Many tourists say that the view around the Bird’s Nest and Water Cube is nice, but unfortunately, there is no good food nearby, and they have to go to other places for lunch. No, no, that’s not the truth! There are many delicacies near the Asian Games Village. Time-honoured restaurants such as Quanjude, Bianyifang and Donglaishun must be on your list. Jindingxuan’s Cantonese cuisine deserves a try. Meizhou Dongpo is famous for Sichuan cuisine. If these are not enough, you can go to Haidilao, with everything in your hotpot!
Quanjude (Asian Games Village Branch)
Beijing Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant was founded in the third year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1864), and its founder was Yang Quanren. The hanging oven roast duck made by the store uses fruit wood as fuel, and the duck blanks are hung in a special oven and roasted on an open fire. Through the efforts of past generations of roast duck masters, Quanjude roast duck has formed a set of standards and standardized technological process. The whole process consists of 31 steps of slaughtering and scalding, billet making, roasting, and slicing. Quanjude Roast Duck uses high-quality Peking duck as raw material, with its own processing equipment and process. The roasted duck has a mellow flavour, healthy and safe, and is famous at home and abroad for its crispy skin, fresh meat, bright colour, and aromatic smell. It is also listed as the top speciality of Beijing.
Quanjude roast duck contains abundant protein, fat, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, minerals and other nutrients. Most of the fat is evenly distributed in the texture of the muscle tissue, so the meat is tender and delicious.
There is also a very particular eating manner. When eating, use chopsticks to pick up the sliced duck meat, dip it in sweet bean sauce, top with shredded green onions or cucumber strips, and roll it in the lotus leaf cake; you can also dip the duck meat in the sweet bean sauce and place it in the sesame buns with the shredded green onions to eat all together. In addition to roast duck, Quanjude also created the whole duck feast, which is accompanied with roast duck.
Transportation: Get off at Anli Road Station of Metro Line 15, and the restaurant is within walking distance.
Address: Floor 1-3, Building A, Tianchuangshiyuan, Building 309, Huizhongbeili, Chaoyang District, Beijing
Bianyifang (Asian Games Village)
Beijing Bianyifang was founded in the 14th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1416), mainly selling roast duck in a braised oven. In the process of making roasted duck in the oven, the duck will not be cooked in open flame. When it is finished, the duck looks red, the skin is shiny and crisp, and the meat is white and tender. The art of roast duck in the Bianyifang stew oven has been continuously developed by generations of roast duck masters, forming the so-called “three specials”, namely, the special skills of braising ovens, the skills of selecting duck billets, and the skills of roasting duck slices.
For hundreds of years, the delicious Bianyifang roast duck, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, has been attracting diners from all walks of life. Yang Jisheng, a famous official in the Ming Dynasty, once wrote a plaque for Bianyifang. Emperor Qianlong and many officials and scholars of the Qing Dynasty visited Bianyifang. In modern times, more people from all walks of life go to Bianyifang to taste the braised roast duck, including government leaders, social celebrities, and heads of state who are attracted by its reputation, leaving a lot precious words for the Bianyifang. In the past six hundred years, Bianyifang has accumulated and formed a unique roast duck technique and corporate culture, forming a wide range of social influences.
This shop is located in the Jinquan Food Palace, attracting many customers every day. If you want to have a try, come early!
Transportation: Get off at Datun East Station of Metro Line 5, and the restaurant is within walking distance.
Address: 3rd Floor, Jinquan Food Palace, No.312, Datun North Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing
Donglaishun (Jinquan Plaza Branch)
Donglaishun Restaurant is a well-known historic restaurant in Beijing’s catering industry founded in 1903. After several generations of chefs learning from the strengths of many cooking styles and painstakingly study the production techniques of mutton dishes, Donglaishun gradually summarized a set of cooking techniques with exclusive flavours such as simmering, frying, grilling, and stir-frying on the basis of blasting, roasting, and boiling, making the dishes more and more exquisite.
The mutton used in Donglaishun is carefully selected from Inner Mongolia, and only the meat of the upper brain, the small Sancha, the big Sancha, the crotch, and the cucumber strips are used. The well-prepared mutton is red and white, the meat is tender, bright in colour and neat in shape. The slices are in the same thickness, thin as paper and shaped like parchments. Put it in the pot, it will be cooked once it is rinsed, and it will not grow over-cooked even if it is kept in the pot for a long time. It tastes soft, not mutated or greasy, but fresh and delicious. As the saying goes in Beijing, “Where to find the most tender mutton? Donglaishun is your answer”. Dip the mutton in the traditional five flavours sauce, and let it nourish your body in the hot summer day!
