Authentic Halal Chinese Food Beijing: Hotpot, Sushi and Mosque-Area Restaurants
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Summary: This authentic halal Chinese food guide for Beijing follows the original part-fourteen map, from local restaurant names to dishes, addresses, and photos. It is written for readers searching for halal food and mosque-area restaurants in Beijing.
My Beijing halal food map series is updating slowly because the restaurants I find are getting further away. Most restaurants in this issue are in the far suburbs, as fewer new ones are opening in the city. Some restaurants I introduced in recent years have closed, including Shashi Castle Restaurant, the Blue Harbor branch of One Thousand and One Nights, Nanyang Youyicheng Malaysian Restaurant, Indonesian Padang Restaurant, Sukhothai Thai Restaurant, Yijinyuan, Meisi Coffee which removed its halal sign, Niannian Dafengshou Fish Restaurant, Xingyuege Harbin Restaurant, Red Willow Lamb Scorpion, Barkley Caspian Western Restaurant, Istanbul Restaurant, Hefeng Zhiyan which saw its Hui Muslim shareholders withdraw, Cheese Molecule which removed its halal sign, Haitian Yise, and Changying Seafood Barbecue.
It is not easy for these shops to stay open. If you friends have any new discoveries, please leave me a message.
Jingnan Baozi Catering
Located on the halal food street in Xueying Hui Muslim Village in Daxing, it mainly serves hot pot (shuanrou) and various halal snacks, including meat pies (roubing), steamed dumplings (zhengjiao), beef noodles, and barbecue.
I tried the lamb bone (yangbanggu) this time. It comes out cooked with charcoal underneath. The lamb bone has marrow inside, and it is very satisfying to eat it with a straw. After finishing the lamb bone, you can use the broth to cook vegetables. Many people come to eat in the evening, and the place is usually full. The price is not expensive, averaging 80 yuan per person.
Xueying is a large Hui Muslim village 40 kilometers from downtown Beijing. There are many halal restaurants in the village. Besides small shops scattered around, there is a whole street full of halal restaurants, and parking nearby is easy.
Address: Xuefu Road, Xueying Village, Daxing District
Tsinghua Tongfang Technology Plaza - Halal Eight Great Bowls (Badawan)
Xingyuan Food is a large cafeteria in the B1 level of Tsinghua Tongfang Technology Plaza. Halal Eight Great Bowls is one of the stalls there. It is open to the public and you can get a card. One meat and two vegetable dishes cost 17 yuan, and two meat and one vegetable dish cost 19 yuan. Rice and porridge are free. They serve over ten types of dishes every day, which is great for people working nearby.
Address: B1, Tsinghua Tongfang Technology Plaza, Wudaokou
Hecai Canteen
Hecai Canteen is the second halal Japanese restaurant in Beijing. It opened at the end of 2018 right next to Dachangying and is owned by the same person. They serve traditional Japanese dishes like sushi, sashimi, and tempura (tianfuluo). You can choose the buffet or order individual dishes. It is a bit pricey, with an average cost of over 150 yuan per person.
Eel rice (manyufan)
Mashed potato salad
It is called flaming conch because it is served on fire.
Mango sushi
Matcha cake
Eel sushi
Tempura (tianfuluo)
Address: Shop 109, Floor 1, Building A, Weilaiyu, Changying Guanzhuang Road, Chaoyang District
Kaorou Liu
Kaorou Liu is a long-standing shop for iron griddle barbecue (zhizi kaorou). The taste is just average, but they are very busy. I personally prefer the iron griddle barbecue at Houweiju.
Address: No. 41 Qian'er Hutong, Hufangqiao.
Fook Burger and Irish Sandwich.
Fook Burger is an American chain with two locations in Beijing. One is at Liangmaqiao and the other is at Financial Street. The Financial Street branch shares a space with the Irish Sandwich shop, and they do not serve alcohol here.
They use halal meat from Australia, and the halal certification is displayed in the shop.
Buy eight burgers and get one free. You can trade in eight receipts for a free burger.
You can choose between thick or thin fries. For burgers, you can pick one, two, or three beef patties and add cheese. Fook Burger is the best burger I have ever eaten.
Note that the Financial Street location has shorter hours, closing at 8:00 PM and staying closed on weekends. The Liangma River branch has longer hours.
The picture below shows the chicken salad sold at the Irish Sandwich shop next door; the portion is very large.
Address: Basement Level 1, Block B, Financial Street Center, Xicheng District.
Biteapitta Jewish Restaurant.
The owner of this shop is a Middle Eastern Jew, but the ingredients are halal. The owner has a halal certificate on his desk. There was only one other restaurant in Beijing with kosher-certified ingredients on Jiangtai Road, but it is no longer open to the public.
The shop has many books in Hebrew.
Most of the diners are foreigners.
The pita bread (bada bing) is very soft and fluffy, and eating it with hummus is a traditional Middle Eastern way to enjoy it.
The food is prepared with care and tastes good, costing about 100 yuan per person.
Address: 2nd Floor, Tongli Building, Sanlitun North Street.
Al Safir Arabic Restaurant.
