This National Day and the Mid-Autumn Festival has passed for several days, and the various mooncakes hoarded at home should also be eaten, and it is estimated that everyone is quite tired and panicked in their mouths.
Mooncakes are the most famous in Beijing. Pastry shops are the most widely known in The village of Daoxiang in Beijing. But in addition to the well-known Beijing pastries, the old-fashioned pastry shops and bakeries also occupy a large piece of land in the hearts of this group of delicious people.
In Beijing more than twenty years ago, when there was nothing to taste, Holly, Orteay or Parisian sweet, those old-fashioned bakeries, with a unique milk aroma, filled our taste buds and memories.
01 Centennial Righteousness
The century-old Yili is a long-established pastry shop with the same name as Daoxiang Village, and many Beijing children should have grown up playing Yili fruit bread. Even in today's era of the prevalence of all kinds of internet red bread, I believe that many people still love that taste.
Xiaobian's favorite in his student days is the century-old Yili on the campus of Beijing Normal University, and he buys a pocket every time he goes home. The shop was crowded with students and surrounding residents who came to buy bread, and it seemed that everyone had a sweet smell mixed with the rich smell of milk and coconut, and everyone had a bag of soufflé in their hands.
Milkshake grape crisp, we used to call it pickle soufflé. The shop's signature dim sum is also the "International, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Friendship Ambassador" on the North Normal Campus. My Hong Kong classmates and students studying abroad highly recommend it, and often ask me to help buy it, and the taste is the same as the Western-style Tizi Sikang.
Chocolate lava cake is also a big ace cake in the shop, very popular with little girls. The cakes and breads of the century-old Yili are more suitable for traditional Chinese and are more acceptable to the older generation.
Originally, Yili had only a few sporadic stores in Beijing, but then it slowly became popular and opened dozens of stores in Beijing. But the taste is still the same as before, with a cup of strong tea, a few pieces of cake, you can spend an afternoon.
02 Shinjo Samborah Bakery
Founded in 1985, Shin Kieu Samborah Bakery has been one of the pioneers of the first "open self-selected bakeries" in the 1980s for more than 30 years. The first store is in Chongwenmen, next to Tongren Hospital, next to Dongdan Park. Speaking of this, it is estimated that the old Chongwen has begun to be eager to try, which is also the taste of McDonald's in the eyes of the children at that time.
Its bean paste bun is particularly famous, the bread is fluffy, it is filled with a full bean paste filling, and if you bite it, you can also eat the red beans inside. When I was a child, when I went to Tongren Hospital, parents loved to buy bean paste and cream horns to coax their children to take medicine. Until now, children in Renhe Hospital can still be seen holding shin-Po-le bean paste bags in their hands.
The flavor of new Baole bread is biased towards century-old Yili, and unlike most Western-style breads today, its ingredients and methods are more traditional. For example, the cream of the cream croissant bun is vegetable cream, and it does not get fat when eaten. Napoleon's butter was old-fashioned hard butter.
Like many classic long-established brands, Xinqiao Sample has also expanded several stores and chain operations. For us, its taste is spotless, maybe not very impressive, but it is always remembered.
03 Beijing 1983 Bakery
Compared with the first two old-fashioned bakeries in Beijing, Beijing 1983 Bakery should have a large audience among young people, and many girls will go to take pictures. It belongs to a bakery owned by Maxim's Western Restaurant, has a strong French style, and the snacks in the shop are also very beautiful.
At the end of the last century, the boom in cultural exchanges between countries caught up, and French pastry became the new darling of middle-class love. At that time, everyone's economic situation was not rich, and there were not many new Western pastries that could be accessed, so in 1983 the bakery became famous.
Its Napoleon is the most famous, and unlike Napoleon in the old bakery in Beijing, Napoleon in the 1983 bakery is really reproduced according to the French pastry method. There are also many styles, blueberry, chestnut, yellow peach, classic and many other flavors. It is an authentic pastry café.
The Almond Tower was also one of the most outstanding bakeries in 1983, and the last time I went to the store, I was told that it was sold out. When I went when I was a child, there were many very fashionable uncles and aunts in the store, and now when I go again, I have become my peers.
More and more people are coming to the Maxim Restaurant, which has ceased to be popular, and it can be said that it has not disappeared in the years.
04 Kempinski Hotel Kempinski Kempi Deli
Kaibin Food Gallery is a well-known star bakery in Beijing, which is still popular from the early days of its establishment to the present. From the original luxury enjoyment can now be experienced by everyone, time brings us not only changes, but also the ultimate pursuit of taste buds.
It is estimated that the visitors will say that the price is not cheap now. The Kaibin Food Lounge is indeed a little more expensive than ordinary bakeries, but in many emerging five-star hotels, it can really be seen as a good price.
When I was a child, if I wanted to eat a bite of his Black Forest cake, I had to plead with my father with tears in my eyes for a long time, and now I can buy all kinds of cakes at any time, which also makes up for the long expectations of the past. This is probably one of the reasons why the old five-star bakery is still full.
The Black Forest and strawberry cheese at the Kebin Food Gallery are the most famous, and many people go to experience that the taste is not as good as before. After all, the times are progressing, delicious cakes are endless, and the classic taste may be less nostalgic than fresh.
But I'll still buy these two cakes on a regular basis, and you'll know why. A thousand people reading Hamlet have a thousand ideas, going to an old bakery to buy a cake is like smoking a blind box, and it is not the one you like. In short, there will be a very novel and memorable experience.
05 The Great Wall Hotel Beijing Lobby Lounge
The Great Wall Hotel, formerly the Sheraton Beijing Great Wall Hotel, is also one of the oldest five-star hotels in Beijing. It is estimated that many friends after the 95s are not very clear, this restaurant was quite famous in my father's generation. Its food gallery is small, but it is also very popular.
Probably many of my younger friends, including me, have rarely set foot in established five-star hotels. For some of the legends of the old five-star hotel, I may not have been able to write it yet. But I know that the croissants in this veteran food gallery are as delicious as ever.
More than ten years ago, when I was a student, a nut bag brought by a classmate's mother introduced me to the Great Wall Hotel in Beijing, and I have become a big fan of it ever since. It is a delicate ingredient used by the old five-star hotel, and the baking method is also very authentic, making each layer very crisp and sweet.
If you don't know about this old hotel, trying its croissant may be the beginning of your understanding.
The same as Kempinski Hotels, or arguably most five-star hotels, each hotel has its own unique and iconic cuisine. The Great Wall Hotel is probably a sandwich and a croissant bun, but I think that cheesecake is also very good.
If you are accustomed to the usual taste and happen to be idle, it is better to go to these old Bakery factories in Beijing to hang out. Is it to explore new flavors, but also to find memories, or perhaps, new stories?