The Confucius family developed a distinct cuisine over two millennia of banqueting for imperial officials, foreign ambassadors, and visiting scholars — a food tradition as old as the family itself and as elaborately documented. Several restaurants in Qufu now serve "Kong Fu cuisine" reconstructed from historical records and family manuscripts: dishes named after Confucian virtues, preparations that use ingredients in combinations specific to this kitchen, and the kind of attention to visual presentation that distinguishes court cooking from ordinary Chinese food.
The best Kong Fu cuisine restaurants in Qufu serve set menus for two or more people; expect to pay ¥150–300 per person for a proper banquet-format meal. The ingredients are northern Shandong staples — pork, river fish, vegetables — prepared with the refinement of a kitchen tradition that has been thinking about food very carefully for a very long time. Booking ahead is recommended.