Donglaishun Shabu-shabu mutton is known as "China's best hotpot" and has eight characteristics: "fine selection of ingredients, beautiful knife skills, fragrant seasonings, hot pot, fresh soup base, crispy sugar and garlic, fine ingredients, and complete auxiliary materials."

The steamed buns at Gulou, yes you read that right, as an advanced foodie, many foods can no longer satisfy me, but such an ordinary steamed bun arouses my strong appetite.

It's definitely not an advertisement, I just recommend it because it's really good.

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You can eat more authentic old Beijing snacks in Qianmen, Wangfujing, Huguo Temple, Houhai, Niujie and other places.

Come to the capital, look for the special snacks of old Beijingers, and take in the local atmosphere of the capital.

Aiwowo is a traditional snack in Beijing. Every year around the Lunar New Year, snack bars in Beijing serve this variety and sell it until the end of summer and early autumn. Therefore, Aiwowo is also a spring and autumn variety and is now available all year round.

Aiwowo has a long history. It was the second-largest restaurant in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. It has braised crayfish and braised dragon that are so nostalgic and full of flavor.

Take a sip first when eating, the sauce on the shrimp is the most enjoyable. Do you also miss the smell of braised crayfish at home with your mother? With its special status as a capital, Beijing continues to absorb the essence of food from all over the world, including Han and Manchu.

The royal flavor of the essence of national cuisine and Tanjia cuisine, which is based on Cantonese cuisine and takes advantage of the flavors of various places, have also brought glory to Beijing cuisine.

Beijing’s gourmet cuisine ranges from large to small, including century-old brands that have inherited Beijing flavor traditions for hundreds of years; small has street corner restaurants that can satisfy your lonely taste buds late at night.

If you want to eat a variety of Beijing snacks.

Huguosi snacks are a good choice. Dozens of snacks such as pea yellow, sugar-flavored, butter fried cakes, bean juice, burnt rings, fried dumplings, and beef cakes are enough to choose from. It is best to go to the big stores on Huguosi Street.

, more guaranteed and delicious fried rice dumplings, twists, Beijing rice cakes, Beijing crispy candy, silk rolls, Daoxiangcun, etc.

Candied haws on a stick is a specialty of old Beijing. In autumn and winter, you can see it everywhere in the streets and alleys. There are vendors holding candied haws on a stick, and the red hawthorn fruits are hawthorns skewered with bamboo skewers.