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Beijing Dadong Roast Duck Restaurant Lots
of restaurants specialize in Beijing’s most famous dish, and debate
rages endlessly over who serves the best fowl. This place is less
over-blown and over-priced than many of its rivals, and for that it gets
our vote .
Beijing Dadong Roast Duck Restaurant
Preparing Beijing duck
Guizhou Luo Luo Suan Tang Yu Sharing
a hotpot is an essential Beijing experience and there’s no better place
to do it than on beguiling “Ghost Street.” The décor may be a bit dingy
but ingredients are fresh and the broth and dipping sauces are terrific . Three Guizhou Men Authentic
Guizhou food, uncompromisingly spicy and sour, is generally too coarse
for foreign tastes, but here it is blended with more conventional
Chinese flavors. The atmosphere is stylish, in keeping with the local
hipster fondness for minority cuisines. Han Cang Little
known even in China, the cuisine of the southeastern Hakka people is a
delight. They use heaps of hot salt to bake chicken and fish, and do
lots of dishes featuring smoky pork. Han Cang does excellent Hakka dishes and has a fun and vibrant atmosphere to boot.
Foil-baked fish dish, Han Cang
Bellagio A
supremely hip and stylish Taiwanese chain, also serving quality Hakka
dishes. Everything looks stunning, and it tastes even better. Leave room
for one of the hugely popular red-bean ice desserts .
Bellagio
Made In China The
kitchen is open allowing diners to view ducks roasting and nimble
fingers speedily making disks of dough and spooning in fragrant fillings
to make the little dumplings known as jiaozi, a Beijing specialty .
Made In China
Noodle Bar Agile
chefs knead and pull noodles in front of your eyes before adding them
to your soup. Though space and menu options are limited, this is a feast
for both the eyes and the stomach. Afunti The
most famous and popular Uighur establishment in Beijing, specializing
in Muslim Xinjiang cuisine. Expect lots of lamb, skewered and roasted,
in addition to after-dinner table-top dancing and live music . Huang Ting A beautiful restaurant: a recreation of a traditional siheyuan
(courtyard) house reusing thousands of bricks from demolished
properties, along with wooden screens, carved stone friezes, and door
guardian stones. Dishes lean towards the Cantonese, but there are also
Beijing favorites, including classic Beijing roast duck . South Silk Road A
fashionable, superior chain owned by a Beijing-based artist serving
authentic Yunnanese food. Diners can sample all manner of flowers,
insects, and mysterious animal parts, as well as more conventional
dishes.
Top 10 Teahouses
Samwei Bookstore Teahouse A relaxed place with cultural and musical events. Confucian Teahouse Just across from the Confucius Temple. English spoken. Fu Family Teahouse A stylish teahouse on the south bank of picturesque Hou Hai . Hong Hao Ge Bamboo decor beside a park behind the Military History Museum. Lao She Teahouse Tea plus acrobatics, magic tricks, and Beijing Opera. Ming Ren Teahouse A chain of teahouses; this branch is conveniently close to Hou Hai. Purple Vine Lovely place located just outside the west gate of the Forbidden City. Xi Hua Yuan Teahouse Decorated with ornate Qing-style furniture. Just over the road from the Purple Vine. Ji Gu Ge Teahouse Popular teahouse in area of antique shops south of Tian’an Men Square. Tian Qiao Happy Teahouse Tea ceremonies with food and bite-sized cultural morsels at the upstairs theater.
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