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