Beijing – Around Town : Tian’an Men Square and the Forbidden City (part 3) – Restaurants

Wangfujing Night Market

A line up of 40 or 50 stalls entice and repulse in equal measure with meat kabobs but also flame-grilled snake and scorpions.

• Dong’an Men Dajie

• Open from 5:30pm daily

Oriental Plaza Food Court

The
basement of this upscale shopping mall has a Southeast Asian-style food
court offering everything from Chinese street foods to sushi.

• Corner of Dong Chang’an Jie and Wangfujing Dajie

Quanjude

Beijing’s
most famous duck restaurant has several branches but this is the most
convenient, just a few steps off southern Wangfujing.

• 9 Shuai Fu Yuan Hutong, Wangfujing Dajie

• 6525 3310

• Closes at 9pm

Huang Ting

Enjoy Cantonese cuisine amid splendid antique furniture in the basement of a five-star hotel .

• Peninsula Palace Hotel, 8 Jinyu Hutong

• 8516 2888 ext. 6707

Made In China

Classy venture with stunning design and even better food .

• Grand Hyatt, 1 Dong Chang’an Jie

• 6510 9608

My Humble House

High-concept fusion food is served in a beautiful conservatory-like setting next door to the Grand Hyatt.

• W3 West Tower, Oriental Plaza, 1 Dong Chang’an Jie

• 8518 8811

Princess Mansion

Refined imperial court cuisine in a mansion that once belonged to the Empress Cixi. Excellent food comes with theatrical frills.

• 9 Daqudeng Hutong, off Meishuguan Hou Dajie

• 6407 8006

CourtYard

One of Beijing’s most famous restaurants – lauded as much for its location as for the food .

• 95 Donghua Men Dajie

• 6526 8883 ext. 671

• Open 6–9:30pm daily

Jing

Jing offers an outstanding Asian-flavored fusion menu in refined surrounds .

• Peninsula Palace Hotel, 8 Jinyu Hutong

• 6559 2888

• Open 5:30–11:30pm daily

Shi

Imperial cuisine in a contemporary setting.

• The Emperor Hotel, 33 Qihelou Jie

• 6526 5566

• Open 11am–midnight daily