, pork jowl with caviar, marinated goose liver and smoked fish terrine. Their version of Mrs Song’s fish soup uses baby yellow croakers from the East China Sea for their delicate, sweet flesh.