Xufeng Restaurant (Dingshu branch)

Xufeng Restaurant (徐峰餐馆) operates a Dingshu branch in Dingshu Town, Yixing, Jiangsu province, China. Dingshu is the ceramics centre of Yixing and the source of the zisha purple-clay teapot tradition, and its restaurants serve potters, traders and visitors touring the kilns and museums. The published address gives only the town, so visitors should confirm the exact location on a map app such as Amap or Baidu Maps before setting out. The cuisine is Yixing home cooking, with dishes built around the freshwater and hill produce of the Taihu Lake region. Signature dishes include stir-fried river shrimp, braised fish and bamboo-shoot dishes. River shrimp are small, sweet freshwater shrimp, quickly stir-fried so that they remain tender, and are a seasonal favourite in Jiangsu. Braised fish is cooked in a soy-based sauce with ginger and scallion, and the bamboo-shoot dishes draw on the shoots harvested from the hills around Yixing in spring. Prices are moderate at roughly CNY 50-100 per person, and dishes are meant to be shared with rice. The dining room is casual, with round tables, a family-run feel and a conversational noise level that rises at mealtimes; there is no dress code and no significant wine programme, with tea, soft drinks and beer being the usual drinks. Reservations are not normally required, though at peak lunch and weekend dinner, arriving before about 11:30 or 17:30 helps secure a table. Opening hours are roughly 11:00-14:00 and 17:00-20:30, with a break between services. The restaurant suits groups of two to six who want to order a range of local dishes at a reasonable price after a day in Dingshu's workshops and museums. Because details are limited, checking recent reviews on a Chinese map app is a sensible step.