Best Halal Food in Beijing: Local Muslim Restaurants, Hui Snacks and Halal Food Map 22
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Summary: Best Halal Food in Beijing: Local Muslim Restaurants, Hui Snacks and Halal Food Map 22 is presented here as a clear English account for Muslim readers, starting with this scene: —— Hello, Travel ——. It keeps the original names, food details, mosque details, photographs, and cultural context while focusing on Beijing Halal Food, Halal Restaurants, Hui Muslim Food.
—— Hello, Travel ——
Before I share information about halal restaurants, I want to answer some questions I get asked often.
1. I am not a professional food critic. My job has nothing to do with travel or food. I list my profession at the end of my articles, and writing about halal food is just a hobby.
2. I only write about restaurants I have visited. Even if a place is famous, I won't write about it if I haven't eaten there. Just because I write about a restaurant doesn't mean the food is great. Taste is subjective, so I rarely praise or criticize dishes.
3. I am not a big eater. My appetite is actually quite small. I eat three meals a day just like you, and I work out often, so there is no reason for me to be overweight.
4. If you want to find a restaurant's address, just search the name on Gaode Maps, Baidu Maps, or Dazhong Dianping to get the address and phone number.
5. Unless noted otherwise, halal restaurants in Beijing sell alcohol. There are only a handful of alcohol-free restaurants.
6. I am from Beijing.
This issue continues to update information on Beijing halal restaurants. I have introduced nearly 300 restaurants so far. The newly visited spots include Japanese, Southeast Asian, bakery cafes, and local snacks. The variety of halal dining in Beijing continues to lead the country.
1
Japanese: Niushi Yakiniku
I previously introduced Chidao Yakiniku in Changying as a halal Japanese restaurant. This time, I want to recommend another halal Japanese barbecue shop with a slightly different style called Niushi. Niushi has been open in Beijing for about a year. The first shop opened in Shuangjing, and later they opened two more in Baiziwan and Hopson One. Every location is halal.
The owner of Niushi is a Hui Muslim from Beijing. His family has been in the beef business for generations and owns a cattle farm in Gansu. The owner knows a lot about beef and is even a consultant for the Ministry of Agriculture on beef, so the quality of the beef at Niushi is guaranteed.
The restaurant is on the high-end side, so students should be careful. The bottle of non-alcoholic grapefruit juice I drank cost 330 yuan. The average cost per person here is over 200 yuan, and if you order some good beef, the bill can easily go over a thousand.
This 200g piece of marbled Wagyu beef costs 380 yuan. Although it is not cheap, it is fresh, tender, and juicy. Paired with the fruit sauce developed by the restaurant, it is truly a top-tier dish.
Besides expensive beef, the shop also has some affordable snacks. If you only eat meat to get full, your wallet will be empty. I suggest pairing it with staples like udon noodles, grilled meat rice, or ramen. These are not only affordable but also delicious. The portions for these snacks are small, perfect for one person.
Udon noodles
Grilled meat rice
The private rooms have a Japanese style and require you to take off your shoes, so make sure your feet are clean before you come.
2
Southeast Asian: Maiweitang Restaurant
Maiweitang also just opened recently. It is located next to the Vanke Green Town in Yizhuang. It mainly serves Southeast Asian cuisine and some new-style Beijing-style noodles. Looking at the menu and the decor, it reminded me of the rock-and-roll noodle restaurant in Gulou. When I asked the owner, it turned out there is a connection; the head chef at Maiweitang was a shareholder at the Gulou noodle shop, which explains why they have those new-style noodles here.
House special stir-fried shrimp
Hainan chicken rice
Hot and sour seafood pot
Of the three dishes pictured above, I most recommend the house special stir-fried shrimp. The shrimp are topped with oats and have a sweet flavor. They are stir-fried until crispy, so you can eat them shell and all. The seafood pot is a bit large and filled with many fish balls, so two people might not be able to finish it. The sauce for the Hainanese chicken rice has a unique taste that some friends might not be used to.
3
Xinjiang style: Sailankun
Sailankun has been open for about half a year and is located in Hepingli. The owner is a Hui Muslim from Turpan, a place famous for its melons and fruits. The restaurant is quite large, with two floors and private rooms that can accommodate gatherings of 40 to 50 people. The exquisite decor is what attracts me most to Sailankun, and it is also a great place for a date.
