JiuMen Food Court 九门小吃

Cross posted at: NomadicMinds, Sun English and Chinese blogs. Note that the Chinese and English contents are not quite the exact translation.

到底什么是北京小吃?北京人说豆汁焦圈,但真吃过的没几人。胪打滚,碗豆黄,艾窝窝去哪找?九门小吃把几个百年老字号召齐了,店开在后海北。游人转进孝友胡同,宋庆龄故居西,就看到了。进门先到吧台买卡(俩人百元尽够了,没用完可以找),再端个托盘逛去。爆肚冯、年糕钱、奶酪魏、羊头马、豆腐脑白、德顺斋。看招牌就谗了。贪心每家各买几盘,自己找张桌子(有点费劲)。再去拿筷子,盘子,点饮料。大张朵颐。吃撑了逛后海消化,日丽风和,柳枝拂水。人生不过如此。

许多点心都是名气大的百年字号。吃起来不错,但不能说是人间美味。德顺斋的烧饼及豆腐脑觉得很好。奶酪魏卖完了。羊头马,年糕钱就是地道但熟悉的味道。


I have heard so much of those famous, yet elusive, Beijing snacks. No one under 35 years old really have tasted the foul-smelled DouZhi (fermented soybean milk) and greasy JiaoQuan (fried dough, not even close to doughnut in taste, but similar in shape). Everyone said that someone else is crazy about them. Hmm.. Make you thin.

Since the massive QianMen renovation, many 100+ years snack stands moved to JiuMen Snacks, a food-court in traditional Chinese setting near HouHai district. Turn into this narrow alley, enter the imposing gate, you will be surrounded by Beijingers seeking their childhood comfort foods and snacks.

This are the real Beijing foods. Some could be too alien for out-of-towners, but the experience is definitively memorable.

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