31.Restaurants and Cuisine
Accommodations and Dining
Restaurants and Cuisine
Thousands of eating options are available 
to the visitor to Beijing, with restaurants representing every 
conceivable style, culture and cuisine. from fine dining to street food 
and everything in between.
As the capital, Beijing is an apex of
 the eight classic cuisines of China: Shandong, Sichuan, Guangdong, 
Fujian, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hunan and Anhui. Each style has been shaped 
by the climate, geography, history and culture of its region of China.
Shandong cuisine, also known as 
Imperial Court cuisine, is marked by it elaborate food preparation 
methods and presentation, often including carved vegetables. It is 
marked by use of shallots and garlic, seafood, meats and offal. The 
Beijing Hotel is famous for this style of cuisine. Sichuan cuisine is 
well known for its strong spicy flavors including peppers, garlic, 
ginger. Gong Bao Ji Ding is a famous chicken dish in this style. Some 
famous dishes in Guangdong cuisine are: roast suckling pig and 
chrysanthemum fish. Fujian cuisine includes many types of seafood and 
the most famous of its dishes is fo tiao qiang, “Buddha jumps over a 
wall”, which is a type of shark fin soup. Jiangsu cuisine originates 
from Yangzhou, Suzhou and Nanjing and emphasizes braising and stewing. 
Zhejiang includes such dishes as braised fish in vinegar and shrimps 
cooked in tea. Stewed fins and “immortal chicken” are classic Hunan 
dishes. Anhui cuisine comes from the region around the Yangtze and Huai 
Rivers, as is famous for braised turtle with ham.
            	
One of the most 
famous dishes associated with Beijing is roast duck with a crispy skin 
and delicious aromatic meat. The best known restaurants for roast duck 
are Quanjude, an enormous restaurant with 41 dining halls that can cater
 to 2,000 diners located near the Hepingmen Gate (Peace Gate) and the 
four locations of the Bianyifang restaurant.
Hot pot, a type of Chinese fondue 
with steaming broth and mutton, is another well-loved dish in Beijing, 
particularly in the winter. Barbeques, cafeteria restaurants and buffets
 are other staples. A popular barbecue is Baiwanzhuang Barbecue 
Restaurant, and well-known cafeterias are: Golden Jafuar, Amazon and 
Max's Cafeteria.
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Beijing has many excellent vegetarian
 restaurants including the Merits and Virtues Vegetarian House, Gong De 
Lin, in Chongwen District and the Lotus in Moonlight Vegetarian 
Restaurant with branches in Chaoyang and Haidian Districts.
Teahouses are a popular venue for 
enjoying snacks, candies, tea and other drinks while listening to 
Chinese opera or watching folk performances. One of the most famous 
teahouses is the Lao She Teahouse on the southwest side of Tiananmen 
Square.
Street food can be memorable in 
Beijing, with scorpions, rat or lizard kebabs, seahorses and brains 
available among some of the extraordinary offerings at street stalls and
 open air kitchens.
            	
Other Asian styles of cuisine are 
well represented in Beijing with many popular eateries for Japanese, 
Korean, Indian, Thai, Indonesian and Vietnamese food.
If you have a yearning for 
western-style international cuisine, Beijing has restaurants 
representing almost every style of cooking, including: French, Italian, 
American, German and Spanish. There are also familiar western fast food 
restaurants, such as McDonald’s and KFC, around the city as well as many
 other Japanese, Chinese and curry fast food locations.
Frommers has an extensive list of restaurants at: http://www.frommers.com/destinations/beijing/201_inddin.html,
 which includes the style of cuisine, address and telephone number, the 
closest public transportation connections, prices, examples of signature
 dishes and the restaurant’s Frommer’s rating.
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