Best Food to Eat on a Snow Day for Beijingers

2019-02-15

The snow on Thursday makes the Palace Museum one of the most popular spots to shoot snow scenery. As a result, all tickets to the museum on same day were sold out.

For old Beijingers, the best food of snow-covered Beijing should be instant-boiled mutton. Maybe you are too late to visit the Palace Museum on a snow day, you do have a chance to experience the life of old Beijingers in winter.

Dong Lai Shun

All mutton in Dong Lai Shun comes from Inner Mongolia and only five parts of the lamb are used—they are slices cut from the back (e.g.shangnao, dasancha and xiaosancha, etc.), from rear legs (eg. modang) and the inner thigh (i.e., huangguatiao).The white and red meat is sliced in equal shapes and sizes, as thick as a piece of paper in a shape of a handkerchief. All those slices of meat are fresh and in bright color. The meat is instantly boiled, but they can also remain tender thereafter. It tastes soft and delicious without the strong smell. Cookers in Dong Lai Shun all excel at slicing meat—all slices are neither too thin nor too thick, of equal sizes and shapes like a set of handkerchiefs.

Address: No. 198 Wangfujing Street, Dongcheng District 东城区王府井大街198号

Yi Tiao Long

Yi Tiao Long is specialized in selling traditional thin slices of mutton for boiling in a hot pot, and traditional Muslim hot dishes. The restaurant has stuck to the traditional cooking style with a bronze hot pot, so it can be called as an "authentic" restaurant when it comes to thin slices of mutton for boiling in a hot pot in Beijing.

Yi Tiao Long selects Tan sheep raised in Gansu Province for making thin slices of mutton for boiling in a hot pot. The sheep features small skeleton, pink meat and white kidney. At the restaurant, all meat are cut by hand and processed separately. It makes galantines by using unique "cold pressing" technique, to get rid of the smell of mutton and keep it tender. Yi Tiao Long offers various dipping sauces for thin slices of mutton for boiling in a hot pot, which are made of dozens of different raw materials. Some famous dipping sauces include traditional sesame paste dipping sauce, wonderful seafood dipping sauce, and palace imperial pot dipping sauce. You had better eating thin slices of mutton for boiling in a hot pot with crab shell sesame seed cakes baked in traditional method. This kind of sesame seed cake is crispy outside but tender inside, has multi-layers, and tastes delicious.

Address: No. 27, Qianmen Street, Dongcheng District (Qianmen Pedestrian Street) 东城区前门大街27号

Nan Men Hotpot

Founded in 1994, the restaurant mainly offers Old Beijing style Muslim instant-boiled mutton. Originally named “Hongyuan Instant-boiled Meat”, it was later renamed as “Nan Men Hotpot” by customers since the restaurant is located at the south gate of Tiantan Park in South 2nd Ring Road. Thanks to the over 10 years of integrity management, South Gate Instant-boiled Meat enjoys great repute in Beijing, and has become the most popular catering brand of the Old Beijing style. Each table is served with peanuts, radish and garlic, as well as a lovely smile-shaped sesame paste bowl. All these make the restaurant well received.

Address: Floor 3, Beijing News Plaza, No. 26,Jianguomennei Avenue, Beijing (southeast corner of the intersection of Dongdan) 北京市建国门内大街26号新闻大厦3层(东单路口东南角)

Ju Bao Yuan

The restaurant enjoys great popularity and good fame in Beijing. Mutton here is of premium quality and is sliced nicely. Sliced beef and mutton are something you should not miss. The original taste and flavor of mutton are well preserved in the traditional pots. Despite the great popularity, the boss has never reduced the quantity of dishes. Both meat and vegetable dishes will make you enjoy yourself to the full.

Address: No. 5-2, Business Building 1, Niujiexili, Beijing (next to the Muslim market) 北京市牛街西里商业1号楼5-2号(清真超市旁)

Beiping Three Brothers Hotpot

The restaurant bears intense cultural and artistic flavor, and offers Pingtan performances at 19:30 each day. Each bowl of sesame paste comes with a character, “Fu (happiness)”, “shou (longevity)”, “xi (delightfulness)” or “cai (fortune)”. No matter which character you might get, it’s auspicious and very Old Beijing. Beef tongue is also a featured dish here.

Address: No. 5-6, Dongzhimennei Avenue (120 meters west of Dongzhimen Bridge, Gui Street) 东直门内大街5—6号(簋街东直门桥向西120米)

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