4 editor-picked teochew restaurants across 4 cities.
A guide to teochew restaurants worth a trip, by city. We list operators, signature dishes, and the rooms locals book first.
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The best-scored teochew place in each of 4 cities.
Yan Garden by Chef Fei is a Michelin Selected Chaozhou restaurant in a restored siheyuan near Qianmen, Beijing, with a century-old toon tree in the courtyard.
OrderTry the fish maw sauteed tableside with dried shrimps, crabmeat and XO sauce, and the marinated goose web.
TipAsk for a table in the restored courtyard, where diners sit under a century-old toon tree; the restaurant belongs to Mandarin Oriental Qianmen.
A warm, family-run Teochew restaurant operating since 1989 in the Copthorne King's Hotel. The menu covers traditional cold and steamed dishes, braised goose, turtle soup alternatives and the delicate braised-then-fried beancurd that defines the cuisine. One of the few places in Singapore where authentic Teochew cooking is still done at this level.
OrderBraised goose platter, Steamed pomfret, Teochew cold crab
TipThe cold crab requires advance order. Hotel setting means parking is easier than most city-centre restaurants.
Blossom inside Plaza 66 in Jing'an serves casual Chaoshan and Cantonese dishes, the affordable sister of Michelin two-star Amazing Chinese Cuisine.
OrderOrder the steamed East Sea grouper with pickled mustard greens and the Chiu Chow beef offal pot.
TipThe Chiu Chow preserved radish fried rice and the crab with sweet potato noodles round out a full Teochew spread.
Restaurant Teochew Lao Er steams fish and simmers rice porridge on Jalan Brunei in Pudu, one of Kuala Lumpur's few dedicated Teochew dining rooms left.
OrderTeochew steamed fish and plain rice porridge with braised peanuts.
TipAvoid Wednesdays: the shop closes on at least the second and last Wednesday of every month.
Yan Garden by Chef Fei is a Michelin Selected Chaozhou restaurant in a restored siheyuan near Qianmen, Beijing, with a century-old toon tree in the courtyard.
OrderTry the fish maw sauteed tableside with dried shrimps, crabmeat and XO sauce, and the marinated goose web.
TipAsk for a table in the restored courtyard, where diners sit under a century-old toon tree; the restaurant belongs to Mandarin Oriental Qianmen.
A warm, family-run Teochew restaurant operating since 1989 in the Copthorne King's Hotel. The menu covers traditional cold and steamed dishes, braised goose, turtle soup alternatives and the delicate braised-then-fried beancurd that defines the cuisine. One of the few places in Singapore where authentic Teochew cooking is still done at this level.
OrderBraised goose platter, Steamed pomfret, Teochew cold crab
TipThe cold crab requires advance order. Hotel setting means parking is easier than most city-centre restaurants.
Blossom inside Plaza 66 in Jing'an serves casual Chaoshan and Cantonese dishes, the affordable sister of Michelin two-star Amazing Chinese Cuisine.
OrderOrder the steamed East Sea grouper with pickled mustard greens and the Chiu Chow beef offal pot.
TipThe Chiu Chow preserved radish fried rice and the crab with sweet potato noodles round out a full Teochew spread.
Restaurant Teochew Lao Er steams fish and simmers rice porridge on Jalan Brunei in Pudu, one of Kuala Lumpur's few dedicated Teochew dining rooms left.
OrderTeochew steamed fish and plain rice porridge with braised peanuts.
TipAvoid Wednesdays: the shop closes on at least the second and last Wednesday of every month.
Beijing1 place
Yan Garden by Chef Fei
Kuala Lumpur1 place
Restaurant Teochew Lao Er
Shanghai1 place
Blossom
Singapore1 place
Tien Court Restaurant
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