Peppery chicken (jiaomaji)
Diced naan with grilled meat (nangding kaorou)
Flaky baked buns (supi kaobaozi)
There are many Xinjiang restaurants in Beijing, but this one is worth a special recommendation for its flaky baked buns. These buns look like egg yolk pastries, and the crust is so flaky it crumbles when you bite into it. They are stuffed with diced lamb. If you have had traditional baked buns, you should try this fusion style.
Red willow grilled meat (hongliu kaorou)
4
Jingshunxuan spicy hot pot (malatang)
This issue introduces two spicy hot pot shops. This one is North China style, which features sesame paste. Besides spicy hot pot, the shop also serves potstickers (guotie) and barbecue. The other shop is Northwest style, which uses chili oil instead of sesame paste.
This small shop has been operating in Changying for many years. It is not big, but it is crowded and you have to wait in line. The spicy hot pot is quite spicy, and the potstickers are filled with carrots.
5
Dark Circles (Heiyanquan) Bakery and Cafe
After walking 200 meters from Changying Subway Station, I found a halal bakery and cafe. The environment and the products sold are very novel. This should be the only remaining halal cafe in Beijing. Friends who like to enjoy a leisurely afternoon tea can come and experience it.
I ordered a latte, and the small dessert that came with the coffee was also marked as halal. Both the coffee and the dessert tasted great.
If you don't drink coffee, there is also fruit tea. This pot is grape fruit tea, which is also very delicious.
6
Huozhouke conveyor belt mini hot pot
Huozhouke used to serve spicy stir-fry pots (mala xiangguo), but recently they renovated and changed to a conveyor belt mini hot pot. Business has improved a lot, and the shop was full on the first day of opening without any advertising.
The conveyor belt mini hot pot is billed by the skewer, costing about 50 to 60 yuan per person.
7
Haolaiwu Spicy Hot Pot (Haolaiwu Malatang)
Haolaiwu Spicy Hot Pot (Haolaiwu Malatang) is located on the ground floor of the Fenghua Haojing building near Caishikou. It is run by the original team from the Ma Family Ramen shop on Jiaozihu Tong in Niujie. They serve Northwest-style spicy hot pot, along with Northwest specialties like fermented vegetable noodle soup (jiangshuimian) and homemade spicy gluten strips (latiao). The spicy gluten strips cost 15 yuan per bag.
Spicy gluten strips (latiao)
8
Lan 97 Famous Snacks (Lan Jiushiqi Ming Xiaochi)
The owner of this shop came to Beijing in 2004 to work in the restaurant business. He once opened the only Indonesian Padang restaurant in Beijing, but he felt Southeast Asian flavors were not popular in the city, so he pinned his hopes on this new Lanzhou-style restaurant.
The shop includes almost all famous Lanzhou snacks, except for beef noodles.
High-quality cold starch noodles (gaodan liangpi)
Spicy millet chicken diced noodle mix (xiaomi la jiding banmian)
Fermented vegetable noodle soup (jiangshuimian)
Milk egg fermented rice soup (niunai jidan laozao)
A small drink that every Lanzhou local recognizes
Grilled meat in flatbread (kaorou jiamo)
Three-treasure tea (sanpaotai)
Saucy wide noodles (liuzhi kuanfen)
Saucy potato slices (liuzhi tudoupian)
Lanzhou-style small barbecue (Lanzhou xiao shao kao)
The owner has two other Lanzhou snack shops in Sanlitun and Guomao called Wangasi, but Lan 97 uses the best ingredients and is where he puts the most effort. It is the best-tasting one in my opinion, as it basically recreates the flavors I had in Lanzhou. The restaurant serves no alcohol and is worth a visit. It is located on the basement floor of the shopping mall at the Olympic Forest Park.
9
Xunji
Xunji is a halal barbecue stall with a slightly upscale feel and a comfortable environment. It is located in the garden in front of the Lido Hotel. The owner is Brother Ma from the Sijia Xiaoyuan Tanli Hot Pot, so the skewers here also use high-quality Ningxia beach sheep (tanyang).
The grilled oysters and grilled scallops are seasoned well, and the ingredients are fresh.
Because the owner is from Gansu, the shop also has Gansu snacks, such as sweet fermented wheat (tianpeizi), grilled pears, and fermented rice (laozao).
You can guess the price by looking at the food. It costs about 150 yuan per person. I even ran into Cao Yunjin when I ate there.