This Middle Eastern Arabic restaurant is run by Palestinians. The shop is small, but you can sit outside.
The shop does not sell alcohol, and the food prices are cheap, offering great value.
The average cost per person is only 50 to 60 yuan.
A map of Palestine hangs inside the shop. All Palestinian restaurants in Beijing have this map.
Address: No. 66 Xiaguangli (Shop 6-12, No. 35, Yuanyang Xinganxian Food Street).
ASHRAF Arabic Restaurant.
There is a Palestinian Arab restaurant near the Shunyi New China International Exhibition Center. This is the best Arab restaurant I have eaten at in Beijing.
Like other Palestinian restaurants, they do not sell alcohol and focus on traditional Arab dishes.
Most of the diners are foreigners, which makes sense since many foreigners live in the local community.
The lentil soup (adasi) has a rich flavor.
The chicken kabsa (kabsa) is fragrant and tender, and the rice has a perfect texture.
The business license shows the owner is named Ashraf, which is also the name of the restaurant. The average cost is 70 yuan per person.
Address: Next to the Chaoshan beef hotpot restaurant in Rongxiang Plaza, Shunyi. You cannot find it on the map.
Cai Ding Ke Beef Tendon Hotpot.
This is a halal chain restaurant. The halal sign is small and located under the storefront sign, likely because it was recently replaced. There are also halal signs inside the shop. All other branches are halal, but they are far from the city center, mostly in Changping, with one in Yanqing.
The group-buy meal for two costs 125 yuan. The beef tendon was piled high, and two people could not finish it. The owner said it is enough for four people. The beef tendon is stewed until soft and does not get stuck in your teeth. The beef is also very flavorful. The meal comes with flatbread (laobing), which you can soak in the hotpot broth.
Address: 200 meters south of the GreenTree Inn on Baisha Road, Shahe University Town, Changping.
Previous links:
[Beijing Specialty Halal Dining Guide (Including the most complete list of foreign restaurants)] (Part 1)
[Beijing Specialty Halal Dining Guide (Including the most complete list of foreign restaurants)] (Part 2)
Beijing Halal Dining Guide (Including the most complete list of foreign restaurants) (Part 3)
Beijing Halal Dining Guide (Part 4)
Beijing Halal Dining Guide (Part 5)
Beijing Halal Dining Guide (Part 6)
Beijing Halal Dining Guide (Part 7)
Beijing Halal Dining Guide (Part 8)
Beijing Halal Dining Guide (Part 9)
Beijing Halal Dining Guide (Part 10)
Beijing Halal Dining Guide (Part 11)
Beijing Halal Dining Guide (Part 12)
A Map of Specialty Halal Food in Beijing (Part 13)
Summary: This authentic halal Chinese food guide for Beijing follows the original part-fourteen map, from local restaurant names to dishes, addresses, and photos. It is written for readers searching for halal food and mosque-area restaurants in Beijing.
My Beijing halal food map series is updating slowly because the restaurants I find are getting further away. Most restaurants in this issue are in the far suburbs, as fewer new ones are opening in the city. Some restaurants I introduced in recent years have closed, including Shashi Castle Restaurant, the Blue Harbor branch of One Thousand and One Nights, Nanyang Youyicheng Malaysian Restaurant, Indonesian Padang Restaurant, Sukhothai Thai Restaurant, Yijinyuan, Meisi Coffee which removed its halal sign, Niannian Dafengshou Fish Restaurant, Xingyuege Harbin Restaurant, Red Willow Lamb Scorpion, Barkley Caspian Western Restaurant, Istanbul Restaurant, Hefeng Zhiyan which saw its Hui Muslim shareholders withdraw, Cheese Molecule which removed its halal sign, Haitian Yise, and Changying Seafood Barbecue.
It is not easy for these shops to stay open. If you friends have any new discoveries, please leave me a message.
Jingnan Baozi Catering
Located on the halal food street in Xueying Hui Muslim Village in Daxing, it mainly serves hot pot (shuanrou) and various halal snacks, including meat pies (roubing), steamed dumplings (zhengjiao), beef noodles, and barbecue.
I tried the lamb bone (yangbanggu) this time. It comes out cooked with charcoal underneath. The lamb bone has marrow inside, and it is very satisfying to eat it with a straw. After finishing the lamb bone, you can use the broth to cook vegetables. Many people come to eat in the evening, and the place is usually full. The price is not expensive, averaging 80 yuan per person.
Xueying is a large Hui Muslim village 40 kilometers from downtown Beijing. There are many halal restaurants in the village. Besides small shops scattered around, there is a whole street full of halal restaurants, and parking nearby is easy.
Address: Xuefu Road, Xueying Village, Daxing District
Tsinghua Tongfang Technology Plaza - Halal Eight Great Bowls (Badawan)
Xingyuan Food is a large cafeteria in the B1 level of Tsinghua Tongfang Technology Plaza. Halal Eight Great Bowls is one of the stalls there. It is open to the public and you can get a card. One meat and two vegetable dishes cost 17 yuan, and two meat and one vegetable dish cost 19 yuan. Rice and porridge are free. They serve over ten types of dishes every day, which is great for people working nearby.
