Among them, some famous specialties have been talked about by Beijingers, including 10:
1. tripe feng's tripe
2. The sausage is cooked and burned by pot.
3. Tianxingju's fried liver
4. Jinxin's Bean Juice/inby
5. Baishui Sheep Head of Bai Kui Old Number
6. Sugar-Coated Berry/steamed dumplings from the fountain of youth.
8. Quanjude Roast Duck
9. instant-boiled mutton in Donglaishun
10. Tianfu's sauce meat
1. Beijing roast duck, a specialty of Beijing.
Beijing roast duck is known as "the best delicacy in the world", and it is also a masterpiece of Beijing specialty flavor. It has the characteristics of red color, tender meat, mellow taste, fat but not greasy. The most famous Beijing roast duck is Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant, which was founded 130 years ago. If Yang Renquan, the originator of the roast duck restaurant, runs ducks, it will take another 30 years. Quanjude roast duck is made by hanging oven. First of all, use the exclusive seasoning to coat the raw ducks. Then it is to master the temperature. Lack of fire leads to health, while excessive fire leads to darkness. The roasted duck is purplish red in color, bright and shiny, with crispy skin and tender meat. The roasted duck is cut into thin slices by the chef, and each slice should be thin and fat; Then put it on the table, next to it are simple and delicious ingredients such as bread, green onions and noodle sauce.
2. Beijing specialty osmanthus aged wine
In the feudal dynasty, only the imperial kitchen mastered its formula and brewing technology. Its wine "selected the flowers to be released in the fragrance season of osmanthus in August, and made it into wine. It was sealed in the altar for three years before it became a good wine. The wine was sweet and mellow, with appetizing and refreshing effects." The brewed wine is called "Osmanthus fragrans aged wine", which is exclusively enjoyed by emperors and dignitaries in palaces and palaces, and is rare for ordinary officials and people.
3. Poria cocos cakes, a specialty of Beijing.
Poria cocos sandwich cake was originally a court food in the late Qing Dynasty. The modern poria cocos sandwich cake adopts new and old techniques combined with exquisite materials and fine workmanship. A variety of nuts are selected, supplemented by osmanthus fragrans, honey, seaweed and poria powder, which is sweet and delicious, instant in the mouth, refreshing and palatable. It is really a popular Beijing-style snack. According to legend, once Empress Dowager Cixi got sick and didn't think about food, which was hard to break the imperial kitchen. Chefs racked their brains and selected several kinds of traditional Chinese medicines for invigorating spleen and appetizing, and found that Poria cocos, which is produced in Yunnan-Guizhou area, is sweet and flat, and has the effects of invigorating spleen, calming nerves, promoting diuresis and infiltrating dampness. Therefore, pine nuts, peach kernels, sweet-scented osmanthus and honey are used as the main raw materials, and a proper amount of poria powder is added, and then the crust is baked with fine starch, and the sandwich pancake is made by meticulous work. Cixi was very satisfied after eating.
4. Beijing specialty inner painting pot
Internal painting pot, also known as snuff bottle, is a kind of feeder (the name of glass in China before), and it also has crystal texture. Because of its large quantity and great influence, it is a national handicraft developed in the late Qing Dynasty, which enjoys a very high artistic price like Teng's cloth paste painting. Westerners did not believe that it was painted directly until the process was open and the production site could be visited. At first, the inner painting pot was just a decorative snuff bottle, and later it gradually developed into a handicraft. The inner painting pot is generally made of translucent feeder, such as glass, and the advanced ones are also made of crystal, agate and jade. As an exquisite decoration, the inner painting pot is well-known at home and abroad.
5. Persimmon, a specialty of Beijing.
The suburbs of Beijing are rich in persimmons, and there are many varieties, but the most famous one is Damopan persimmon, which belongs to Beijing specialty. This kind of persimmon is big, generally weighing about 250 grams, and the big one is 500 grams. Persimmon with big millstone is delicious and nutritious. It also has the effects of lowering blood pressure, stopping bleeding and moistening intestines.
6. Beijing noodles with Beijing specialties
Beijing dough figurine, also known as dough sculpture, is a kind of folk handicraft with simple production but high artistic quality. According to the needs, dough kneading artists first use flour and glutinous rice flour as the main raw materials, plus ingredients such as color, paraffin wax and honey, and make soft dough of various colors through crack-proof and mildew-proof treatment. These doughs are kneaded, rubbed, rubbed and lifted in their hands several times, and then skillfully clicked, cut, carved and scratched with a small bamboo knife. A variety of artistic images have been released, including graceful and elegant beauties, innocent children, characters and historical figures in various fairy tales and dramas.
Beijing, as the Millennium Imperial Capital, is home to skilled craftsmen from all over the world. The handicrafts and cultural relics with oriental characteristics and a strong "Beijing flavor" make Beijing's handicrafts more concentrated and reflect the essence of Chinese national crafts. Jingtailan, tooth carving, jade and lacquer carving are known as the "Four Famous Handicrafts" in Beijing. Beijing's dough figurines, clay figurines, silk figurines, facial makeup, kites and paper-cutting are also a must; Beijing's musical instruments also have a very high level of production. Many guests choose to shop China folk musical instruments, or learn to play or decorate them. Traditional China furniture is also popular in recent years; All kinds of preserved fruits and Beijing snacks, as well as Chinese medicine tonics, are also very popular.