10
Fragrant Concubine's Sheep (Xiangfei de Mianyang)
The name Fragrant Concubine's Sheep (Xiangfei de Mianyang) sounds quite bold. It is a takeout window run by a Uyghur friend of mine. The shop specializes in lamb leg baked buns (kaobaozi) and rice pilaf (zhuafan), and they share tables and chairs with the restaurant next door.
Because they have a clay oven (nangkeng), their baked buns (kaobaozi) are extra fragrant. The rice pilaf (zhuafan) is also great, though I noticed it had no raisins. When I asked the chef, he said he could not find high-quality raisins in Beijing, so he preferred not to use any. This shows the chef is very strict about his food quality.
The small shop is at the north gate of Balizhuang Nanli. You can order takeout on Meituan, but I recommend standing right at the shop door to eat the baked buns (kaobaozi) while they are fresh out of the oven.
12
Halal Stone Pot BBQ (Qingzhen Shiguo Kaorou)
There is a stone pot BBQ place in the alley near Ciqikou subway station. It has a Korean style but also seems to combine the eating method of old Beijing iron plate BBQ (zhizi kaorou). I like their cheese chicken cutlet rice.
The meat is cooked in a stone pot with some oil and seasoning. This method makes the flavor soak in better than iron plate BBQ (zhizi kaorou), and it heats more evenly.
Cheese chicken cutlet rice
13
Wisteria Villa (Ziteng Shanzhuang)
Wisteria Villa (Ziteng Shanzhuang) is near Gubei Water Town, about 5 kilometers away. It is a halal farmhouse inn that combines dining, lodging, and entertainment. The shareholders include a Niujie ethnic goods store. The inn serves no alcohol, so the halal quality is guaranteed.
The painting on the wall was a gift from an imam at the Niujie Mosque. The restaurant can hold over a hundred people for dining and lodging at the same time.
The farmhouse inn serves home-style dishes at affordable prices. Including lodging, it costs only about 200 yuan per person.
Summary: Best Halal Food in Beijing: Local Muslim Restaurants, Hui Snacks and Halal Food Map 22 is presented here as a clear English account for Muslim readers, starting with this scene: —— Hello, Travel ——. It keeps the original names, food details, mosque details, photographs, and cultural context while focusing on Beijing Halal Food, Halal Restaurants, Hui Muslim Food.
—— Hello, Travel ——
Before I share information about halal restaurants, I want to answer some questions I get asked often.
1. I am not a professional food critic. My job has nothing to do with travel or food. I list my profession at the end of my articles, and writing about halal food is just a hobby.
2. I only write about restaurants I have visited. Even if a place is famous, I won't write about it if I haven't eaten there. Just because I write about a restaurant doesn't mean the food is great. Taste is subjective, so I rarely praise or criticize dishes.
3. I am not a big eater. My appetite is actually quite small. I eat three meals a day just like you, and I work out often, so there is no reason for me to be overweight.
4. If you want to find a restaurant's address, just search the name on Gaode Maps, Baidu Maps, or Dazhong Dianping to get the address and phone number.
5. Unless noted otherwise, halal restaurants in Beijing sell alcohol. There are only a handful of alcohol-free restaurants.
6. I am from Beijing.
This issue continues to update information on Beijing halal restaurants. I have introduced nearly 300 restaurants so far. The newly visited spots include Japanese, Southeast Asian, bakery cafes, and local snacks. The variety of halal dining in Beijing continues to lead the country.
1
Japanese: Niushi Yakiniku
I previously introduced Chidao Yakiniku in Changying as a halal Japanese restaurant. This time, I want to recommend another halal Japanese barbecue shop with a slightly different style called Niushi. Niushi has been open in Beijing for about a year. The first shop opened in Shuangjing, and later they opened two more in Baiziwan and Hopson One. Every location is halal.
The owner of Niushi is a Hui Muslim from Beijing. His family has been in the beef business for generations and owns a cattle farm in Gansu. The owner knows a lot about beef and is even a consultant for the Ministry of Agriculture on beef, so the quality of the beef at Niushi is guaranteed.
The restaurant is on the high-end side, so students should be careful. The bottle of non-alcoholic grapefruit juice I drank cost 330 yuan. The average cost per person here is over 200 yuan, and if you order some good beef, the bill can easily go over a thousand.