Address: B1, Tsinghua Tongfang Technology Plaza, Wudaokou
Hecai Canteen
Hecai Canteen is the second halal Japanese restaurant in Beijing. It opened at the end of 2018 right next to Dachangying and is owned by the same person. They serve traditional Japanese dishes like sushi, sashimi, and tempura (tianfuluo). You can choose the buffet or order individual dishes. It is a bit pricey, with an average cost of over 150 yuan per person.
Eel rice (manyufan)
Mashed potato salad
It is called flaming conch because it is served on fire.
Mango sushi
Matcha cake
Eel sushi
Tempura (tianfuluo)
Address: Shop 109, Floor 1, Building A, Weilaiyu, Changying Guanzhuang Road, Chaoyang District
Kaorou Liu
Kaorou Liu is a long-standing shop for iron griddle barbecue (zhizi kaorou). The taste is just average, but they are very busy. I personally prefer the iron griddle barbecue at Houweiju.
Address: No. 41 Qian'er Hutong, Hufangqiao.
Fook Burger and Irish Sandwich.
Fook Burger is an American chain with two locations in Beijing. One is at Liangmaqiao and the other is at Financial Street. The Financial Street branch shares a space with the Irish Sandwich shop, and they do not serve alcohol here.
They use halal meat from Australia, and the halal certification is displayed in the shop.
Buy eight burgers and get one free. You can trade in eight receipts for a free burger.
You can choose between thick or thin fries. For burgers, you can pick one, two, or three beef patties and add cheese. Fook Burger is the best burger I have ever eaten.
Note that the Financial Street location has shorter hours, closing at 8:00 PM and staying closed on weekends. The Liangma River branch has longer hours.
The picture below shows the chicken salad sold at the Irish Sandwich shop next door; the portion is very large.
Address: Basement Level 1, Block B, Financial Street Center, Xicheng District.
Biteapitta Jewish Restaurant.
The owner of this shop is a Middle Eastern Jew, but the ingredients are halal. The owner has a halal certificate on his desk. There was only one other restaurant in Beijing with kosher-certified ingredients on Jiangtai Road, but it is no longer open to the public.
The shop has many books in Hebrew.
Most of the diners are foreigners.
The pita bread (bada bing) is very soft and fluffy, and eating it with hummus is a traditional Middle Eastern way to enjoy it.
The food is prepared with care and tastes good, costing about 100 yuan per person.
Address: 2nd Floor, Tongli Building, Sanlitun North Street.
Al Safir Arabic Restaurant.
This Middle Eastern Arabic restaurant is run by Palestinians. The shop is small, but you can sit outside.
The shop does not sell alcohol, and the food prices are cheap, offering great value.
The average cost per person is only 50 to 60 yuan.
A map of Palestine hangs inside the shop. All Palestinian restaurants in Beijing have this map.
Address: No. 66 Xiaguangli (Shop 6-12, No. 35, Yuanyang Xinganxian Food Street).
ASHRAF Arabic Restaurant.
There is a Palestinian Arab restaurant near the Shunyi New China International Exhibition Center. This is the best Arab restaurant I have eaten at in Beijing.
Like other Palestinian restaurants, they do not sell alcohol and focus on traditional Arab dishes.
Most of the diners are foreigners, which makes sense since many foreigners live in the local community.
The lentil soup (adasi) has a rich flavor.
The chicken kabsa (kabsa) is fragrant and tender, and the rice has a perfect texture.
The business license shows the owner is named Ashraf, which is also the name of the restaurant. The average cost is 70 yuan per person.
Address: Next to the Chaoshan beef hotpot restaurant in Rongxiang Plaza, Shunyi. You cannot find it on the map.
Cai Ding Ke Beef Tendon Hotpot.
This is a halal chain restaurant. The halal sign is small and located under the storefront sign, likely because it was recently replaced. There are also halal signs inside the shop. All other branches are halal, but they are far from the city center, mostly in Changping, with one in Yanqing.
The group-buy meal for two costs 125 yuan. The beef tendon was piled high, and two people could not finish it. The owner said it is enough for four people. The beef tendon is stewed until soft and does not get stuck in your teeth. The beef is also very flavorful. The meal comes with flatbread (laobing), which you can soak in the hotpot broth.
Address: 200 meters south of the GreenTree Inn on Baisha Road, Shahe University Town, Changping.
Previous links:
[Beijing Specialty Halal Dining Guide (Including the most complete list of foreign restaurants)] (Part 1)
[Beijing Specialty Halal Dining Guide (Including the most complete list of foreign restaurants)] (Part 2)
Beijing Halal Dining Guide (Including the most complete list of foreign restaurants) (Part 3)
Beijing Halal Dining Guide (Part 4)
Beijing Halal Dining Guide (Part 5)
Beijing Halal Dining Guide (Part 6)
Beijing Halal Dining Guide (Part 7)
Beijing Halal Dining Guide (Part 8)
Beijing Halal Dining Guide (Part 9)
Beijing Halal Dining Guide (Part 10)
Beijing Halal Dining Guide (Part 11)
Beijing Halal Dining Guide (Part 12)
A Map of Specialty Halal Food in Beijing (Part 13)
