Beijing cuisine



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Beijing cuisine: imperial food, roast meat, medicinal & hot pot restaurants

    There are 8 cuisines in China:
    - Beijing Cuisine
    - Shandong Cuisine
    - Jiangsu Zhejiang Cuisine
    - Fujian Cuisine
    - Guangdong Cuisine
    - Sichuan Cuisine
    - Hunan Cuisine
    - Hubei Cuisine

    The Beijing cuisine is also called 'Capital City cuisine' or 'Mandarin Cuisine'. Beijing has been the Chinese capital city for centuries. Most dynasties came from the North of China. Therefore the dishes in the Beijing Cuisine are dominated by meat dishes.

    A few popular dishes in Beijing:
    - Beijing Duck
    - Hot and Sour Soup
    - Mutton Hotpot
    - Stir Fried Tomatoes with Scrambled Eggs - Barbecued Meat


    Imperial Court Food restaurants:
    Fangshan Restaurant
    Inside Beihai Park, 1 Wenjin Street
    Open: 11:00-13:30 17:00-19:30

    Fangshan Restaurant
    37 Dongjiaominxiang, Dongcheng District
    Open: 10:30-13:30 16:00-20:00

    Tingliguan Restaurant
    Inside the Summer Palace
    Open: 11:00-14:00 17:00-19:00

    Medicinal Food restaurants:
    Yang Sheng Zhai/Sichuan Restaurant
    Xiyuan Hotel
    No.1 Sanlihe Road

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    roast meat restaurants:
    There are many barbecued meat restaurants in Beijing, but most of them are Korean. Two famous Chinese roast meat restaurants and over a century old:

    Kaorouji
    Address: 14 Qian Hai Dong Yan, Di'anmen Dajie
    on the bank of Shishahai Lake north of Beihai Park
    Open: daily 11am-2pm and 5-9pm

    Kaorouyuan
    Xuanwumennei Street in South-West Beijing





    Hot-pot restaurants:
    Neng Ren Ju
    5 Bai Ta Si, Xicheng District
    Mongolian style hotpot

    Dong Lai Shun(2)
    - 198 Wangfujing Dajie
    - 44 Dongjiaominxiang (East of Tiananmen)
    Mongolian style hotpot

    Chongqing Jinshancheng Hotpot
    34 Beisanhuan Xilu, east of Shuan'an Department Store
    Open: 11:00-23:00
    Sichuan style hotpot

    Chongqing Jinshancheng Hotpot
    Northwest of Guanyuan Overpass, Xizhimen
    Open: 11:00-23:00
    Sichuan style hotpot

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