Shandong cuisine, a flavor originating from Shandong Province, is the only self-styled cuisine among the Eight Cuisines in China (compared with Huaiyang cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, Guangdong cuisine and other influenced cuisines). It is also the cuisine with the longest history and the richest techniques. It is also the most intricate and demanding cuisine.
Dong Xing Lou Restaurant
Built in 1902, Dong Xing Lou Restaurant is most renowned of the Top Eight restaurants in Beijing. The list of Top Eight restaurants ranked in the Qing Dynasty by serving Beijing-school Shandong cuisine. Although Dong Xing Lou now is not as popular as it was in the late Qing Dynasty, it keeps some features of old Beijing with several branches.
Sea cucumber is a featured dish in Shandong cuisine. The nourishing ingredient can be braised with scallion and cooked in soup or porridge. Of course, Beijing-school Shandong cuisine does well in sea cucumber dishes, with scallion flavored sea cucumbers being the best dish. Scallion flavored sea cucumbers served by Dong Xing Lou is fresh, without any unpleasant impurity. It eliminates the firm texture of sea cucumbers and makes them taste extremely soft. The flavor of scallion and the sauce are also just right.
Address: F1-2, Xianglong Commercial Building, No. 311, Guang’anmen Inner Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 北京市西城区广安门内大街311号祥龙商务大厦1-2层
Qi Lu Ren Jia Restaurant
Qi Lu Ren Jia is a restaurant that mainly serves Shandong cuisine. The restaurant has a noble ambience and elegant decoration. It mainly serves Shandong dishes with authentic flavor, and is suitable for friend gathering.
The restaurant well demonstrates the characteristic of Shandong cuisine that "the more dedicate dishes the better". It is highly praised on Qu Na Chi (a social app for gourmets). Shili gingko nuts, Yangguan Sandie (fried muddy flesh with vegetable leaves), Huanghekou Sidagang (cold dishes in four jars)...Just the names are enough attractive.
Address: Building 5, Anhuali Area 2, Andingmenwai Avenue, Chaoyang District, Beijing 北京市朝阳区安定门外大街安华里2区5号楼底商
Lu Style (UniFANs Shopping Center Store)
Near the Bird's Nest, there rises a new shopping mall named UniFANs of China Overseas Property. And on the top floor lies the Lu Style, a new restaurant that you must have a try.
The chef's specials of this restaurant featuring Shandong cuisine are the Jiaodong dishes. Different from the Jinan dishes or Boshan dishes that prefer heavy taste, Jiaodong dishes are specialized in the cooking of fresh, crisp and tender seafood with their original taste and flavor preserved. Thus, they have an extreme high standard for the quality of the ingredients. This is exactly what Lu Style is good at. The fresh seafood will surprise you.
Among all the ingredients, Weihai wild sea cucumber is the most representative in terms of local characteristics of Shandong. The sea cucumber is plump with superbly tender quality. The primitive soup made from the non-soaked Weihai sea cucumber retains the original taste of ingredients and is more nutritious then the meat soup. The green soup will definitely leave you a refreshing and delicious impression.
In the cooking of pickled Matahu lotus cubes, the Matahu lotus from Zibo, Shandong Province that has been served to the President of the United States is selected and pickled with sauce, rendering a delicious and slightly spicy taste. You cannot feel any glutinous taste at all.
For braised abalone with chili and snail meat, the braised method in Guangdong cuisine is used, by which the tenderness of the abalone will be completely displayed, and you will not feel it is undermined by the spicy flavor of snail meat and chili and the appetizing flavor of scallion, ginger and garlic.
Address: L501, UniFANs of China Overseas Property, North Tucheng Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 北京市朝阳区北土城路中海环宇荟L501
Yiyi Shandong Cuisine Restaurant (Fucheng Road Store)
The restaurant is characterized by its elegant environment. You can find a large area of green vegetation well arranged in the store, showing a natural and refreshing atmosphere. It is mainly dedicated to the presentation of seafood-based Shandong cuisine, which is delicious and nutritious and covers a wide range of species. The store also provides the recommended gourmet gift boxes for people to choose.
Buddha Jumps over the Wall, the chef's choice in the store, uses multiple kinds of seafood to make a light, tasty, and fresh flavor. There is also a story behind this cuisine.
It is said that, once upon a time, a group of beggars wandered about every day for food with ceramic pots and earthen jars. Then they would pour all of the leftovers into a pot to cook. The smell from the steaming soup was so delicious that even a monk could not resist it. He jumped over the wall to eat the dish to his satisfactory. Although it is just a story, it is enough to prove how delicious this dish is.
For the steamed turbo, the fish is moderately soft and tender, and it tastes so appetizing after being poured with delicious soup. For Crispy Pigeon, the meat is fresh, crispy outside but tender inside, so it tastes plump and delicious.
Address: No. 81, Fucheng Road, Haidian District, Beijing 北京市海淀区阜成路81号
