Beijing Food Guide

Beijing Roast Duck

Beijing Roast Duck is a world-renowned Beijing specialty dish made from high-quality meat ducks, roasted with fruitwood charcoal fire. It features a reddish-brown color, tender and non-greasy meat, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.

Zhajiangmian (Noodles with Fried Bean Sauce)

Zhajiangmian is a distinctive Beijing dish consisting of noodles mixed with vegetable toppings and fried bean sauce. Ingredients like cucumber, Chinese toon, bean sprouts, green beans, and soybeans are chopped or cooked and prepared as toppings.

Douzhi (Fermented Mung Bean Drink)

Douzhi is a unique traditional snack of old Beijing with a 300-year history according to historical records. It's made from mung beans by fermenting the residue left after filtering out starch for making vermicelli and other foods.

Lüdagun (Glutinous Rice Rolls with Sweet Bean Flour)

Lüdagun is one of the traditional snacks of old Beijing, featuring distinct yellow, white, and red colors that are quite attractive. It gets its name "Donkey Rolling" because the final step of sprinkling soybean flour resembles the yellow dust stirred up by donkeys rolling on the ground in the Beijing suburbs.