Speaking of Beijing characteristics
What comes to mind first?
Quanjude roast duck? preserved fruit? Daoxiangcun pastry? ...
Still asking with a confused face:
Are there any specialties in Beijing?
Of course, Beijing has specialties!
The following Xiaobian will take you to understand the local specialties of Beijing,
Where to buy authentic Beijing specialties,
Friends who are about to go home for the New Year and don't know what to buy,
Hurry up and bring some Beijing specialties~
1
Beijing autumn pear paste
A medicine in the court of the Tang Dynasty, it was not until the Qing Dynasty that it was passed out of the palace by the imperial doctor. Cool boiling water to open, drink sweet silky, there is a faint pear flavor, because the autumn pear itself has the effect of moisturizing the lungs, cough, thirst, clearing the heart, and other ingredients together with the autumn pear paste is more on the fire, irritability, cough, dry heat disease has a good effect. There are elderly people or children coughing at home, and autumn pear cream is a sweet choice!
Buying Guide: Shin Yuan Zhai, Enjitang and other long-established brands have secret autumn pear paste for sale
2
Beijing crisp sugar
Beijing shortbread is one of the three famous sugars in China (Shanghai milk candy, Guangzhou fruit candy and Beijing shortbread), especially red shrimp shortbread as a superior product Before the liberation, some shops and workshops in Beijing processed shortbread with copper molds engraved with the shape of children, so Beijingers often called it "children's puff pastry". The characteristics of Beijing red shrimp crisp can be summarized as "crisp, crisp, fragrant and sweet". The children in the family must be super love!
Buying Guide: Available in all major supermarkets
3
Miyun gold silk jujube
Eat dates a day, and don't look old for a lifetime! Miyun golden silk jujube is red in color, small fruit, thin peel, more juice, extremely sweet taste, that is, fresh food, can also be dried dates. The dried jujube meat is thick and elastic, the jujube core is very small, peeling the flesh can pull out a lot of golden sugar shreds, together with duck pears and walnuts called the three treasures of the cloud. Bring home the golden jujube and hope that your mother will always be young and beautiful!
4
Wang Zhi and stinky tofu
Wang Zhi and stinky tofu has a history of 300 years, the inventor is Anhui literati Wang Zhihe, Wang Zhi and stinky tofu stinky smelly in the strange fragrance, is a kind of protease producing mold decomposes protein, forming a very rich amino acids, making the taste very delicious. If you also love this unique taste, share it with your hometown friends!
Buying guide: Major grocery stores in Beijing
5
Liubiju pickles
There is an alley outside the front door called Grain Store Street, and there is a shop on the street, which is the Liubiju Sauce Garden, which has a history of more than 450 years. Liubiju pickles are crystal red, transparent, fragrant and crisp, in addition to the old dry mother, it is a must-have artifact for the small tide girl to eat!
Buying guide: Beijing's major vegetable markets are selling, affordable and delicious!
6
Inoka village dim sum
What to take home for the New Year? Presumably, everyone is like Xiao Chaoyu, except for the roast duck, the first thing that comes to mind is Daoxiang Village. DaoxiangCun is so famous for a reason, with exquisite pastries, fresh cooked meat, dozens of vegan court dishes made from soy products, all kinds of dried fruit stir-fried goods, and traditional foods such as rice wine, rice cakes, and fried red fruits that are rare elsewhere... The pastry is really delicious, give it to friends and family!
Buying guide: Each Daoxiangcun store is for sale, and it is particularly beautiful and delicious!
7
Beijing preserved fruit
The preserved fruit preserves in Beijing are made from the Imperial Palace Dining Room. In order to ensure that the emperor can eat fresh fruits all year round, the chefs will sort the fruits produced in each season and soak them in honey so that the emperor can eat them at any time. Beijing preserved fruit taste is moderately sweet and sour, refreshing and smooth, sweet but not greasy, fruity, mainly including preserved apricots, pears, begonias and so on...
Buying Guide: Farmers' markets and supermarkets sell oh ~
8
Poria sandwiches
The Beijing specialty Poria Sandwich Cake was originally a court food at the end of the Qing Dynasty. Although the poria sandwich is a snack, it has the effect of strengthening the spleen and appetizing. According to legend, it was specially made for Empress Dowager Cixi, and later introduced to the folk to become a popular Jinghua-style snack. Delicious Poria Cake is sweet and fragrant, melts in the mouth, is refreshing and palatable, and the price is low, and can be used as a regular health food.
Buying Guide: Daoxiangchun Store (It is said that Daoxiangchun's Poria Sandwich Cake is the most delicious, it is Daoxiangchun not Daoxiang village!) ）
9
Bullpen Hill two pot head
Er pot head is the second time the wine flows out when steaming wine, so it is called er pot head, although it is an ordinary liquor, it is indeed the purest good wine, high concentration, but not strong, mellow cotton aroma. Beijing has a long history of brewing liquor, and Erguotou liquor is a traditional liquor in Beijing, with brands such as Red Star Erguotou and Niulanshan Erguotou. If Dad loves to drink, he will bring him two bottles, a bottle of ten pieces, which is not expensive to drink!
Buying guide: All major supermarkets in Beijing can buy it!
10
Beijing Osmanthus aged Wine
Osmanthus aged wine has been brewed in China for more than 3,000 years. Osmanthus wine produced by Beijing Winery, based on the fine white wine aged for many years, with osmanthus as the spice, is a kind of high-grade no-medicinal tonic drink wine, elegant and pleasant after drinking, has the effect of relieving muscles and invigorating blood, increasing calories, helping digestion, enhancing appetite, and relieving fatigue.
Buying guide: the major supermarkets are available, the aunt and aunt of the family should like oh!
11
Donkey rolling
Donkey rolling is one of the traditional snacks in old Beijing, originated from the reign of Cixi in the fourteenth year of the Guangxu Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, donkey rolling was originally called bean noodle cake, which is one of cixi's favorite foods. In the heart of the editor, donkey rolling is definitely in the top three of the best snacks in Beijing! However, if the road is far away, don't bring it, or the softest sticky when you just do it
Buying Guide: Cow Street! White Note!
12
Huairou chestnut
Huairou chestnuts needless to say... Sweet and soft glutinous to eat while hot! The way home is far away, or it is recommended to buy raw Oh!
Buying guide: Street stalls, markets are available...
13
Ice candy snowballs
Eat too much greasy stuff during the New Year? Come a few rock sugar snowballs, sweet and sour to help digestion! You can only go home once a year, of course, you have to eat more delicious food, hawthorn help you appetize hahaha!
Buying Guide: As long as the temperature is not too high, the rock sugar snowball can be saved! It is sold in many places on the streets of Beijing, cheap and delicious!
14
Golden Cake (Hawthorn Cake)
Golden cake began in the Qing Dynasty, originally called hawthorn cake, it is said that Empress Dowager Cixi also loved its taste! At the Time of the New Year, the sweet and sour crystal clear golden cake may be more popular than the big fish and meat ~ compared to other snacks, the appetizing and spleeny hawthorn old man can also eat, and filial piety is hidden in this small golden cake!
Buying Guide: Golden Cakes are the most famous, but some supermarkets and farmers' markets also sell them
15
Peking duck
When it comes to Beijing's specialties, anyone's first reaction is roast duck!! Roast duck has a long history, more than 1600 years ago, known as the world's first to eat, is the Qing Dynasty court royal dish, bring back to the family absolutely double the noodles ah! But the vacuum roast duck does taste much worse than the freshly baked duck...