Dining Out In Beijing

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Beijing Roast Duck--Cantonese--Chaozhou--Contemporary
Dim Sum--Fich Head Hotpot--Hangzhou--Hot Pot--Huaiyang
Imperial--Muslim/Xinjiang--Nostalgia--Old Beijing--Roast/BBQ/Grill
Shanghai--Shanxi--Sichuan--Singaporean--Taiwanese--Vegetarian--Yunnan

Contemporary

Be There or Be Square Cafe
24 hours service, under RMB100.
2003 Henderson Shopping Center, 18 Jianguomen Nei Avenue,
6518-6515.
Hip, easy-going eatery serving Hong Kong Style fast food and a whole plethora of snacks and decorated to look like the Jetson's living room.

Cha Shi Ting
24 hours service, under RMB100.
26 East Third Ring Road, Baijiazhuang,
6582-6550.
Hong Kong style restaurant

NYC Music Kitchen
11:30m-2:30pm, 6pm-late evening, RMB100-200.
4/F, Full Link Plaza, Chaoyangmen Wai Avenue (next to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs),
6588-1791/2/3.
Probably the most contemporary Chinese staurant in town. Groovy music and clean lines set e tone to try a dish like Beef & Golden Mushroom Rolls. Live band from the middle of September.

Dim Sum

Mudan Garden
7am-9am, 11:30am-2pm, 5:30pm-9:45pm, RMB200-300
1/F Hotel New Otani, 26 Jianguomen Wai Avenue,
6512-5555 ext.1035.

China Garden
11:30am-2pm, 6pm-10pm, RMB100-200.
2/F, Holiday Inn Lido, Jiangtai Road,
6437-6688 ext. 1700.

Full Moon Restaurant
7:30am 2:30pm, 5pm-10pm, RMB200-300.
Huadu Hotel, 8 Xinyuan South Road,
6597-1166 ext.8076/8068

Hoi Yat Heen
11:30am-2:30pm, 5:30pm-10pm, RMB100-200.
1/F, Harbour Plaza, 8 Jiangtai West Road,
6436-2288 ext.2614/2600.
The star of this restaurant is the all-you-can eat dim sum for only RMB75 during lunch.

Imperial Garden
11:30am-2pm, 5:30pm-10pm, RMB500.
Kempinski Hotel,
6465-3388 ext.4108

Dongbei Hualong Restaurant
11am-9:30pm under RMB100.
208 Hualong Street, Nanheyan,
6512-5136

Dumplings Baiwei Jiaozi Lou
11am-9:30pm, under RMB100.
-35 Tonglingge Road, Xicheng District,
6608-9265,
11am-10pm, under RMB100.
-16 Xidan,
6607-9728.
Often found boiled but sometimes steamed, with dozens of fillings. No better way to get filled cheap

Golden Cat Dumpling City
9am-2am, under RMB100.
East Gate of Tuanjiehu Park,
8598-5011.
Golden Cat serves 30 varieties of jiaozi. "Nuff" said.

Jin Ding Restaurant
24 hours service, under RMB100.
39 Dongzhimen Nei Avenue,
6404-4338.
Guotie (potstickers) and jiaozi (boiled dumplings) with a variety of fillings.

Si Hai Yong He Doujiang
24 hours service, under RMB100.
88 Wangfujing Avenue (the second floor of Luwu),
6525-5487.
Straight from Taiwan, Yonghe delivers the goods when you have the late-night munchies. Eat fantuan (rice rolls) and laopo bao (veggie baozi) and drink up on doujiang (soymilk).

Summer Palace
11:30am-2:15pm, 6pm-10pm, RMB200-600
Level 2. Ext. 34, China World Hotel
6505-2266 ext.34.
Cantonese cuisine ranging from traditional dim sum

Hot Pot

Dou Wei Zhai
11:30am-2:30pm, 5pm-9:30pm, RMB100-200.
18 Xinyuanxili (near Yuyang Hotel),
6466-6617.

Eight Gentlemen Hotpot
10:30am-9:30pm, RMB100.
A14 Sanlihe Block 3 (next to Yanjing Hotel),
6852-0816

Huangcheng Laoma Hotpot City
11am-12pm. RMB100-200.
-3 Changchun Jie, Xuanwu District (100 meters south of Changchun Street subway station),
6317-3369
11am-12pm, RMB100-200.
-39 Nanqing Hou Street, Dabeiyao,
6779-8801

Jinshan Hot Pot City
11am-10pm, RMB100-200.
34 Qingnian Apartment, on the south side east of Shuangan Plaza,
6218-8357.
Plunge Jinshan's fresh veggies and meats into the boil, fork out steaming baby eggs, potatoes chunks, lamb slices, and spinach leaves.

Shujiang Chun Hotpot
10:30am 3am, RMB100-200.
12 Baiyun Road, Xicheng District,
6801-5043

Fish Head Hotpot (Yutou)

Tanyutou
10am-2am, RMB100-200.
32 Beizhong Avenue, Dongzhimen,
6401-8807.
The occasional fish head upon request, but mostly fish and seafood.

Tan Fish Head Hotpot
10am-2pm, 5pm-10pm, RMB150-200.
300 metres to the west of Shuangjing Bridge
6770-9604, 6774-4289

Hangzhou

Hangzhou Club
10am-2pm, 5pm-9pm, RMB200-300.
2/F Jiancai Building, 14 Dongtucheng Road,
8527-1166/65.
It stands out with some of the finest seafood flavors available.

Kong Yiji
10am-2pm, 4:30-9:30pm. RMB100-200.
322 Dongsibei Street,
6404-0507

Huaiyang

A focus on fresh-river foods, with light and smooth tastes.

Golden Peacock
11am-2:30pm, 5pm-10pm, RMB100-200.
13 Hepingle, Dongtucheng,
6427-4723.

Heng Xiang Ju Restaurant
11am-2:30pm, 5pm-11:30pm, RMB100-200.
83 Di'anmen Avenue, Dongcheng District,
6400-0818

Lu Yang Chun
8am-10pm, RMB200.
2/F, Xindadu Hotel, 21 Chegongzhuang Road,
6831-9988 ext.15110

Royal Palace
11:30am-2:30pm, 5:30pm-9:30pm, RMB100-200.
1/F, Taiwan Hotel, 5 Jinyu HuTong, Wangfujing.
6513-6688

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