Beijing Food Streets

Beijing Food Streets

2011-12-21

Donghuamen Night Snack Street

Located at the entrance of North Street of Wangfujing, Donghuamen is also a bright spot for its snack in Beijing. Just like Wangfujing Snack Street it has lines of stalls. When it is dark, the delicious cruise from every corner of China emitting the delicious spice together with the rhythmical huckstering is a big temptation to you stomach.

Fangzhuang Food Street

Fangzhuang Food Street is another food street with comprehensive flavor after Guijie. The special flavor of the restaurants on this street is spicy. It is a good choice to enjoy the Chinese food. In addition to the old Beijing restaurants with a –hundred –year history, there are also restaurants offering the Japanese, Germen and Italian food. It is located in Fangzhuang Community, southwest of Second Ring Road.

Gui Street

From the west end of Dongzhimen Crossroads in the east to the east end of Jiaodaokoudong Avenue in the west, Guijie (literally “Ghost Street”) masses a large number of restaurants. You could not see such a large collection of restaurants in the other places of Beijing. The restaurants here are open for 24 hours one day. It is a very popular place. People prefer to stroll around here or have a chat until late into the evening. All kind of Chinese local food crows here, such as Sichuan, Shandong, Guangdong, Hunan……The spicy hairy crab, the spicy mutton stew and chilly and spicy crayfish are the most famous dishes here.

Laitai Food Street

Located at the tilted opposite of Lady’s Street, Laitai Food Street is a newly food street. It is neatly arranged with about 20 restaurants with their own characteristic. You can find both Chinese and foreign food here, including menu from Sichuan, Guangdong, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Xinjiang, Japan, Korea even Lebanon’s flavor. The price here is not very expensive.

Longfusi Snack Street

Longfusi is a cate-collective district. Bai Kui Lao Hao, a Muslim restaurant, which is known for authentic Beijing fare is located here. You can enjoy the traditional soybean milk, Jiaoquan, luzhu and so on. As the evening falls, the street becomes very busy.

Niujie Snack Street

As Niujie is where the Hui People, the Moslem believers live, you can find the authentic snack with the authentic exotic flavor. The famous Turpan Restaurant is located here, offering visitor the genuine Uygur food.

Qianmen Snack Street

Qianmen is well known for its century's history, however, it is also a crazy place for snack. The traditional Beijing-style snacks including Baodu (quick-boiled tripe), Luzhu huishao (a type of pork soup with bread bits), as well as other traditional favorites gather here. Everyday many people queue up for their favorite taste. There are also a lot of well-known century-old restaurants such as Quanjude Roast Duck, Duyichu Shaomai and Yitiaolong Restaurant.

Shichahai Snack Street

A Beijing-style snack craze is keeping down in the Qianmen Snack Street including Baodu Feng, Chaogeda, Youzhagao……The famous Jiumen (Nine Gate) Snack Street is located in a hutong at Shachahai Here the brand-name Beijing Snacks are provided in a traditional courtyard setting by 12 vendors. These Beijing-style Snacks have been for a history of 100 or 200 years.

Wangfujing Snack Street

Beijing is known for its great variety of snack, and Wangfujing Snack Street, downtown in Beijing, is the bustling for its snack. Everyday it attracts many customers, especially in the evening. The street is crowded with all kind of local cuisine throughout China, including the Bintanghulu from Beijing, coconut from Hainan, skewers with many types of meat (beef, chicken, scorpions, squid, grasshoppers, sparrow) from Xinjiang, snacks of Chinese prickly ash, chili from Sichuan, rice-flour vermicelli from Guilin, corn on the cob, fried pancakes with peking duck, noodles, seafood and desserts. Chinese snack is a must for visitor to Beijing, and the Wangfujing Snack Street is the best place to go.

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