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1. Jingweilou

If you want to eat some traditional Beijing snacks, foods that have been satisfying the city's populace for centuries, Jingweilou is an ideal place for you to taste Beijing snacks and foods.

Recommended snacks:

Rolling Donkey (Lu Da Gun): refers to a kind of cake made with steamed glutinous millet or steamed sticky rice, filled with red pea, and then drizzled over with fried bean flour. After being cut into blocks, the cake is rolled in soybean flour, looking like a donkey rolling on the ground raising dust, hence the name.

Pea Flour Cake (Wan Dou Huang): Made with white peas, pea flour cake is a favorite springtime snack, and was very popular among members of the imperial court.

Mung Bean Milk (Dou Zhi): It looks grayish-green, tastes mostly sour with a tinge of sweetness, and has a peculiar odor – it's definitely an acquired taste. First-timers often drink mung bean milk accompanied with a few Chinese-style pickle wedges, which locals say makes it easier to go down.

Filled Sausage is a dish made with intestine filled with starch, minced meat and some spices. It is first steamed and then cut into cubes and fried. When it is done, it looks inviting with salty water and garlic juice.

Fried liver is actually done with such raw material as pig's intestines and some liver with soy sauce, mashed garlic, starch, aniseed etc. as seasonings. The intestine is boiled with seasonings and later the liver is added. When cooked, the juice is sparkling and clear while the intestine is tender and the liver is tasty.

Address: Floor 9, Mingyuan Hotel(West of Parkson), No.99 Fuxingmenwaidajie, Fuxingmen Subway Station

Open: 10:30-23:00

Tel: +86 10 5839 9511/5839 9980

2. Qingfeng Steamed Stuffed Bun Restaurant

An old brand name in Beijing, it features baozi stuffed with three fillings, lean pork, mushroom and shelled shrimps.

Address: Building 22, Muxidi Subway Station, Haidian District

Tel: +86 10 6348 1988

Besides, there are many Chinese and western style restaurants as well as coffee shop in 1st, 2nd, 5th floor of Parkson. So eating in Parkson is a good choice too.

Address: 16 Fuxingmenwai Dajie, Xicheng District, Beijing

Bus: 1, 4, 52 and 37, get off at Gonghuidalou station Metro: Line 1 and get off at Muxidi Station,

Open: 9:00 to 17:00 Tuesdays through Sundays

Tel: +86 10 6339 3339/6337 0491/6337 0492

Ticket: Free