Beijing Food - Tasting China

What is in, in Chinese cuisine?
Right from the era of development, significant shifts have also been occurred in Chinese cuisine along with other aspects of China. However, the food trends of south differ than that of southern China. Being a part of northern China, you will find more consumption and liking of the people towards Jiaozi and its varieties. Jiaozi is the name of a particular Chinese dish which is extremely popular especially in Beijing. It is small simmered dumplings that can be stuffed either with vegetable or meat. If you want to explore the unique taste of China, then Beijing welcomes you to have some quite innovative, internationally famous and delicious cuisine. Let’s have a look on some of its highly admired dishes both locally and by tourists as well.

1. Peking Baked Duck:

 Two things are must to do if you are in Beijing that is; eating the delicious and appetizing Peking duck and climbing the Great Wall. Peking duck enjoys the status of being the most scrumptious food Beijing can represent to its people and guests. The best cooked peking duck is date-red, clean with oil, with a crunchy skin and soft meat. The roasted duck’s meat is cut into skinny slices which are served up with Chinese onions and unique sauce.

The places at Beijing where you can enjoy the mouth watering Peking Duck is the Quan Ju De Restaurant, having numerous outlets presence at Wangfujing, Qianmen and Hepingmen. These places are considered as the pioneer in serving this attractive and most popular dish of Beijing.

2. Imperial Court Food:

If you want to experience Chinese food in quite traditional and royal style, then Imperial Court Food is the best place that offers the way of Chinese food having genesis in the Imperial Palace. This dynamic food court presents you the foods that were used to be served to the court and its emperors. Ting Li Guan in the Summer Palace and Fang Shan in Beihai Park are also good options.

3. Hot Pot:

The winters in Beijing become extremely cold that’s why hot pot is a likely desired with native people. In current years, Sichuan and Cantonese flavor hot pots seemed to be grown in attractiveness, surpassing the more usual Beijing tradition of baking slim slices of beef in a seasoned soup. The essential components of a hot pot feast include finely sliced mutton and beef with some fresh vegetables.
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