Transportation: Get off at Datun East Station of Metro Line 5, and the restaurant is within walking distance.
Address: No. 202, 2nd Floor, Jinquan Food Palace, 312 Datun North Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing
Jindingxuan
Beijing Jindingxuan Restaurant Co., Ltd. was established in 1993. Starting from the “first 24-hour business” in Guijie Street, Dongzhimen, Jindingxuan mainly operates Sichuan, Shandong, Cantonese, and Huaiyang cuisines as well as northern and southern dim sum, promoting the Chinese food culture. And in the catering industry, it is the first to put forward the concept of green and environmental protection. With the meticulous production, first-class service and unique business style, the concept of “going to Jindingxuan for delicious food” is deeply rooted in people’s hearts. So far, Jindingxuan owns a variety of business such as South and North cuisine, South and North dim sum specialty stores, Ziyuxuan, Shanzai, Xiaojiangfang, and has become one of the most well-known and influential catering brands in Beijing.
The decoration of Jindingxuan is magnificent and luxurious, so there is no need to further illustrate it. The most important thing is, the food here is undoubtedly delicious!
One must feel wordless when describing the leek vegetarian pancakes! There are four pieces in one serving, with thin but crispy coverings, the filling is vegan but with thick flavour. It tastes a bit like a leek box, but different. Local Beijingers really love leeks. There are foods with leek everywhere, and they are the must-order food in the store!
Salted egg yolk custard bun is more than just yummy! You can smell the scent of milk as soon as it is served, and just with one bite, the yolk will quickly flow in your mouth with its sweetness. You will never feel satisfied with only one serving!
The store offers Guilin Water Chestnut Cake. Water Chestnut is crispy and sweet, when mixed in the pastries, it adds a lot flavour to the unpretentious pastries!
Transportation: Get off at Datun Road East Station of Line 5
Address: 1st to 4th Floor, No. 15, Yiyuan, Anhui Beili, Chaoyang District, Beijing
Meizhou Dongpo
The decoration of Meizhou Dongpo Restaurant is magnificent and distinctive; red lanterns symbolize the prosperous fire, or the chili peppers represent Sichuan, all can be seen from a distance and arouse people’s appetite.
Meizhou Dongpo joins hands with Bazaar to help the “2016 Bazaar Star Charity Night” and selects authentic Sichuan dishes with “healthy taste” to add flavour to love. This is the first Chinese dinner held in the Bazaar Star Charity Night in 13 years. In 2015, entrusted by the Thai Bank of Thailand, Meizhou Dongpo hosted the 60th birthday banquet for Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn. On the same day, nearly 300 people from the political, business, cultural festivals and foreign envoys in Thailand participated in the grand event. Authentic Sichuan dishes such as Dongpo Minced Chicken Tofu in Soup, Dongpo sausage, Mapo tofu, etc. were loved by the guests.
The dishes selected by the hotel are made with high quality materials coming from their places of origin. What is even more precious is that Meizhou is willing to spend time waiting for a perfect dish. For example, Meizhou Dongpo has experienced three seasons of spring (tea picking), summer (flower picking), and autumn (scenting), offering diners the traditional Chengdu handmade scented tea from Emei Xianshan; as this is the only way of tasting the original flavour of nature.
Bamboo shoot is a representative food in China, and it is also very seasonal. A plate of Dongpo bamboo shoots will be eaten up as soon as they are served, as they are just so fresh! The bamboo shoots are very crisp, sprinkled with sesame seeds, the salty aroma will fill the tip of your tongue.
Transportation: Get off at Datun Road East Station of Line 5
Address: 111th Floor, Huizhongbeili, Chaoyang District, Beijing
Haidilao (Datun North Road Branch)
Of course, we don’t need to say more about Haidilao, their dishes and services are more than perfect! The only disadvantage is that there are always too many customers, and you have to line up every time you go. During festivals, waiters might advise you not to wait, as the restaurant is full and you will never wait for your turn to come.
The soup of the hotpot tastes great, and you can choose from hot pepper pot, tomato pot, seafood pot... Almost everything! The seasoning here tastes great, when you come with friends, you will find each person have their own special seasoning, but all taste great!
Although it is said that eating spicy food in summer will influence the health balance of your body, but Haidilao provides herbal tea, sour plum soup and other hot-reducing beverages for you. Drink one cup after dinner, how comfortable it is!
Transportation: Get off at Datun Road East Station of Line 5
Address: 4th Floor, Jinquan Food Palace, No.312 Datun North Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing
