The traditional Laba Festival, when Chinese people eat Laba congee to celebrate the event which is regarded as the prelude to the coming Chinese Lunar New Year. Instead of lining up in the chilly wind for hours to receive the free Laba congee, people can also enjoy it at restaurants in Beijing.
Huguosi Snacks
People can taste the delicious Laba congee at the time-honored restaurant along with other Beijing snacks. The restaurant, built in 1956, offers over a hundred types of Beijing cuisines, such as Aiwowo, pea cake, soybean flour cake, sweet fried dough twist, mung bean milk, fried ring and seasoned flour mush. The high-quality and rich snacks attract a large number of visitors in China and abroad, who can touch the Beijing culture while eating delicious food.
Huguosi Branch: No.93 Huguosi Street, Xicheng District 西城区护国寺大街93号
Porridge Jiahe
With more than 100 branches in Beijing, Porridge Jiahe adhering to its culture of “Jiahe as a family known to the world for treasuring harmony” offers delicious porridges of various kinds, including the sweet, salty, seafood and original taste porridges for everyone.
Wudaokou Branch: No. 29, Chengfu Road 成府路29号
Hongzhuangyuan Porridge Shop
This is the most popular porridge shop in Beijing, with a large area and stylish furnishing. You have a lot of options here, cold or warm, sweet or salty. The porridge is well-cooked and thickened, so it will be sufficient and perfect to have one bowl of porridge, a Shouzhuabing (a hand grasping cake) and a cold dish or lightly flavored hot dish.
Sanlihe Branch: No. 11, Sanlihe, Haidian District 海淀区三里河11号
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Sticking to an operation philosophy of winning customers by small profits and surviving by quality and the people-oriented and morality-rooted management idea, the shop is developed into a new catering enterprise offering fast-served healthy and delicious Chinese food.
The porridge tastes soft and tender, just melting in the mouth and it comforts your stomach. The shop also serves other snacks like various flat cakes and pickles.
Dongsi Branch: Shop 2, No. 7, Cangjiadao 苍夹道7号-2商铺
