Hao Ganggang Yangzage Dian, Liuxiang Branch (郝刚刚羊杂割店 柳巷店)

Hao Ganggang Yangzage Dian, Liuxiang Branch, is Taiyuan's best-known lamb offal soup shop and a breakfast institution in the capital of Shanxi province, China. The branch stands at Liuxiang Beikou, the north end of the Liuxiang lane in Yingze District, and serves yang zage, a simmered soup of lamb offal that has long been a traditional Taiyuan morning meal. The shop's rating of 4.4 and its steady local following make it a standard stop for visitors keen on authentic breakfast food, and prices are in the budget bracket.

Yang zage is the main dish: a clear to slightly cloudy broth with finely sliced lamb offal, served in a bowl and seasoned at the table with chilli oil, coriander and vinegar to taste. The soup is customarily eaten with sesame flatbread, which diners tear and dip, and with fried dough sticks. The combination is hearty and savoury and is eaten both as a breakfast and as a light early dinner. Visitors unfamiliar with offal can order the soup with plain flatbread first and adjust seasoning gradually.

The room is a simple, brisk eatery where customers order at the counter and sit at shared tables. Steam and the smell of lamb broth fill the room at peak hours, and the noise level is moderate to high. There is no dress code and no alcohol focus, with tea and soy milk the typical drinks.

Opening hours are 06:30 to 14:00 and 18:00 to 21:30. Reservations are not taken. Early morning and the late-morning hours see the strongest demand, so arriving before 09:00 helps. Its position at the northern entrance to Liuxiang places it a short walk from the street's other traditional food shops and the main shopping streets.