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Fangshan (Imperial): Best barbacqued meat in beijing
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  • This is one of the more exclusive restaurants in beijing.
    It is situated on the edge of a lake in Beijing.
    The greatest variety of meat that I have ever eaten in a Chinese restaurant.
    great varieties of steak, lamb, bar-b-q pork chops, roasted chinese sweet potatoes, fried calimari and a whole cooked fish.
    Not for the first time - did I overeat!

    The roast lamb joints.
    very tender melt in your mouth type.

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  • Price: US$21-30    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: more expensive than average
  • Address: Beihai Park
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    Fangshan (Imperial): 'Fang Shan Fan Zhuang' (Fan...
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  • 'Fang Shan Fan Zhuang' (Fan Shan Restaurant)
    it was opened in 1925 by chefs who used to work in 'royal kitchen' (Yu Shan Fang), many snacks r still strictly made by hand in the traditional way. it also offers the most famous chinese meal-set 'Man Han Quan Xi', if u have SUPER GOOD appetite, try it :D
    the food there might be a bit expensive comparing with other restuarants in the city (around $20 per person), but u definitely can't find another restuarant with the atmosphere! (very special location & waiters/watresses all wear traditional clothes)

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  • Directions: 'Yi Lan Tang', inside 'Bei Hai Park' (one of the biggest 'ex-royal parks' in beijing)
  • Other Contact: (0086)-(10)-64011889
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    Fangshan (Imperial): THE BEIJING FANSHAN...
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  • THE BEIJING FANSHAN RESTAURANT

    Inside Beihai Park (enter through the east gate)
    Tel: 6401-1889/1879 or 6404-2573, Fax: 6404-1184 / M-F: 11AM-1:30PM, 5-8PM / Sa-Su: 10:30AM-1:30PM, 4:30-8PM
    The advertising boasts dishes once prepared for the emperor, so be prepared for a luxurious evening. They have fix menus with a lot of tiny dishes, all of them delicious, starting from 100Y/24dishes/person and ending with 500Y/20 dishes/person.

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    Fangshan (Imperial): Eat what the emperor ate...
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  • This restaurant and store offers the food similar to what the emperor in the past ate. It makes all the dishes, snacks, etc. that the emperor enjoyed. That is the uniqueness of this restaurant. Thus, you can get a good understanding of the emperor's diet. LOL. But the food here is worth a taste, especially the "snacks" that the emperor enjoyed, like some sweet bean products for example.

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  • Theme: Chinese/Dim Sum
  • Directions: Located inside Beihai Park, at the end of the peninsula.
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    Fangshan (Imperial): Beijing Fangshan Restaurant
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  • Imperial cuisine in a palace...can't beat that! The restaurant is in Beihai Park. When we came in, they had a group of ladies dressed as Qing dynasty courtesans dancing in the main courtyard. Perry took me out for a VERY interesting dinner that included turtle, deer, and other rare imperial treats! I would HIGHLY recommend this as a MUST do activity! You can even REALLY splurge and book an Emperor's Banquet which you get to dress up as an Emperor for...you need to reserve and order WELL IN ADVANCE for the Emperor's dinner though...I think you eat over the course of a couple of days...

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  • Address: Beihai Park
  • Other Contact: 6401 1889 6401 1879
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    Fangshan (Imperial): Fangshan
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  • Located on a lake in a large, sprawling traditional building. Service by costumed waitresses. Touristy, but fun. There's also a shop.

    All kinds of traditional dishes. Dumplings are excellent.

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    Fangshan (Imperial): Beijing Restaurants Tip (Untitled)
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  • Court Cuisine originates from the imperial kitchen which cooked food for the emperor and his family. After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, some chefs from the imperial kitchen opened restaurants in the capital to introduce the special food once only eaten by the imperial family.Fangshan (Imperial-style) Restaurant sits on the island in Beihai Park in a traditional courtyard facing the lake. Apart from delicious dishes meticulously prepared with rare and expensive foodstuffs such as birds nests and sharks fins, the restaurant is also known for its pastries, including pea-flour cakes, kidney bean-flour rolls, miniature corn buns and sesame seed buns with chopped meat filling.

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  • Directions: A newly-opened branch of restaurant of Fangshan style, Yushan Restaurant, is located a few hundred yards to the west of the north gate of the Temple of Heaven in the southern part of the city. Tinglig
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    Fangshan (Imperial): Off with their heads
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  • This is supposedly a recreation of the cuisine that was served at the Imperial Court of China.

    The set-up was interesting -- we went to the one inside Beihai Park and so would give it a thumbs-up for location. The inside however, was far from being palatial.

    The food was the biggest disappointment. As no one in our group was in any hurry to savour camel paw, deer tendon, etc, We chose the RMB 250 menu. We got a little bit of everything -- shrimp, beef, mushrooms, veggies, etc. It's hard to imagine anything imperial in the inspiration or the preparation of the food.

    The mushroom soup was the worst. It tasted like someone took a pail of the water from the lake next door and threw in a few pieces of scraps.

    The traditional desserts that this place is so proud of. Despite the fancy names the taste was absolutely plebeian. The corn dessert tasted like a badly made piece of corn bread left in the dishwasher overnight.

    Oh yeah the service. This is supposedly the "Imperial Cuisine", remember? If the waiters had truly served the Empress Dowager, all heads would have rolled!

    Dishes range from totally forgettable to simply bad

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  • Theme: Chinese/Dim Sum
  • Price: US$31-40    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: most expensive
  • Address: Beihai Park
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    Fangshan (Imperial): Do not miss this!
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  • This restaurant is in a wonderfull park with a nice and quite atmosphere, the food is great, and you can take your time to sit relaxed and enjoy your food.

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  • Price: US$21-30    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: more expensive than average
  • Address: Beihai Park
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  • Theme: Local
  • Price: less than US$10    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: least expensive
  • Address: Beihai Park
  • Phone: 213
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