Manhengji Hot Pot
Always remember to choose the restaurant distinguished by "halal" if you want to try mutton hot pot, because Muslims have keen insight into mutton. Manhengjii provides fresh, tender, clean and glossy mutton which is cut into thick slices instantly, and the taste will not turn tough even being boiled for a long time. Have a bite of meal and take a sip of iced Arctic Ocean soda water, summer should be spent in this way!
Their pots are made of cooper, and the sheep are grass-fed sheep from Inner Mongolia. So the mutton is free of disgusting smell but has a special pleasant scent. The mutton of hind legs and lamb would curl after being boiled for a while. As a time-honored halal brand on Niujie Street, the restaurant also serves other delicious food along with hot pot. The "Gold Medal" sesame paste pancake is crispy and sweet, filled with much brown sugar that is likely to spill out at a bite. It will bring you a wonderful aftertaste.
Address: No. 14, West Street, Pinganli 平安里西大街14号
Hong Bin Lou
Once entering the restaurant, you will see the eye-catching slogan:"Don't call me 'time-honored'. I am younger than 200".
The restaurant serves very delicious Emperor Qianlong cabbage (cabbage salad with sesame paste). The plenty of sesame paste elicits memories of Beijing natives. The taste of cabbage is more impressive with the flavor of sesame. There are many other palatable dishes.
There is one dish that must be mentioned among other halal food in Beijing. Braised ox tail in brown sauce is a specialty of the restaurant. This tasty dish is fully braised with perfect heat control. As for after-meal dessert, I Liang Guo is recommended, a small cake with soft sticky rice skin and filled with red bean paste and haw jelly, sweet and a little bit sour. Peking duck and braised gluten are strongly recommended. Their flavor is so tasty and distinctive that it's hard to be found in ordinary halal restaurants.
Address: No. 11 Zhanlan Road / Room 203, 2/F, United Building, No. 20, Bldg 1, Chaoyangmen Outer Street
朝阳门外大街20号1幢联合大厦2层203号/展览馆路11号
