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Beijing Cuisine integrates the cooking techniques of Han, Manchu, Mongolian and Hui ethnic groups, and absorbs main local dishes from all over the country. Based on Shandong Cuisine and essences of the imperial cuisine of the Ming and Qing dynasties, Beijing Cuisine has formed its own unique characteristics.

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Bifengtang Prawns - Clean prawns, fried in coil and take them out until prawns become golden red. Then prepare prawns with Hong Kong‘s Bifengtang cooking techniques. The dish is salty, delicious, aromatic and slightly spicy, with a garlic smell.
　　
Donglaishun Instant-boiled Mutton - Donglaishun Restaurant mainly serves Instant-boiled Mutton, which is tender, delicious and refreshing, not greasy at all. It also offers various kinds of snacks to customers after instant-boiled mutton served. Known as No.1 Instant-boiled Mutton in China, Donglaishun Instant-boiled Mutton was named as a famous Chinese dish.
　　
Steamed Grouper in Clear Soup - Kill and clean the grouper, then steam it for seven to eight minutes. The ready-made grouper is delicious with tender and refreshing meat. It will be more delicious if you eat the fish with seasonings.
　　
Butter and Large Shark‘s Fin - This dish is prepared according to a folk legend about "Butterflies Love Flowers." Prepare ice fish slices, place the slices on a plate in the shape of a flower, and steam it until the fish is done. Stew shark‘s fin with both traditional and Western techniques. This dish has a unique taste, with delicious shark‘s fin, chicken, milk, icefish and shrimps.

Beijing Roast Duck - Known as "No.1 delicacy on earth," Beijing Roast Duck is a representative of Beijing delicacies. Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant is known for grilled ducks, and Pianyifang Roast Duck Restaurant for braised ducks. Both of them are old restaurants with a history of 100 years.

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Luzhuhuoshao - Old Beijing Salt Boiled Baked Wheat Cake, pork intestine, pork lung and/or pork liver which are boiled together in a wok. A bowl of Lu Zhu Huo Shao contains staple food, non-staple food and hot soup. Restaurant: Xiaotangchen Restaurant Nanhengjie branch　Address: No.128, Nanhengdong Street, Xuanwu District Tel: +86 10 6354 4478 Xiaotangchen Restaurant Houhai branchAddress: Xiaoyou Hutong, Shichahai, Xicheng District (inside Jiumenxiaochi)Tel: +86 10 6402 5858

Guanchang - Literally means "Stuffed Guts", kinda crispy garlic smelt

Old Beijing Noodles with Meat Sauce - it's like an every-day dish for old Beijingers, unique and really tasty.

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Cuisine Streets in Beijing - Food Delight
Beijing Ghost Street(Guijie) - Tucked behind Beijing's Inner Dongzhimen Street, "Ghost Street" Beijing Ghost Street(Guijie),Beijing Guijie stretches 1,442 m from Dongzhimen cloverleaf junction in the east, to Jiaodaokou East Street in the west. Along the street there are more than 150 shops, including 100 restaurants, making it one of the most unique streets in Beijing.

Beijing Ghost Street(Guijie),Beijing Guijie The name of the street is said to derive from Beijing's old "Ghost Fairs". These fairs mainly sold groceries, vegetables and fruit ran from late at night until dawn. The traders' kerosene lamps formed a ghostly sight from which the name "Ghost Fair" derived. Another explanation is that the bustling Inner Dongzhimen Street was filled with taxi drivers eating late - night snacks, and Beijing Ghost Street(Guijie),Beijing Food-A Crayfish most shops didn't put up their shutters until the dawn while some stayed open all night. Later, the Commerce Commission changed the Chinese characters of "Ghost Street" into "Gui Jie". The pronunciation is the same but the meanings are completely different. Gui refers to a round- mouthed food vessel with two or four loop handles in ancient China. This name weakens the ghostly overtones and enhances the eating character of the street.

The temptation of "spicy little thing". Guijie's speciality dish 'spicy little thing' is what first comes to many people's mind when they think of Ghost Street. "Spicy little things", short for "spicy peppery little lobster", is a dish of lobsters fried with a lot peppers and chilies. The lobster is called "bug-thorn cricket" or "pincers shrimp", is not liked much by southerners, but greatly enjoyed by Beijingers.

Wangfujing Snack Street - Beijing is known for its great variety of snacks, and Wangfujing Snack Street, located in downtown of Beijing, is one of the most bustling areas for its famous snack street. Everyday it attracts many customers, especially in the evening. The street is crowded with all kind of local cuisines throughout China, including the Bintanghulu from Beijing, coconut from Hainan, skewers with many types of meat (beef, chicken, scorpions, squid, grasshoppers, sparrow) from Xinjiang, snacks of Chinese prickly ash, chili from Sichuan, rice-flour vermicelli from Guilin, corn on the cob, fried pancakes with Beijing duck, noodles, seafood and desserts. Chinese snack is a must for visitor to Beijing, and the Wangfujing Snack Street is the best place to go.

Qianmen, a street of gathering of old shops - Qianmen in Beijing gathers a number of old food shops with front signs confirming their long history well through the vicissitudes of life. It represents the city's food culture, also a must visit in Beijing, with century-old shops as Quanjude roast duck restaurant, Douyicu Shaomai (Steamed Dumplings), Kaifeng the first pavilion Tangbao (Steamed Stuffed Bun in Soup), Zhengxing Old Restaurant, One Dragon Restaurant, all very authentic taste indeed.

Guang'an Gate, the main hot and spicy flavor food street - Guang'an Gate food street, with its west from Liuliqiao, ends at Tiger Square Bridge to its east. This site is a newly emerged food and commercial street during Nancheng district transformation. Enumerating many stores on this street, it is not difficult to realize spicy flavor is the main food style, for example, spicy Sichuan temptations such as Hot and Spicy Crab of Lee Old Man, Sichuan Tan Fish Head and so on. Near Cow street, some of Halal restaurants are also very popular. In addition, some of the old Nancheng food shops are also very easy to find.

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