• Beijing Roast Duck

  Beijing Roast duck is thought to be one of the most delicious dishes the city ever made.Beijing Roast duck is thought to be one of the most delicious dishes all over the city; most visitors coming to Beijing will have a try. Some of the shops famous for roasting ducks are hundreds of years old, and the craftsmanship of the cuisine master have perfected all through the years. Slow roasted and succulent, this famous dish is served with thin crepe-like "Lotus leaf-shaped pancakes" (Heye Bing), ssweet fermented flour paste (Tianmianjiang) or Hoisin sauce (Haixianjiang) and finely sliced green onions. Often an adept chef slices the freshly roast duck table-side before serving, separating the skin from the meat. Before eating, you wrap the meat in a pancake with all the fixings of sliced vegetables, etc.

• Candied Hawthorn

  Candied Hawthorn, or Tanghulu as is called in Chinese, is a popular traditional winter snack of northern China, especially in Beijing. It is fancied by young and old alike, and is especially favored by children. A Tanghulu consists of candied fruits on bamboo skewers that are approximately a foot long. Typically, it has a hardened sugar coating that comes from dipping the skewer in sugar syrup, but versions can also be found with a second chocolate coating, or sprinkles. The fruits used are traditionally Chinese hawthorn, but in recent times vendors have also used strawberries, blueberries, pineapples, kiwifruit, or grapes, resembling a fruit kebab. This snack can be found widely along the snack street of Wangfujing but there are street vendors who travel from place to place selling it.

• Quick-boiled Tripe

  Quick-boiled Tripe, or Baodu in Chinese, is a kind of Islamic snacks. It is one of the few most popular snacks of Beijing. Only the tripe of sheep or cattle is used as the ingredient. The sliced tripe is put into the boiled water and is then dipped in the sesame sauce. Finely-boiled tripe is crisp and tender, and really makes a nice dish! You may also season the sauce with vinegar, onion or mashed garlic according to your taste.

• Lvdagun (Snack of Glutinous Rice Rolls with Sweet Bean Flour)

  Lvdagun is one of the most ancient snacks of Beijing. It is made from steamed glutinous millet or sticky rice, scattered with fried bean-flour and filled with red pea. After being cut into blocks, it is rolled in soy bean-flour.

• Tanghulu

  Tanghulu is a popular traditional winter snack in northern China, especially in Beijing, and particularly for children. It consists of candied fruits on bamboo skewers that are approximately 20cm long. Tanghulu typically has a hardened sugar coating that comes from dipping the skewer in sugar syrup, but versions can also be found with a second chocolate coating, or sprinkles. The fruits used are traditionally Chinese hawthorn, but in recent times vendors have also used strawberries, blueberries, pineapples, kiwifruit, or grapes, resembling a fruit kebab. This snack can be found widely along the snack street of Wangfujing but there are street vendors who travel from place to place selling it.

• Baodu

  As it's a kind of Islamic snacks, only the tripe of sheep or cattle is used as the ingredient. The sliced tripe is put into the boiled water and is then dipped in the sesame sauce. A finely-boiled tripe is crisp and tender, really a nice dish! You may also season the sauce with vinegar, onion or mashed garlic according to your taste.

• Ludagun

  Ludagun is one of the ancient snacks of Beijing. It is made from steamed glutinous millet or sticky rice, scattered with fried bean-flour and filled with red pea. After being cut into blocks, it is rolled in soya bean-flour.

Recommended restaurants:

Du Yi Chu Shao Mai
Location: No.15, Fangcheng Yuan Cate Street, Fangzhuang, Fengtai District

Hua Tian Restaurant
Location: Northeast corner of the crossroad of Di'anmen Street, Dongcheng District

You Yi Shun Restaurant
Location: 28 Huangsi Jie, Desheng Men, Xicheng District

Lvrou Houshao Wang (Donkey Meat and Baked Wheaten Cake)
Location: 90, Huguosi Jie, Xicheng District

Yi Wan Ju Noodles (noodles with chopped meat in fried bean sauce)
Location: Bldg. 5, 4th Section, Anhui Bei Li, Asian Games Village, Chaoyang District

Nan Lai Shun
Location: No.12, Nancaiyuan Jie, Xuanwu District (near the west gate of the Grand View Garden)

Longfusi Snack Restaurant
Location: No.1, Longfusi Qianjie, Dongcheng District

Huguosi Snack Restaurant (Huguosi Branch)
Location: No.93, Huguosi Dajie, Xicheng District

Rui Bin Lou Restaurant
Location: Building 7, Zhaogongkou, Fengtai District

Liu Bi Ju
Location: No.3, Wai Langshidian, Xuanwu District

Special Touring Regions:

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