Specialties eaten in Beijing include Beijing roast duck, Huairou chestnut, Fangshan Mopan persimmon, Beijing preserved fruit, Pinggu large peach, Pinggu fresh peach, Changping strawberry, Beijing white pear, candied haws, Maoshan Houfojianxi pear, Pangezhuang golden yellow duck pear,
Yanqing grapes, Qiaozi Jujubes, Beizhai red apricots, Beijing oil tea, old Beijing almond tea, Beijing hibiscus cake, and Jingcheng cheese.
Peking Roast Duck Peking Roast Duck is a famous dish of Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant in Beijing. It is famous both at home and abroad for its red color, tender meat, mellow taste, fat but not greasy, and is known as "the world's delicacy".
There are two types of roasting ovens for Beijing roast duck (i.e. hanging oven) and stew oven.
Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant uses the hanging oven roasting method. The roasted duck is golden and bright in color, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and tastes delicious.
The way to eat roast duck is to first cut it into thin slices with a sharp knife, spread it with sweet noodle sauce on the baked lotus leaf cake, then add chives, minced garlic, roast duck slices and other ingredients, roll it up and eat it.
Huairou chestnut Huairou chestnut is a nutritious food, a healthy food with high calories, low fat, high protein and no cholesterol.
The sugar-fried chestnuts made from Huairou chestnuts are the most famous. Although sugar-fried chestnuts are available in many places, the sugar-fried chestnuts made from Beijing chestnuts are generally recognized as the most delicious. Huairou is known as the "Hometown of Chinese Chestnuts."
Fangshan Mopan Persimmon Mopan Persimmon is characterized by its large size and shape like a "mopan", hence its name.
Fangshan Mopan persimmon is produced in Fangshan, Beijing and has a long history. Its fruit is bright and orange in color and sweet in taste. It is deeply loved by the public. It once had the reputation of "color is better than gold and sweeter than jade liquid".
In addition, it also contains a large amount of carbohydrates, iron, calcium, phosphorus, potassium and other minerals, as well as a variety of amino acids needed by the human body. It can generate high calories for the human body and provide a variety of nutrients.