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Vegetarian
VEGGIE TABLE $$
( 19 Wudaoying Hutong; 19 mains ¥50-70, 11.30am-2pm 5.30pm-9.30pm;
Yonghegong Lama Temple; )
Beijing's first fully vegan restaurant
and the most organic-focused restaurant in the capital.
Ghost Street
Hopping at weekends and one of Beijing's busiest and most colourful restaurant
strips at virtually any hour,
Ghost St
( Gui Jie;
Click here
)
is the English nickname
for this spirited section of Dongzhimennei Dajie, where scores of restaurants con-
verge to feed legions of locals and out-of-towners. It's always open so you'll always
be able to get fed. Take the subway to Beixinqiao, and walk east.
Temple of Heaven Park & Dongcheng South
LOST HEAVEN $$$
( Huama Tiantang; 8516 2698; 23 Qianmen Dongdajie; 23 dishes from ¥40;
lunch dinner; Qianmen; )
The latest addition to the restaurants
clustered in this former section of the Legation Quarter, Lost Heaven special-
ises in the subtle and light, but sometimes spicy, folk cuisine of Yunnan
province. Book ahead.
Chinese Yunnan
LIQUN ROAST DUCK RESTAURANT $$$
( Liqun Kaoyadian; 6702 5681, 6705 5578; 11 Beixiangfeng Hutong; 11
roast duck ¥220; lunch dinner; Qianmen; )
The approach to this
compact courtyard restaurant is through a maze of crumbling
hutong
that have
somehow survived total demolition; look for the signs pointing the way.
Peking Duck
