Huguo Temple Snacks

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Huguo Temple Snacks offer a wide range of traditional Beijing snacks, including Beijing sweet pea pudding, Rolling Donkey, fermented bean juice, sugar rolls and Sanzi Fried Dough Twists, making it the perfect place for tourists to start their Beijing food journeys. The Huguo Temple Snacks located at No. 93 North Huguo Temple Street, right opposite the People's Theater, serves the most authentic Beijing snacks.

Address: No. 93 Huguo Temple North Street

Average cost: CNY 29 per person

Gongmenkou Steamed Buns (North Gate of Temple of Heaven)

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The store of Gongmenkou Steamed Buns serves a variety of delicious steamed buns such as toasted steamed buns, red dates steamed buns and steamed red bean buns, making it Beijing's most popular steamed bun restaurant. It also continuously launched new products, such as chocolate steamed buns and bean rolls, which are popular among younger generations.

Address: Southwest of Tiantan Beili, Qinian Street, Dongcheng District

Average cost: CNY 22 per person

Gulou Steamed Buns (Gulou)

The store of Gulou Steamed Buns is rated as the "best fast food and snack store near Di'anmen" by netizens, and most of the comments read "delicious!". Passers-by can smell the wonderful steamed buns even from distance. Triangle-shaped steamed buns filled with sugar and steamed buns stuffed with sweetened bean paste are the most popular among customers.

Address: No. 139 Gulou East Street

Average cost: CNY 16 per person 

Li's Braised Beef and Quick-fried Tripe (Houhai)

The store of Li's Braised Beef and Quick-fried Tripe is located in Shichahai, surrounded by a great environment. The mutton sweetbread soup is fantastic and so are the baked buns with marinated meat. Its sesame seed cakes are stuffed with sesame paste, giving them a salty taste and crispy exterior. The cakes taste wonderful when hot.

Address: No. 19 Ya'er Lane, Houhai (turn west at 30 meters north of Yinding Bridge in Houhai)

Average cost: CNY 43 per person

Judehuatian Kaorouji Restaurant (Shichahai)

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As a time-honored Chinese brand founded during the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, this place mainly provides grilled mutton and Halal fried vegetables. Must try: grilled mutton, cooked starch residue, fried lamb tripe with coriander, braised oxtail, and mutton kebab.

Address: No. 14 Qianhai Dongyan Lane, Di'anmen Street (near Yinding Bridge)

Average cost: CNY 123 per person

Siji Minfu Peking Roast Duck Restaurant (Palace Museum)

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Is there anything more enjoyable than eating delicious Peking duck while enjoying the scenery of the Palace Museum? The Peking duck, roasted with date wood, at Siji Minfu is tender and crispy with a tantalizing aroma. In addition to roast ducks, you should also try the small sesame seed cakes, duck webs with yellow and green mustard sauce, and noodles with soybean paste. It offers authentic Peking duck, a good environment, and quality services, and is also suitable for family meals.

Address: No. 11 Nanchizi Street, near Donghuamen

Average cost: about CNY 143 per person

Makai Restaurant (Di'anmen)

Makai Restaurant is known as the Pearl of Delicacies along the Central Axis of Beijing and is located near the Drum Tower and Bell Tower. It offers a variety of Hunan cuisine and Peking duck. Besides, it also sells Tangyuan, Yuanxiao and mooncakes, stuffed with exclusive cured meats and ham.
Address: No. 29 Di'anmen Street (20 meters north of Exit A2 of Shichahai Subway Station)

Average cost: CNY 124 per person

(Source: Visitbeijing.com.cn., Beijing News, Beijing Daily Client)