Food in Beijing<>Street Snacks

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Food and restaurants in Beijing
Introduction

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Hot Pot

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Barbecue
'Small Eats'

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Roast Duck

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Teriyaki
Dim Sum
Imperial
Food Courts

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Outdoor
Entrees
Western

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Drinks

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Street Snacks

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Vegetables

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JiaoZi

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Cakes

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Miscellaneous

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Miscellaneous

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Miscellaneous

Beijing Guide

Street Snacks

Don't be afraid of the street food - in Beijing it's amongst the best in the world, and you'd be missing out on a crucial part of the city's cultural life if you chose to eat exclusively in the (many) top class restaurants.

Beijing has over 250 types of traditional snack foods, freshly prepared and served fast. Many of them are made of glutinous rice, soy beans or fried materials.

Caramelised fruit sticks

Some types of street snack appear at different times of the day. For example, HongShu (sweet potatoes baked in their skins), a filling, quick snack, perhaps served with diced lamb or chilli, appear in the afternoon. Then there are the night markets where steaming stalls appear, as if by magic, when the sun sets.

A small part of the long, night-time food street in Wangfujing (north west corner)

Try the DongHuaMen Night Market, or any of the vendors along Wangfujing Street, for example.

One very palatable snack found in many places is shown below - meat or fish on bamboo skewers that are deep fried then optionally coated with cumin seeds and herbs and/or chilli powder.

'Street Snacks' available in '7-11' convenience stores

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