There are over a hundred kinds of Beijing snacks. Multiple cooking skills have been invented, including steaming, boiling, frying, deep frying, roasting, stir-frying and washing, which are integrated with ethnic traditional food arts and eating customs. As a result, dazzling, colorful and attractive delicacies are available. Now, let’s take a look at those classic Haidian cuisines.

Beijing is an ancient capital of four dynasties. The Beijing snacks, of a long history, are available in a variety of categories. Their raw materials are highly selective and carefully cooked, which enable them to win a good reputation. Beijing snacks are a collection of snacks from different nationalities. The old Beijing snacks are featured by thirteen characteristics and have formed three types of flavors, namely Han, Hui and the court flavor.

Men Ding Li

Men Ding Li, located at No. 51, Xueyuan South Road, Haidian District, is an old restaurant. Once served on table, the Mending meat pie is still warm. Taking a bite would offer you a mouth of juice with tasty stuffing. Meat pie and a bowl of millet porridge make a good match! Cooked with proper heating, tripe tastes fresh, tender, crispy and flavored. Its condiments also deserve praise. Both tripe and tripe stuffing are delicious and taste fine instead of fishy or gamy. The Mending pie, juicy with a crispy skin and stuffed with tasty meat, is of the same flavor as that in the childhood. A little vinegar on it may make it taste not that greasy.

Address: No. 51, Xueyuan South Road, Haidian District

Rice Cake Yang

Rica Cake Yang is located at the 1st floor of the west block of the Urban and Rural Trade Center, Fuxin Road A No. 23, Haidian District (near Cuiwei Road). As the saying goes, eating rice cake would enable one to be promoted step by step. The rice cake is fragrant and slightly sweet. It’s not only tender, succulent and soft, but also chewy. Ultrathin glutinous rice rolls stuffed with red bean paste are also tasty. Steamed rice cakes with sweet stuffing is soft, chewy and full of fragrance.

Address: 1st floor, West Block, the Urban and Rural Trade Center, Fuxin Road A No. 23, Haidian District (near Cuiwei Road)

Dao Xiang Cun

Daoxiangcun is located at Door No. 5, Xiaonanzhuang No. 41, Haidian District. Daoxiangcun, originating from Beijing, is a time-honored brand with a hundred years’ history. A dessert named “Napoleon” is crispy and of both good look and taste. The coconut shred ball has a smooth flavor. In addition, Daoxiangcun boasts its special foods including cakes, mea, frozen food, moon cake, dumplings balls and traditional Chinese rice-pudding.

Address: Door No. 5, Xiaonanzhuang No. 41, Haidian District (near the Urban and Rural Warehouse Supermarket)