Neighbourhood eating round Tuanjiehu Road, Shuiduizi and Balizhuang: dumpling and spring-pancake shops by day, skewers on Shifoying Road at night.
Lu Style on Anding Road holds a Michelin star for Shandong cooking built on seafood shipped daily from Weihai port, with a 10-hour donkey soup in Beijing.
OrderOrder the seafood shipped daily from Weihai port and the donkey soup with Solomon's seal and black garlic.
TipThe restaurant is on the fifth floor of Uni Elite on Anding Road. The chef is from Shandong and builds the menu around Weihai seafood.
Minzhongmin, listed as Fujian Cuisine on Dongsanhuan North Road in Beijing, cooks Fujian country recipes, from red crab on sticky rice to ginger duck.
OrderSteamed red crab on sticky rice, the heirloom ginger duck and the creamy mashed taro dessert.
TipThe owner and chefs come from Xiamen and bring produce and seafood from Fujian; the room sits in Kaidexingmao, units 110-111 on the ground floor.
Kao Wuxing in Courtyard 129 of Balizhuang Beili, Beijing, is an evening skewer barbecue open 16:00 to 02:00 near Shifoying, per the Beijinger's 2025 list.
TryBarbecued skewers
TipIt opens at 16:00 and stays open until 02:00, so it suits a late evening; the Beijinger lists it among barbecue and skewer spots in its 2025 rundown.
Baiweiyuan on Tuanjiehu Road in Beijing stuffs and cooks its dumplings to order, as dumpling soup, steamed or potstickers, so service is slower than usual.
TryBaiwei dumplings, boiled, steamed or pan-fried
TipDumplings are filled and cooked to order, so expect a wait; the egg-and-tomato dumpling suits ovo-vegetarians, and soy-braised pork trotter is a cold starter.
Dehezhai in Tianshuiyuan, Beijing, is known for a milky almond jelly and lamb cuanmian noodle soup, with fried starch sausage and other old Beijing snacks.
TryAlmond jelly and lamb cuanmian noodle soup
TipBoth the almond jelly and the lamb noodle soup top Beijing's Dianping rankings, per the Chaoyang district guide; lunch and dinner service is split.
Ping'an Guotie in the Shuiduizi community on Chaoyang North Road in Beijing is a potsticker shop on the 2025 Dianping Bichibang list, open 10:00 to 21:00.
TryGuotie, pan-fried potstickers
TipThe shop is in the bungalow south of Building 3 in the Shuiduizi community, and it stays open daily 10:00-21:00 with no midday break.
Lao Lao Jia Chunbing in Balizhuang Beili, Beijing, is a spring pancake shop on the second floor of Building 306, open daily 10:30 to 21:30 on Shifoying Road.
TryChunbing, spring pancakes with stir-fried fillings
TipIt is on the second floor of Building 306A in the south district of Balizhuang Beili, open daily 10:30-21:30 with no midday break.
Kao Wuxing in Courtyard 129 of Balizhuang Beili in Beijing is a skewer barbecue near Shifoying that opens at 16:00 and serves until 02:00 every day.
OrderBarbecued skewers, the shop's category on the 2025 Dianping list of Beijing restaurants.
TipOpening at 16:00 and closing at 02:00, it works for an early evening start or a last skewer after midnight; the Beijinger files it under barbecue.
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