Specialties of Beijing include: Beijing roast duck, Changping apples, pea yellow, Changping strawberries, and Huairou chestnuts.
1. Peking Roast Duck is one of the most famous specialties of Beijing. When many people go to Beijing, the first thing they want to taste is Peking Roast Duck.
The famous Beijing roast duck is Quanjude. This restaurant has a history of more than 130 years. The roast duck is maroon in color, bright and shiny, with crispy skin and tender meat.
The duck is cut into thin slices, rolled up and eaten with bread, scallions, sauce, etc.
2. There are many types of Changping apples. They are bright red in appearance, rich in nutrients, crisp in taste, high in sugar content and very delicious.
Changping apples have benefited from the current advanced cultivation technology and the introduction of Fuji, Wanglin, Sangsha, Tsugaru and other excellent varieties. After years of experiments, apple varieties with Changping characteristics have been cultivated.
3. Many people must know that pea yellow is a well-known specialty snack in Beijing and is usually eaten in spring.
The ingredients used are peas. Grind, peel and wash the peas, then boil them, stir-fry them with sugar, condense them, and finally cut them into pieces. The peas are light yellow in appearance, sweet in taste, cool and refreshing.
4. Changping strawberries are a specialty of Changping District, Beijing. Changping District is recognized as the most suitable place for growing strawberries, with excellent conditions and very good product quality.
Changping strawberries benefit from unique climatic conditions and a pure and pollution-free natural environment. Therefore, the strawberries have regular and full shapes, bright fruit surfaces, delicate pulp, pure taste, rich fragrance, and are durable for storage and transportation.
5. Huairou chestnut is a specialty delicacy in Beijing and is rich in nutrients. Chestnut is a healthy food with high calories, low fat, high protein and no cholesterol.
The sugar-roasted chestnuts made from Huairou chestnuts are the most delicious, but now, because most of them are exported, it is difficult to eat authentic Huairou sugar-roasted chestnuts.