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There is nothing
better than to fill your stomach with some of the best Beijing
cuisine after a long day of sightseeing in Beijing. You might want
to ask 'What are the famous restaurants in Beijing?', ' Where can I
find a good eating guide in Beijing?', 'Where are the famous eating
places in Beijing?' or 'Are there any good places for dining out in
Beijing?’. There are many top places to eat in Beijing that will
make you come back for more after your first meal.
There are many
good restaurants in Beijing that you might want to go to in order to
enjoy the popular Beijing dishes. Some of the top food areas in
Beijing include the Houhai area (Rear Lake area) and the
Nanluoguxiang (South Gong and Drum Lane) area. Use this food guide
in Beijing to take you to some of the most famous restaurants in
Beijing. You will see many great restaurants and bars along the
Houhai area which are scattered along the sides of the lake on the
northern part of Beijing. Getting to Houhai is not difficult as you
can take the subway Line 2 to Chegongzhuang station and then catch a
taxi to the north gate of Beihai Park. Across the road you will see
the southern end of the Rear Lake. Another way to get to Houhai is
to get off subway Line 2 at Jishuitan or Guloudajie stations and
walk through the narrow hutong to get to Houhai. Your trip to Houhai
will not disappoint you because you will find some of the greatest
menus at the restaurants in Houhai area which served excellent
Chinese cuisine such as the famous Hakka dishes from south China,
spicy Sichuan and Yunnan cuisine and foreign cuisines such as
delicious Vietnamese cuisine and interesting Russian dishes. The
lake view from some of these Houhai restaurants are simply
magnificent since most of the top Houhai restaurants and bars
feature incredible lakeside settings. The Nanluoguxiang area is
one of the top places for eating in Beijing and getting there is
easy because all you need to do is take subway Line 2 to Andingmen
station and then take a cab from there to Nanluoguxiang. This famous
eating place in Beijing is located about a block from Houhai whereby
you will find many good eateries hidden in small and quiet
traditional courtyards (siheyuan). If you are looking for fusion
food, then you must definitely visit this food area in Nanluoguxiang
area and you will be glad to know that the menus in the restaurants
here are mostly in English. There are plenty of bars and pubs in
Nanluoguxiang that offer great finger food. The Pass By Bar is one
of the first few bars opened along the diverse labyrinth in
Nanluoguxing and also one of the most famous hutong bars in Beijing.
At Salud restaurant, you will find authentic tapas with a good
selection of rum and sangria to wash down your favorite Spanish
appetizers.
Guijie (Ghost
Street) in Beijing is another place where you can find some of the
best places to eat in Beijing since Guijie has become the microcosm
of the nightlife and food culture in Beijing. Guijie is tucked
behind Inner Dongzhimen Street in Beijing and it is a slightly more
than one kilometer east-west street in the eastern downtown section
of Beijing that stretches from Dongzhimen cloverleaf junction in the
east to Jiaodaokou East Street in the west and this area used to
accommodate peddlers who sold their groceries during midnight and
this tradition is still being kept alive today in the form of
restaurants who are open throughout the day that offer cheap dining
in Beijing. Most of the dishes served at Guijie are spicy in nature
and highly recommended dishes in Ghost Street include the hot and
spicy crayfish and roast fish with chili sauce which are very
popular among the local here but its speciality dish 'spicy peppery
little lobster' is what you will remember when people mentioned
Guijie. Stewed red mutton is also another top cuisine not to be
missed in Ghost Street. Two easy ways of getting to Guijie is by
subway where you can get off subway Line 2 at Dongzhimen station or
you can get off subway Line 5 at Beixinqiao station.
You can also
find some famous places to eat in Beijing at the Donghuamen Night
Food Bazaar which is located near the Wangfujing shopping street.
Get off subway Line 1 at Wangfujing station and take a stroll north
through the shopping area and you will find Donghuamen Night Food
Bazaar once you reach the end of the pedestrian street. This famous
food street in Beijing is known for its snacks from Beijing and
other parts of China. This food area in Beijing is really for
travelers who are more adventurous in their eating habits since you
can find unbelievable snacks here such as baked bugs or scorpions on
a stick to famous Chinese delicacies such as fried dumplings, lamb
kebabs, mantou (steamed bread), sugarcoated fruit, smelly tofu and
boiled beef tripe served with sesame paste. The street food at
Donghuamen Night Food Bazaar is among the top street food in Beijing
and it is in this part of Beijing that you will appreciate Beijing's
snacks and cheap eats in Beijing. Remember to savor the deep-fried
dough stick with porridge at Donghuamen Night Food Market or the
other hundred regional dishes and desserts found at the this
brightly lit red-lantern roadside strip.
If cheap
street food is not your cup of tea, then make a journey to the
Worker's Stadium and Sanlitun area to eat at restaurants that cater
the upmarket white-collar crowd since increasing incomes in Beijing
has totally changed the restaurant scene in Beijing. Sanlitun is
located on the eastern part of Beijing in the Chaoyang district and
is part of the famous Gongti nightlife neighborhood. You can use the
subway to get to this area by getting off at Dongsishitiao subway
station on Line 2 or at Guomao subway station on Line 1 or use the
subway Line 10 will also run through this area. There are many good
but expensive restaurants located inside the Worker's Stadium
complex. Outside the Worker's Stadium complex which is along the
Sanlitun Road, you will see high-end Cantonese, French, Japanese,
Middle East, Taiwanese and Thai restaurants but if you are in
Beijing, you must certainly try China's northern cuisine specialties
such as Beijing duck, Mongolian hotpot, Muslim barbeque and the
famed imperial dishes or stick to safe bets such as KFC, McDonalds
and Pizza Hut. The beautifully decorated Jazz-Ya Bar and Grill is a
famous Japanese-style bar that feature Korean barbecue and Japanese hot
pots and the Serve the People Restaurant is a well known eatery that
has one of the best Thai food and Southeast Asian food in Beijing
which are among the many top restaurants in Sanlitun Bar Street.
Use this dining guide in Beijing to eat at some of the best eating
places in Beijing during your Beijing vacations.
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