Cuihua Stone Pot Restaurant with Local features

The origin of stone pot is in Motuo, but the famous stone pot chicken is in Lulang. The stone pot chicken in Lulang is said to be raised on Cordyceps, so it is particularly fresh. However, I personally think the chicken is just average, basically relying on seasoning, and the soup is not bad.

On our first day in Nyingchi, we returned from Cuomu and Rihu Scenic Area and went to Nyingchi Bayi Town for lunch to taste the famous Lulang Stone Pot Chicken🐔. The store is relatively large and can accommodate groups. The boss is also from Sichuan and is very enthusiastic. He said that his chickens are all Tibetan fragrant chickens, and are paired with some mountain mushrooms and palm ginseng. The taste is really good, which is obviously different from the mainland hot pot chicken. The vegetables🥬 are also relatively fresh. Two people can't finish one pot. You can add seasonings by yourself.

Stone pot chicken is one of the delicacies in Nyingchi and should not be missed. The mushroom soup is very delicious and nourishing, especially when the weather is cold. Drinking a bowl of hot chicken soup makes you feel warm and delicious. The chicken is stewed soft and tasty. The seasoning is also very delicious.

Lulang Town is located between Ranwu and Bayi on Sichuan-Tibet National Highway 318. The local area is rich in palm ginseng and stone pots made of local stones containing special mineral elements. The Lulang stone pot chicken, which is made of palm ginseng and native chicken and slowly stewed in this stone pot, has a very unique flavor. The soup has a faint medicinal fragrance, and the chicken is tender and elastic. The stone pot used to stew chicken is cut from a mica stone called "soapstone", which is only produced in Medog. The original stone must be carried out by porters from Medog, and then the Monba people carefully chisel it by hand with a whole piece of stone. The processing requires even force. Once you are impatient, the soapstone will be chiseled through, so the price of this stone pot is also very expensive. The dark green mica stone pot has excellent heat preservation properties and is said to be rich in 17 mineral trace elements such as magnesium and iron.

Anyone who has traveled to Linzhi, Tibet should know about Stone Pot Chicken. Stone Pot Chicken is the most famous local dish in Linzhi. It is said that the most authentic place to eat Stone Pot Chicken is Lulang, so you can see Lulang Stone Pot Chicken written on the restaurants in Linzhi. It is made with a variety of ingredients to enhance the freshness and has a good nourishing effect.

The chicken soup is milky white, delicious, rich and mellow, and has an alluring aroma; it is a classic worth trying. The mixed vegetables are tasty and the matsutake mushrooms are delicious. The store has good hygiene conditions The only drawback is that the chicken is a little hard and the elderly may not be able to chew it.

When traveling to Tibet, I chartered a local tourist bus in Lhasa. That day, we were scheduled to visit Lulang Town. At noon, the driver took us to this restaurant. The environment of the restaurant was very good, and the storefront was very large. The proprietress enthusiastically greeted every car parked at the door of the restaurant. As soon as you enter the door, you will see the hall, which is nothing special. There are several private rooms in the backyard, all of which are Tibetan-style buildings and very distinctive. As for food, the main dish here is stone pot chicken, the most famous specialty of Lulang. The price is not cheap, and it is purchased according to the number of people. There are two of us plus the driver, and we have to buy a big pot. The driver always said that it was enough to eat, but in fact, it was just a big pot with a lot of soup, and there was really not much chicken. We ordered a large portion of Tianma Tibetan chicken pot. There was not much meat when we scooped it out, but there were a lot of mushrooms in the pot, and the taste was okay.