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DONGHUAMEN NIGHT MARKET $
( Donghuamen Yeshi; Dong'anmen Dajie; snacks ¥5-15; 4-10pm;
Wangfujing)
A sight in itself, the bustling night market near Wangfujing Dajie is
a veritable food zoo: lamb, beef and chicken skewers, corn on the cob, smelly
doufu
, cicadas, grasshoppers, kidneys, quail's eggs, snake, squid, fruit, por-
ridge, fried pancakes, strawberry kebabs, bananas, Inner Mongolian cheese,
stuffed eggplants, chicken hearts, pitta bread stuffed with meat, shrimps - and
that's just the start. The daytime version can be found nearby at
Wangfujing
Dajie; 9.30am-10pm; Wangfujing)
.
Street Food
Drum Tower & Dongcheng North
YAOJI CHAOGAN $
(
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311 Gulou Dongdajie; 311 mains ¥5-20; 6am-10.30pm;
Shichahai)
Proper locals' joint, serving proper Beijing dishes in a noisy, no-
nonsense atmosphere. The house speciality is
chaogan
( pig's liver stew;
¥5-8). This is also a good place to try
zha guanchang
( garlic-topped deep-
fried crackers; ¥6) and
ma doufu
( spicy tofu paste; ¥10). Its steamed pork
dumplings (
baozi;
per dumpling ¥1) are excellent, and are perfect for break-
fast with a bowl of
xiaomi zhou
( millet porridge; ¥2) or locals' favourite
douzhi
( soy milk; ¥2). No English menu or English sign.
Chinese Beijing
DALI COURTYARD $$$
( Dali; 8404 1430; 67 Xiaojing- chang Hutong, Gulou Dongdajie; 67 set
menus from ¥128; 11am-3pm 6pm-11pm; Andingmen)
The beautiful set-
ting in a restored open-air
hutong
courtyard makes this one of Beijing's more
idyllic places to eat, especially in summer. Specialising in the subtle flavours of
the cuisine of southwestern Yunnan province, it's also one of the more creat-
ive. There's no menu. Instead, you pay ¥128, ¥200 or ¥300 per head (drinks
are extra) and the chef decides what to give you, depending on what inspires
him and what ingredients are fresh.
Chinese Yunnan