Old Beijing had many high-ranking officials who demanded that regional homemade cooking be served to the imperial courts. Regional recipes were collected in the capital and survived much historical tumult. The cuisine favours natural ingredients, exquisite condiments, long cooking times and intricate cooking utensils.
The Tanjia Restaurant is the best example of Beijing's imperial cuisine and provides a combination of Cantonese and Beijing cuisine featuring seafood. After the founding of the People's Republic, Premier Zhou Enlai asked that the restaurant move to the Beijing Hotel, the best hotel in China at that time. Imperial cuisine is still available there on the seventh floor of the hotel's Building C.
Baijia Dayuan
15 Suzhou Jie, Haidian District
+86 10 6265 8851
Dazhaimen Restaurant
Guoxing Jiayuan, Shouti Nanlu
+86 10 8835 6687
Huajia Yiyuan
235 Dongzhimen Neidajie, Dongcheng District
+86 10 6405 1908
Lijia Cuisine
11 Yangfang Hutong, Deshengmennei Dajie, Xicheng District
+86 10 6618 0107
Tanjia Cuisine
+86 10 6528 1039
Tian and Di Restaurant
140 Nanchizi Dajie, Dongcheng District
+86 10 8511 5557
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