Taste of Beijing – Top 10
Beijing’s cuisine brings Chinese food to a whole new level.
Check out our Top 10 delicious you must try while you are in Beijing.
◆Top 10 Beijing Flatbread 烧饼
Recommended: ★★★☆☆
Taste: ★★★☆☆
Price: ★★☆☆☆
Beijing shaobing
One of Beijing’s traditional staple foods, Beijing Flatbread is similar to a biscuit topped with sesame seeds. There are many different types of flatbread in Beijing, but the two most common are just a plain flatbread with sesame seeds and a flatbread with black sesame paste in the middle.
◆Top 9 Tuckahoe Pie 茯苓夹饼
Recommended: ★★★★☆
Taste: ★★★★☆
Price: ★★☆☆☆
Tuckahoe Pie
It is a traditional snack and snack in Beijing and is part of Beijing’s urban culture. At least before the Song Dynasty, there existed. The crust cake has crust and fillings. The fillings are made with honey, sugar, Osmanthus, nuts, and alfalfa. It has the functions of soothing the nerves, benefiting the spleen, benefiting the water and seeping the moisture.
◆Top 8 Shoulder Bag-shaped Cake 褡裢火烧
Recommended: ★★★★☆
Taste: ★★★★☆
Price: ★★☆☆☆
Shoulder Bag-shaped Cake
Place fillings into two dumpling wrappers, and put them into boiling oil wok. The fried cakes look like ancient shoulder bags, hence Shoulder Bag-shaped Cake.
◆Top 7 Candied Hawthorn 糖葫芦
Recommended: ★★★★★
Taste: ★★★★☆
Price: ★★☆☆☆
Candied hawthorn
Candied hawthorn has now become a very popular snack in all parts of mainland China. The traditional candied fruit squash is only seen in the market in winter. Because the hawthorn and the outer layer of sugar are frozen by the cold temperature, the feeling of biting is very hard, like eating ice, so it is aka “Rose candied haw” also reflects its unique taste.
◆Top 6 Rolling Donkey 驴打滚
Recommended: ★★★★★
Taste: ★★★★☆
Price: ★★★☆☆
Rolling Donkey
Rolling Donkey is one of the all-ages traditional snacks in the Northeast, Old Beijing, and Tianjin, the finished yellow, white and red colors are distinct. The well-made “smashing roll” is covered with bean noodles, golden yellow, sweet bean paste, soft mouth, unique flavor, bean filling is instant, sweet and sweet, soybean noodles can be chewed into the mouth.
◆Top 5 Mongolian Hotpot 蒙古火锅
Recommended: ★★★★☆
Taste: ★★★★★
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Mongolian Hotpot
This is northern-Chinese style of hotpot uses a soup which is less spicy and generally less flavored than its southern counterparts; with more emphasis being placed on the ingredients that are cooked rather than what they are cooked in.
◆Top 4 Shredded Pork in Beijing Sauce 京酱肉丝
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Shredded Pork in Beijing Sauce
Shredded Pork in Beijing Sauce is one of the classic dishes in Beijing cuisine. The ingredient with shredded pork, stir-fried with sweet sauce, onion, ginger, and other spices. The dish is served with shredded leek (only using its white stalk) and doupi (dried tofu layer) to wrap.
◆Top 3 Noodles with Soybean Paste 炸酱面
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Taste: ★★★★☆
Price: ★★☆☆
Noodles with Soybean Paste
Fried Sauce Noodles is so famous in China that the mere mention of it immediately makes people think of Beijing. It’s sold everywhere. A dish of perfectly chewy noodles with a rich, meaty sauce…it’s just another one of those perfect dishes that you can’t miss in China.
◆Top 2 Chinese Dumplings 饺子
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Chinese Dumplings
It is another dish that can be found anywhere across Beijing. Dumplings may be prepared using a variety of methods, including baking, boiling, frying, simmering or steaming and are found in many world cuisines.
◆Top 1 Beijing Roast Duck 北京烤鸭
Recommended: ★★★★★
Taste: ★★★★★
Price: ★★★★☆
Beijing Roast Duck (Pekking Duck)
Beijing Roast Duck is a famous dish in Beijing with a world-famous reputation. The ingredients are high-quality meat duck, Beijing duck, fruit charcoal fire-grilled, ruddy color, fleshy fat but not greasy.
