EJian Ru Gu Seafood (Hai Shu Branch)

Today is the weekend again. I brought my children to this seafood restaurant to check in and eat. The sea bass in this restaurant is particularly big today, fresh and delicious. I give it a thumbs up.

This is an old seafood restaurant in Gulou that has been open for many years. The location is not easy to find because it is on the 2nd floor. There are many varieties of seafood, but you must look carefully because some are frozen. The boss is quite enthusiastic and considerate of customers. The opening of some mass-market seafood restaurants has had a great impact on him, but I will go there again if I have the chance.

This seafood bar should be familiar to everyone. I have heard many people talking about it. Although it is not a local seafood in Ningbo, some of the novelties are quite interesting to Ningbo people who eat a lot of seafood. Squid mouth and sea mushrooms, I have never heard of them. They are small and round, and they are all crispy. They are very good side dishes for drinking. Goose lips, the boss deliberately did not say what they were before serving the dish, and let us guess. Basically, we had not guessed it until we almost finished eating. Goose lips have no fishy smell. Dipped in soy sauce, there is cartilage in the middle, which tastes a bit like pig ears. Starfish, I am really curious about whether starfish can be eaten. The sponge-like tissue in the middle can absorb juice, so the taste is average. I just eat it for novelty. Scallion oil prince crab, maybe this is what it is called. My ability to identify seafood is very poor. Scallion oil long-legged crab, the crab is also fresh. Oysters are average, they feel too fishy. Maybe I don’t like them very much. Of course, there are common fish. Sea urchin should be Dalian sea urchin, which can be eaten raw, but it doesn’t look so fresh, so I made sea urchin fried rice, which is quite fresh. The seafood here is mainly for novelty. The freshness may not be what Ningbo people want, but it is a good place to entertain friends from inland areas.

E见如故 Seafood Bar (Haishu Branch) A Ningbo seafood restaurant that has been open for more than ten years in Gulou Alley. The owner and the proprietress met in Donglun and hit it off right away. There is no paper menu in the store, and you need to go to the open selection and ordering area to order. The seafood here is not only fresh, but also of various kinds, starfish, sea intestines, peacock clams, and scallops, which are eye-opening. The crisp and sweet geoduck sashimi is full of a large bowl, and it can also be made into geoduck vegetable rice. It was the first time I ate Buddha's hand, which is a kind of shellfish that grows on the reef wall. The Buddha's hand is gently broken in the middle to reveal the shellfish meat inside. Dip it in vinegar and it tastes like seafood shellfish.

This restaurant should be a few years old. I remember that I went to taste the dishes here not long after I came to Ningbo. I was impressed. At that time, each table was provided with a free pickled radish in red shells, which tasted very good. Ejianrugu has always been famous in Ningbo for its diversity of seafood and affordable prices. I have eaten there several times, but this restaurant in Gulou is my first time to come. Because a friend came to play, I greeted the boss and reserved a seat. The store is on the second floor next to Gulou Pedestrian Street. It is not big and not difficult to find. The store is not very big. The white walls and huge floor-to-ceiling windows make the whole space look clean and bright, but it does not feel so neat. As soon as you enter the store, you will see the ordering area. There are all kinds of seafood hiding in front of us. This small store has a collection of seafood from all over the world, including starfish, sea urchins, Boston lobsters, king crabs, and everything else. The boss seems approachable and stands by to help us order. The seafood here is relatively fresh. I ordered a few seafood at random. It came up soon. The boss recommended the scallops and made a soup, which was very delicious. The scallops were also very fresh. The salt and pepper shrimp mushrooms felt a little thin, but the shrimp mushrooms should be alive. I met a group of people who don't eat sea urchins, and I ordered a sea urchin alone. The sea urchin roe was relatively fresh and sweet, but I don't know if it was because of the dead sea urchins. I felt that the seafood was not as delicious as the live ones. The scallion oil clams tasted okay, but many of them were not open. The boss changed us after the boss reported it. The bean sprouts in the garlic mashed bean sprouts were a little old and slightly bitter. I haven't eaten bean sprouts before, so I don't know if the original taste of bean sprouts is like this, but we ate them all. The scallops here are also very good, with a fresh and sweet taste. If more vermicelli is added, it will probably taste better. The boss also sent a few abalones after forwarding it to the circle of friends. There were four of them. I felt so happy. Personally, I feel that the dishes here are not expensive. The average cost per person for the four of us was only 70, and we ate a lot of seafood. The Boston lobster and king crab here are also relatively cheap, only more than 100 yuan each, but I see they are all frozen and dead. If you want to experience it, you can try it. The seafood here is also well processed, after all, they are professional seafood. What makes me dissatisfied is the service here. It feels that except for the boss who is very enthusiastic, the other waiters are not in good condition. Of course, if you want to eat seafood, Ejianrugu is suitable for you.

Oysters are the best, the price is very reasonable, very fresh and tender. The second best is the fish in the picture, I forgot its name. Although the sea snails have a lot of meat, the taste is average, I will not order sea snails next time. Geoduck is very expensive, 128 per plate, fresh but for two people, it feels too much, after all, it is raw. If there are not many people, it is not recommended to order this, which will directly increase the per capita consumption. As for the environment, I suggest that the boss renovate the entrance stairs. The first time I went there, looking at such shabby stairs and walls, if it weren’t for everyone on Ctrip saying it was good, I really wouldn’t have the courage to go up

The seafood restaurants on the market in Ningbo, such as the old Shipu, Xiangyang Fishing Port and the later Kelly, are all banquet restaurants. Although seafood is not bad, it is relatively expensive. If some local diners have the conditions, they may choose Lulin Seafood Market to wholesale some and process it at home, which is more affordable. Both have their pros and cons. The taste is naturally better in restaurants, and the price-performance ratio is higher at home. Is there a compromise to enjoy the freshness of seafood to the greatest extent and enjoy the discounts that big hotels cannot? Let me tell you, there are. Ejianrugu Seafood Bar is an outstanding representative of them. Many of their ingredients are not necessarily seen by small Ningbo, such as live yellow croaker, live sea urchin, starfish, and many strange shellfish. Entering the kitchen is like entering the Grand View Garden. It is a bit embarrassing to not be able to name the dishes when ordering. Fortunately, there is a guide to ordering dishes in the store. The top ten small seafoods with the highest click-through rate are listed on the wall one by one, which saves a lot of trouble for friends who are not familiar with seafood. Of course, if you are an old customer, you will be familiar with the dishes. The boss said that there are two ways to eat geoduck, steamed crab with egg, prince crab, scallop, starfish, live yellow croaker, sea urchin, Buddha's hand scallop, and of course their mustard stir-fried rice cake is also a must. The dishes are served quickly. After cracking some melon seeds and drinking some lotus leaf tea, the delicious dishes are presented naturally. Except for sashimi, they are naturally eaten while hot. The hotter the better. Their cooking method is different from that of home, but they try to be original and let the taste of the sea bloom on your tongue. At this moment, as a Ningbo native, I feel happy from the bottom of my heart. Being a person is so down-to-earth.

The name of the restaurant comes from the love story of the boss and his wife who met on the Internet. You can taste small seafood from all over the country here. The environment with shells and colorful decorations makes you feel like you are in the underwater world. The seafood is displayed on site and you can order it by looking at the actual product. The prices are affordable. The sashimi of elephant trunk clam, starfish, octopus, small mud fish, etc. are all prepared using the original methods and you can taste the original flavor of seafood.