As a foreigner who has been living in Beijing for many years, it is essential to bring some Beijing specialties to my family and friends for the New Year every year. Over time, I have summarized some small experiences that I would like to share with you.
First of all, I would like to say, don't bring roast duck. Peking duck is only good when it is roasted and eaten. The plastic packaging you buy is really bad!
Beijing Taoxiangcun Pastries
The Taoxiangcun pastries are the traditional food of old Beijing, and there are many kinds of them. Its beautiful style is the best choice for gift giving and use. Cow tongue cake, date cake and shakima . All of them emphasize the old Beijingers' pursuit of good food.
Recommendation: Beijing Taoxiangcun Store
Beijing Autumn Pear Cream
A medicine in the court of Tang Dynasty. It wasn't until the Qing Dynasty that the Divine Doctor sent it to the court. When you open the cool water, it tastes sweet and has a faint pear aroma, because Qiu Li itself has the effect of moistening the lungs and relieving coughs, quenching thirst and clearing the heart. Made by combining Qiu Li Cream with other ingredients, it is very effective for symptoms of fire, irritability, cough and dryness. If you have an elderly person or a child coughing at home, Qiu Li Cream is a thoughtful choice!
Recommendation: Secret Qiu Li Cream is available for sale at long-established stores such as Xin Yuan Zhai and En Ji Tang.
Beijing Crisp Candy
Beijing Crisp Cake is one of the three most famous candies in China (Shanghai Milk Candy, Guangzhou Fruit Candy and Beijing Crisp Cake), of which Red Shrimp Crisp Cake is the best. Before the liberation of Beijing, some stores and workshops with engraved copper molds in the shape of children to make cakes, so Beijingers often called "children's cakes". The characteristics of Beijing Red Shrimp Cake can be summarized as "crispy, crunchy, fragrant and sweet". Children at home will love it!
Recommended: supermarkets are sold.
Miyun jujubes
Eat three jujubes a day for a lifetime! Miyun jujube color deep red, small fruit, thin skin, juicy and sweet, can be eaten fresh or dried food. Dry jujube flesh thick and elastic, jujube nucleus is very small. Peel off the flesh, you can pull out a lot of golden-colored sugar filaments, and duck pear, walnuts together known as Miyun three treasures. Bring home the golden jujube and hope your mom will always be young and beautiful!
Recommendation: supermarkets are sold.
Liu Bijiu Pickles
Outside the front gate there is an alley called Liangdian Street, and on the street there is a store. This is the Liubiju Soy Sauce Garden, which has a history of more than 450 years. Bijou pickles are red in color and crispy. In addition to Lao Gan Ma, it is a must-have for small hip girls to eat!
Recommendation: Beijing's major food markets are sold. Affordable and delicious!
Poria Cake
Poria Cake, also known as congee cake, is Beijing's nourishing traditional famous food, promoted to the rice village, this cake is the most delicious. The pancake is made of Poria cream and white flour, with honey and sugar boiled, dissolved and divided into pieces in the center. Its shape like a full moon, thin as paper, white as snow, precious sweet, unique flavor.
Donkey Rolls
Donkey Rolls, also known as bean flour cake, is one of the ancient varieties of Beijing snacks. It is made from steamed yellow wheat water, and the dough is slightly more watery and softer. The soybeans are sauteed and then rolled into flour. When making, the steamed yellow wheat wrapped in soybean flour rolled into a skin, and then smeared with red bean paste filling (or brown sugar) rolled up, cut into small pieces of about 100g, sprinkled with sugar. The production requires the filling to be rolled evenly, with distinct layers and a yellow appearance, characterized by fragrance, sweetness, stickiness, and a strong flavor of soybean flour.
After the introduction, is not the visitors also left saliva, by the way, Beijing duck is now roasted to eat is the most delicious. Take home that vacuum really is not the flavor of Peking duck.