Beijing Cuisine

Beijing Duck also named Peking Duck, local name roasted duck.It is the most typical local flavored food in Beijing, it was started 600 years ago for royal family. as it is nutritious and specific taste, it was spread to the common people rapidly, and became the most popular Beijing food. The finished duck’s skin turns golden brown and crisp while its meat juicy and tender, then the delicious duck with crisp outside and tender inside.

The Hot Pot is quite popular in Beijing, especially in cold winter.The Mongolian Hot Pot is mainly made with mutton and beef. But now apart from lamb and veal, pork, chicken, fish or prawn, in fact, everything can be used in the pot. and there are also some vegetables,bean-noodles, mushrooms…. Everything can be eaten in the DIY style.

Dumplings, with meat or vegetable fillings, also very popular in Beijing and north China, everyone eat dumplings in the Chinese New Year Eve and the next morning, people believed by eating dumpling at the lunar new year evening, get good luck in the coming year. But people not only eat dumplings on the festivals, some of the dumplings lovers eat dumplings almost everyday.