West Lake beef soup (Minced beef thick soup) is a traditional famous dish in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province. This dish is usually served in advance as a soup to moisten the throat and appetizers and has been loved by ordinary people for 800 years.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, the Beimin in Hangzhou used only a little minced meat, eggs, and mushrooms to make a cheap and high-quality soup according to local conditions, which became a substitute for the northern Hu spicy soup in memory. Therefore, the West Lake beef soup is very common among the people. family dishes.