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Northern ChineseDongsi
Dongsi Minfang on Chaoyangmen Inner Street in Beijing cooks Beijing home dishes, from fried meatballs to fish head with flatbread, and roast duck by the half.
OrderHalf a roast duck, stewed hairtail, fish head with flatbread and fried meatballs in sweet and sour sauce.
TipCtrip lists tables for eight to ten and sofa seating, so groups should reserve; the room is on the 2025 Dianping Bichibang list.
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HalalGuomao Cbd
Ritan Shuanrou, the original shop at the east gate of Ritan Park in Beijing, serves halal instant-boiled mutton in small cloisonne copper pots.
OrderInstant-boiled mutton in the small copper pot, dipped in sesame sauce, with sugared garlic.
TipThis park-gate shop is the original; the Chaoyang district guide says it is on the 2025 Dianping Bichibang list, and it serves in small copper pots.
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Northern ChineseGuomao Cbd
Zhen Didao Xiancheng Kaoya, in the Paul Building on Chaoyangmenwai Street in Beijing, serves fresh-orange roast duck and Beijing dishes at lunch and dinner.
OrderThe fresh-orange roast duck, the house signature, with Beijing side dishes.
TipDinner starts at 17:00 from Monday to Thursday and at 16:30 from Friday to Sunday, per the Chaoyang district guide; lunch closes at 14:30.
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Northern ChineseGuomao Cbd
106 Restaurant on the third floor of the Deyuan Jiuhe Building on Hongyan Road in Beijing's Shilihe serves Beijing dishes and roast duck, 11:00 to 22:00.
OrderRoast duck, plus the classic Beijing dishes from the menu, at lunch or dinner.
TipThe Shilihe branch is on the third floor of the Deyuan Jiuhe Building; it sits among the Classic Beijing picks in the Beijinger's 2025 rundown.
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CantoneseSanlitun
Yangcheng Meishi near Gongti in Beijing is a Cantonese chicken pot restaurant with a split lunch service and a dinner service that runs until 02:00.
OrderThe Cantonese chicken pot, the dish in the restaurant's name, shared at a late table.
TipThe kitchen runs until 02:00 for dinner, so it suits a late meal; the Beijinger lists it under Cantonese in its 2025 rundown of the Dianping list.
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DongbeiGuomao Cbd
Erpangjia on Qingnian Road in Beijing stews a whole Qiqihar goose in a big iron pot, eaten dry first, then with broth for dipping vegetables, until 01:00.
OrderThe whole iron-pot stewed goose, first dry, then with broth and vegetables.
TipEat the goose dry first, then add broth and cook vegetables in it; the district guide says one goose weighs about seven and a half jin.