Braised mutton, Baikuilaohao Restaurant 白魁老号烧羊肉

Baikuilaohao Restaurant is one of the most famous Muslim restaurants in Beijing ,which is well known for the braised mutton.

The braised mutton is cooked from a selected mutton. It has a crisp outside and tender meat, quite tasty but not oily.

Besides braised mutton, Baikuilaohao is also famous for hotpot and roast duck.

Address: 1 front street, Fulong Temple, Dongcheng district

Baodu Feng 爆肚冯

In Chinese, "Bao" means to quick-fry in hot oil and "Du" means tripe. Baodu Feng is a famous Beijing dish that cooks tripe of lamb and cattle in boiling water (it is actually boiling water instead of hot oil).

Today Baodu Feng restaurants are operated by the successor of Feng Lishan (the founder of Baodu Feng in Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)).

Baodu Feng Restaurant Address:

Caishikou Branch: southwest of Caishikou crossing, Xuanwu district

Qianmen Branch: 39 Langfang Ertiao, Menkuang Hutong, Qianmen Avenue

Shichahai Branch: Jiumen Xiaochi, Xiaoyou Hutong, northwest of Houhai, Xicheng district

Dashilan Branch: Qingyunge, 33 Dashilan West Street, Qianmen

Noodles with soy bean paste, old Beijing style 老北京炸酱面

Noodles with soy bean paste, or Zhajiang Mian, is an authentic Beijing daily diet. It is a bowl of noodles mixed up with strips of cucumber, radish and other veggies, topped with a mixture of ground pork stir-fried with Zha jiang (炸酱), which is a salty, fermented soybean paste.

Recommended restaurant:

Lao Beijing Zha Jiang Mian Da Wang (Chongwenmen Branch)

Address: 29, Chongwenmenwai Dajie, Chongwen district

Average cost per person: 35 yuan

Opening hours: 11:00 – 21:00

Dianmen Gate snacks

The snacks in Dianmen features glutinous food, such as sweet dumplings made of glutinous rice flour, Aiwowo (steamed rice cakes with sweet stuffing), sesame rice cake and sweet pea purée. The fried snacks visitors like best include fried dough twist, Kaikouxiao and fried ring. The liquid diet worth tasting ranges from douzhi (a fermented drink made from ground beans), douzhou (bean porridge), Misandao (fried cake glazed in malt sugar) and Tanghuoshao (brown sugar and sesame sauce buns).

Address: 180, Diwai Avenue (the northeast corner of Dianmen crossing)

Huguo Temple snacks

Beijing Huguo Temple snack street is always crowded with throng of hangers-on. Visitors can find all kinds of Beijing snacks in this street. The breakfasts there are especially rich. There are over 80 kinds of traditional Chinese food including jellied bean curd, bean milk, beef broth, eight treasure congee, millet congee, bean juice, fried beancurd, stuffed bun and sweet cake.

Breakfast time: 05:30 – 09:00