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
    Tel: 86-10-(6401 1879)

  • Fangshan Restaurant

    • 37 Dongjiaominxiang, Dongcheng District
    Open: 10:30-13:30 16:00-20:00
    Tel: 86-10-(6523 3106)

  • Tingliguan Restaurant
    • inside Summer Palace
    Open: 11:00-14:00 17:00-19:00
    Tel: 86-10-(6288 1955)

    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
    Tel: 86-10-(6404 2554)

  • Kaorouyuan

    • Xuanwumennei Street in South-West Beijing
    Tel: 86-10-(6601 3123)

    Hot-pot restaurants:
  • Neng Ren Ju

    • 5 Bai Ta Si, Xicheng District
    Tel: 86-10-(6601 2560)
    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
    Tel: 86-10-(6218 8357)
    Sichuan style hotpot

  • Chongqing Jinshancheng Hotpot

    • Northwest of Guanyuan Overpass, Xizhimen
    Open: 11:00-23:00
    Tel: 86-10-(6836 2755)
    Sichuan style hotpot



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