Snacks to try when you are in Beijing

Snack sampling is something for the adventurous travellers...

Oily flat bread,  appears as the big version of an indian roti. I found it too oily to try .

"Donkey Rolling" --I like this the most, should try. 

Another snack for the royal, nothing special.

Syrup coated sour plum, popular among the kids in the olden days when there were not many choices

Yummy yogurt drink from a clay container, if melamine doesn't concern you.

Copper cooker for lamb steamboat

Steamboat meal is popupar in Beijing or rather the whole of China. But, copper steamboat are only found at Dong Lai Shun restaurant, a centuray old muslim restaurant which claims to serve the best lamb ever !!! 

Waiting for the soup to boil , burning charcoal is added from the top opening.



We had a very late lunch, very few customers at that time. Dinners streamed in from 5pm onwards --while we finished our late lunch.



Copper kettles, hardly found nowadays.



Some of our lunch

Beijing Marriot Hotel City Wall..rather disappointing

Travelled to Beijing last month as part of my job. We checked in to Beijing Marriot Hotel City Wall on 18June.

The moment when I checked in my room, I told my collegue that this hotel must have a low occupancy rate , as I saw a dusty plant on the writing desk. I tried to wiped it clean with a tissue and left one single leave uncleaned for the chamber miad.

But, that particular leave was still dusty on the day we checked out on 21June...

Beijing trip and the best Peking duck you can find !!

If you are not a vegetarian, peking duck is a must try chinese cuisine when you are in Beijing . Almost every Chinese restaurant in Beijing offers Peking duck, sometimes it is referred as Peking roast duck.

Quan Ju De restaurant is one of the many chinese restaurants in Beijing that serves good Peking duck. There are at least two branches of Quan Ju De restaurant in Beijing itself -- one in WangFuJing and the other branch is located at the QianMen shopping area.

Though I'm a semi-vegetarian, I still accompanied my collegues to have an authentic peking duck dinner at the QianMen branch of Quan Ju De restaurant.

We arrived  immediately after 8:30pm .. was late for the main restaurant and forced to opt for the fast food version of peking duck, where sliced duck was served in disposible plates and soup served in paper cups.



Peking roast duck served indisposible plates and soup in paper cups. The roast duck is best washed down by local Yanjing beer.



Main entrance of QianMen QuanJuDe peking duck restaurant in Beijing. Make sure to arrive before 8:30 pm ! Or just go for the fast food version of Peking duck.