In a small Beijing hutong restaurant with wooden tables and chairs and red lanterns, a golden crispy Squirrel Fish sits on a white ceramic platter, drizzled with red sweet-and-sour sauce, head and tail upright, garnished with green peas and pine nuts. On the table are Slow-Cooked Soup, Braised Pork, and Eight Treasures Soup from the Man-Han Banquet. Shot in cinematic photorealistic style, horizontal angle, soft warm lighting, shallow depth of field, with blurred diners in the background.
