Roubing are thin-skinned pan-fried pies packed with juicy beef, lamb or pork and spring onion, eaten hot with vinegar beside millet porridge or a bowl of lamb offal soup.

Beijing's best-known meat pie is the menting roubing, named for the studs on palace gates, and a story says the imperial kitchen first made it for Empress Dowager Cixi. Its traditional filling is beef and spring onion. The Eryouju shop, established by the imperial chef Chang Eryou in 1921, later became the Huatian Eryouju meat pie restaurant. Today the pies are a neighbourhood meal: Beijing Pie in Xila Hutong sells them thin-skinned and generously filled, and Jingdong Chengji sells pork, lamb and beef versions.

2 editor picks for Roubing (Beijing meat pies) in Beijing, ranked by editorial score. All Beijing signature dishes · Roubing (Beijing meat pies) across every city.

Beijing Pie (Xila Hutong) ★ 4.1

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Beijing Pie in Xila Hutong, Beijing, is known for thin-skinned, juicy, generously filled roubing meat pies, served with Kung Pao chicken and home dishes.

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TipThe city's 2026 Spring Festival guide calls it a top choice for authentic home-style Beijing food; fried meatballs and fried starch sausage sit beside the pies.

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Jingdong Chengji Roubing (Longtan) ★ 3.5

¥Northern ChineseQianmen Dashilar

Jingdong Chengji Roubing on Fuguang Road in Beijing is a meat pie shop west of Building 17 in Xingfu Beili, open for lunch and dinner on the Dianping list.

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TipService breaks from 14:00 to 17:00, so go at lunch or after 17:00; the Beijinger lists it near Guangminglou and Longtan Lake in its 2025 rundown.

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