It is said that Beijingers like to dip everything with sesame sauce. They have all dipped local breakfast noodle tea, bean soup dumplings, cold noodles, and sometimes just pour sesame sauce directly on them. Even some delicacies from other places have flowed into Beijing and become Beijing characteristics. For example, Shaanxi Liangpi is topped with sesame sauce, Sichuan hot pot is dipping with sesame sauce, mutton shabu-shabu is also made with sesame sauce, and Malatang is also made with sesame sauce. It seems like tahini is everywhere.

Some people say that Beijingers can “dip the world” in sesame sauce. For Beijingers, sesame sauce can indeed represent their food culture. There are almost no Beijingers who don’t like to eat sesame sauce. They can mix it with sesame sauce or eat it as a dip. However, for outsiders, sesame paste tastes greasy and sticky, so many people cannot accept it.

Tahini is deeply loved by everyone in Beijing. How much is it loved? After arriving in Beijing, snacks from other places are also associated with sesame sauce. For example, when eating cold skin, you need to top it with sesame sauce. When you eat spicy hotpot, you can also use sesame sauce. Soup dumplings have sesame sauce, and even steamed buns require sesame sauce. For many Beijingers, sesame paste is almost indispensable for their three meals a day.

Sesame is an imported product, brought back by Zhang Jian from the wild areas of the Western Regions. It is unknown when sesame paste appeared. Every place has its own food culture and eating habits. Beijingers have had the habit of eating sesame paste a long time ago. Over this time, they have become accustomed to the taste of sesame paste, just like Sichuan people have become accustomed to the taste of Sichuan peppercorns. Some people don’t like to eat sesame paste, and some people don’t like to eat peppercorns. This is the difference in food culture. For Beijingers, sticky sesame sauce is the soul of their food culture. In their eyes, sesame sauce is really delicious. Outsiders can't understand that feeling. Maybe it can really "dip the world".