3 editor picks across China.
3 halal restaurants worth the trip across China, editor-ranked. All cuisines in China.
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.
Donglaishun in Beijing APM on Wangfujing Street is a halal house for charcoal copper-pot instant-boiled mutton, a brand founded in Beijing in 1903.
OrderOrder the instant-boiled mutton cooked in a charcoal copper pot and dip each slice in the house sesame sauce.
TipThis branch is on the fifth floor of the Beijing APM mall; the brand dates to 1903 and is known for halal instant-boiled mutton.
Jubaoyuan on Niujie is a time-honoured Muslim hot pot house serving fresh sliced mutton and beef in coal-fired copper pots in the Hui quarter of Beijing.
OrderOrder thin slices of mutton and beef for the coal-fired copper pot and dip them in sesame sauce.
TipThe shop sits next to the Muslim market on Niujie, so pair a meal here with a walk along the street and its halal shops.
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