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NoodlesGulou Nanluoguxiang
No. 69 Fangzhuanchang Zhajiangmian holds a Bib Gourmand for one dish, chewy noodles in a deep soybean pork sauce, in a hutong near Nanluoguxiang in Beijing.
OrderOrder the zhajiangmian, the only dish on the menu, and add pickled garlic and cumin chilli sauce.
TipDiners queue from opening to closing for the single dish, so go outside the lunchtime rush.
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ChineseXisi Baitasi
Tong Chun Yuan, a state-owned Jiangzhe restaurant founded in 1930, is Michelin Selected for river fish from live tanks and regional dishes in Beijing.
OrderPick a live river fish from the tanks, then add the Zhenjiang pork trotter aspic and the stir-fried swamp eel.
TipReservations are accepted only for bookings made before noon, so call in the morning.
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Northern ChineseGuomao Cbd
Country Kitchen at Rosewood Beijing is a Michelin Selected restaurant for Beijing and Shandong dishes, with hand-pulled noodles and wood-oven duck.
OrderOrder the hand-pulled noodles, the Beijing duck from the wood oven and the dumplings.
TipThe kitchen is open-air with a wood oven and there is a relaxed terrace; the restaurant is on the third floor of Rosewood Beijing.
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CantoneseWangjing 798
Jia at NUO Hotel Beijing is a Michelin Selected Cantonese restaurant with ink murals, a daily soup menu and sauteed grouper on Jiangtai Road in Beijing.
OrderOrder the sauteed grouper fillet with green chilli and wild rice stems; at lunch add the shrimp roll.
TipThe slow-boiled soup menu changes daily, and the high-ceilinged room inside NUO Hotel Beijing has ink murals and carved wood windows.
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TurkishLiangmaqiao
Turkish Feast in Xinyuanli serves lamb and beef grills with stone-oven pide and lahmacun, from the team behind Georgia's Feast, in Chaoyang, Beijing.
OrderOrder the grilled meat platter with stone-oven pide or lahmacun, the thin flatbread with minced beef.
TipBlack tea arrives before the meal and desserts follow; the Xinyuanli branch is at unit 115 on the ground floor of the Shang mall.
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Sri LankanGuomao Cbd
Cinnara in Chaowai SOHO cooks home-style Sri Lankan food, with black curry crab, kottu, hoppers and coconut roti, near Chaoyangmen in central Beijing.
OrderOrder the black curry crab, kottu and hoppers, with coconut roti to mop up the curry.
TipThe restaurant is unit 03015 on the third floor of Building A, Chaowai SOHO; hoppers are usually served at dinner only.