Huntun Hou ( 馄饨候）is a chain Beijing Restaurant cooking a kind of Beijing Snack-wontons. There are various wontons offered there and very easy to find one section within Beijing.

Wontons are one of Beijing's famous local snacks. In Beijing, many time-honored restaurants use the following method to name their shops: Pick the name of a major product or dish and follow it with a common surname. In Beijing, there are so many wonton shops that they can't be counted, but only "Huntun Hou" has enjoyed a great reputation around the world spanning decades. There isn't a wonton enthusiast out there who doesn't know about this old restaurant.

There is a very exacting process for making wontons at Huntun Hou. The distinguishing features of their wontons are: thin skin, fine stuffing, excellent soup, and tasty seasonings. "Hunton Hou" claims their wontons have "skin as thin as paper", and it is said that if you place the skin on top of a newspaper, you can still see words underneath. Furthermore, the ratio of how much meat filling is used varies according to the number of dishes ordered. Here, wontons are handmade on the spot with an abundance of seasonings including seaweed, coriander, leafy green vegetables, small dried shrimp, egg and more. Making wonton soup is also one of their special skills, with a mellow taste, not too oily, and full of calcium; a healthy, nutritious meal. Several foreign heads of state have come here to sample Huntun Hou's unique, delicious flavors, delicious snack in Huntun Hou snack store

Address: 11 Andongmen Dajie, Wangfuijng, Dongcheng District

Transportation: Take Bus No. 1, 4, 37, 52 or Subway Line 1, exit at Wangfujng Station

Source: beijinglandscapes.com