Beijing Restaurant Tips by egosyncratix

Restaurant Name: The Dingy Lao Ma Restaurant

Al Fresco Dining China Style

Favorite Dish: Lamb Kebabs. (0.50 each) We are really there for the atmosphere....there's surround sound and plenty of street life.

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Theme: Local
Comparison: least expensive
Prices: less than US$10  » Currency Converter
Address: WuDaoKou next to HuaQing JiaYuan 8 Dingy Lane
Directions: Between Hua Qing Jia Yuan and the Supermarket, there is a really dark hutong...just go in there and eat!

Restaurant Name: Yanjing Beer, China

Read this....BEER is cheaper than WATER. in fact, i think this is the only place that four BOTTLES of beer can buy you a can of 7-up! So guys, drink to your heart's content! Yup. Yanjing Beer is available in ordinary and pure. Of course, PURE does make a difference. Its pronounced as "CHUN" in chinese. I am not a natural beer drinker....

Favorite Dish: The other type of spirit you should try is of course, China's ER GUO TOU. Very high in content and the way to describe this is China Vodka...

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Theme: Local
Comparison: least expensive
Prices: less than US$10  » Currency Converter
Address: Anyway, anytime.
Directions: Ask for YANJING PI JIU

Restaurant Name: Fuchengmen, opposite Wantong towards the north

NIce restaurant at the side of the building

Favorite Dish: Nice Jiaozi and Leg of Lamb. In fact, I would have gone back there again if not for the fact that I made a boo boo of not enquiring about the drinks....the yogurt drink cost me 15 RMB and left me pretty sore when the food itself cost me a little less!

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Theme: Chinese/Dim Sum
Comparison: least expensive
Prices: less than US$10  » Currency Converter
Address: Fuchengmen
Directions: Alight at Fuchengmen and its a restaurant at the side of the building opposite Wantong

Restaurant Name: Otherwise known as "Gou Bu Li Bao Zi"

Just meat buns....nothing too fantastic about them really. I would really prefer char siew buns from Singapore / Hong Kong.... Anyways, we got to try the original from Tianjin when we went there.... still, I maintain my stance, nothing too fantastic about them!

Favorite Dish: Lots of them at Wang Fu Jing though they are more the local sort. There is also one near the Tong Ren Tang at Qian Men...that one looks authentic....and expensive.

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Theme: Local
Comparison: least expensive
Prices: less than US$10  » Currency Converter
Address: Wangfujing or Qianmen (Near Tong Ren Tang)
Directions: Ask around....there's plenty!

Restaurant Name: Local Delicacy

This is one of my favourites, the reason being that it is cheap and its easy to go down. Basically, the noodles (apparently i heard its the least fatty compared to the rest) are drenched partly with a salty bean / meat sauce and cucumber slices...mix it up and WALLAH!

Favorite Dish: The Chinese eat a lot of noodle dishes in the winter. Some are kinda unique....like DING DING MIAN in the muslim stalls....or the La DING MIAN....

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Theme: Local
Comparison: least expensive
Prices: less than US$10  » Currency Converter
Address: Local stores. Ask for Zha Jiang Mian
Directions: Anywhere in Beijing....local dingy shops especially.

Restaurant Name: "First Restaurant" on Qianmen

Nice dumplings that taste better than the regular JiaoZi. You can find some cheap and nice ones in this BUSY restaurant along Qianmen called "First Restaurant". Its in the lonely planet. Mmm..

Favorite Dish: Guan Tang Bao

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Theme: Local
Comparison: least expensive
Prices: US$11-20  » Currency Converter
Address: Qianmen
Directions: Just walk along Qianmen...its in one of the BIGGER restaurants on the left of the street if you are walking from TianAnMen

Restaurant Name: Peking Duck (Local VS Touristy)

All of you have heard of the famous restaurant in Qianmen. Well, I have tried it too....and I can tell you the difference between the local Peking Duck and the Touristy Peking Duck. Aside from the HUGE price difference and the HUGE service standards gap, the local Peking Duck is that tad fatter than those in Quanjude, so eating it makes you feel sinful....otherwise, everything else is similar.

Favorite Dish: For your information, you only get the memorambilia in Quanjude stating the number of your duck (the nth duck the restaurant has sold) when you purchase a WHOLE duck. Gosh! 288 RMB was the price if I remember. (An elevator lady at my apartment earns 400 RMB per month) You can probably get a Peking Duck for 60 RMB at a local restaurant, but with no memorambilia....

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Theme: Local
Comparison: more expensive than average
Prices: US$21-30  » Currency Converter
Address: Qianmen for Quanjude, if not scout around
Directions: Local ducks are around the place...I would say look around the Qianmen area, hutong towards the east...there's one which I havent tried which looks pretty ok....(look at picture)