Yaoji Chaogan (Gulou) is a street-food stop in Gulou Nanluoguxiang, Beijing.
Editorially verified October 1, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Address: 311 Gulou East Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing
Yin San Douzhi on Dongxiaoshi Street in Beijing opens at 05:30 and closes at midday, serving douzhi with braised meatballs and miancha in a ten-table shop.
TryDouzhi with jiaoquan and braised meatballs
TipIt opens only for half a day, so come early; customers queue to the door, carry their food to a seat and often share tables with strangers.
Shi Cheng Ji on Dongsi Liutiao in Beijing is a hutong shaobing shop selling baked sesame flatbread layered with house-ground sesame paste, 06:30 to 19:00.
TryShaobing, baked sesame flatbread layered with sesame paste
TipIt closes at 19:00 and opens at 06:30, so it works as a breakfast stop; the Beijinger lists it among old Beijing snacks in its 2025 rundown.
Hu's Xinyang-Style Lard Buns on Moshikou Street in Shijingshan, Beijing, sells lard buns filled with beef and scallion or pork belly with dried greens.
TryXinyang-style lard buns with beef and scallion or pork belly and preserved greens
TipThe district guide calls the buns a breakfast or a snack; Moshikou Street also has Fahai Temple Fried Cake King, so the two make one snack walk.
Fahai Temple Fried Cake King at 204 Moshikou Street in Shijingshan, Beijing, fries crisp rice cakes with a hot red bean paste filling from 06:30 to 15:00.
TryFahai Temple-style fried rice cakes with red bean paste
TipThe shop closes at 15:00, so go in the morning; the cakes use red beans simmered slowly into a fine paste and are fried to a golden crust.
Guijie, or Ghost Street, runs along Dongzhimen Inner Street in Beijing with over 150 storefronts, mostly restaurants open late, and is known for crayfish.
TrySpicy crayfish, grilled skewers and late-night Beijing snacks
TipThe street is busiest from 18:00 to 04:00; in summer 2026 the Guijie Night Carnival and crayfish festival serve crayfish in ten flavours.
Jie Bian'er Beef Skewers near Shuangjing in Beijing grills beef skewers over charcoal, with condensed-milk bread and grilled cold noodles, until 02:00.
TryCharcoal beef skewers with condensed-milk grilled bread
TipCtrip lists a waiting area and paid parking; the kitchen serves until 02:00 on the East Third Ring side of the apartment block.