This 200g piece of marbled Wagyu beef costs 380 yuan. Although it is not cheap, it is fresh, tender, and juicy. Paired with the fruit sauce developed by the restaurant, it is truly a top-tier dish.
Besides expensive beef, the shop also has some affordable snacks. If you only eat meat to get full, your wallet will be empty. I suggest pairing it with staples like udon noodles, grilled meat rice, or ramen. These are not only affordable but also delicious. The portions for these snacks are small, perfect for one person.
Udon noodles
Grilled meat rice
The private rooms have a Japanese style and require you to take off your shoes, so make sure your feet are clean before you come.
2
Southeast Asian: Maiweitang Restaurant
Maiweitang also just opened recently. It is located next to the Vanke Green Town in Yizhuang. It mainly serves Southeast Asian cuisine and some new-style Beijing-style noodles. Looking at the menu and the decor, it reminded me of the rock-and-roll noodle restaurant in Gulou. When I asked the owner, it turned out there is a connection; the head chef at Maiweitang was a shareholder at the Gulou noodle shop, which explains why they have those new-style noodles here.
House special stir-fried shrimp
Hainan chicken rice
Hot and sour seafood pot
Of the three dishes pictured above, I most recommend the house special stir-fried shrimp. The shrimp are topped with oats and have a sweet flavor. They are stir-fried until crispy, so you can eat them shell and all. The seafood pot is a bit large and filled with many fish balls, so two people might not be able to finish it. The sauce for the Hainanese chicken rice has a unique taste that some friends might not be used to.
3
Xinjiang style: Sailankun
Sailankun has been open for about half a year and is located in Hepingli. The owner is a Hui Muslim from Turpan, a place famous for its melons and fruits. The restaurant is quite large, with two floors and private rooms that can accommodate gatherings of 40 to 50 people. The exquisite decor is what attracts me most to Sailankun, and it is also a great place for a date.
Peppery chicken (jiaomaji)
Diced naan with grilled meat (nangding kaorou)
Flaky baked buns (supi kaobaozi)
There are many Xinjiang restaurants in Beijing, but this one is worth a special recommendation for its flaky baked buns. These buns look like egg yolk pastries, and the crust is so flaky it crumbles when you bite into it. They are stuffed with diced lamb. If you have had traditional baked buns, you should try this fusion style.
Red willow grilled meat (hongliu kaorou)
4
Jingshunxuan spicy hot pot (malatang)
This issue introduces two spicy hot pot shops. This one is North China style, which features sesame paste. Besides spicy hot pot, the shop also serves potstickers (guotie) and barbecue. The other shop is Northwest style, which uses chili oil instead of sesame paste.
This small shop has been operating in Changying for many years. It is not big, but it is crowded and you have to wait in line. The spicy hot pot is quite spicy, and the potstickers are filled with carrots.
5
Dark Circles (Heiyanquan) Bakery and Cafe
After walking 200 meters from Changying Subway Station, I found a halal bakery and cafe. The environment and the products sold are very novel. This should be the only remaining halal cafe in Beijing. Friends who like to enjoy a leisurely afternoon tea can come and experience it.
I ordered a latte, and the small dessert that came with the coffee was also marked as halal. Both the coffee and the dessert tasted great.
If you don't drink coffee, there is also fruit tea. This pot is grape fruit tea, which is also very delicious.
6
Huozhouke conveyor belt mini hot pot
Huozhouke used to serve spicy stir-fry pots (mala xiangguo), but recently they renovated and changed to a conveyor belt mini hot pot. Business has improved a lot, and the shop was full on the first day of opening without any advertising.
The conveyor belt mini hot pot is billed by the skewer, costing about 50 to 60 yuan per person.
7
Haolaiwu Spicy Hot Pot (Haolaiwu Malatang)
Haolaiwu Spicy Hot Pot (Haolaiwu Malatang) is located on the ground floor of the Fenghua Haojing building near Caishikou. It is run by the original team from the Ma Family Ramen shop on Jiaozihu Tong in Niujie. They serve Northwest-style spicy hot pot, along with Northwest specialties like fermented vegetable noodle soup (jiangshuimian) and homemade spicy gluten strips (latiao). The spicy gluten strips cost 15 yuan per bag.
Spicy gluten strips (latiao)
8
Lan 97 Famous Snacks (Lan Jiushiqi Ming Xiaochi)
The owner of this shop came to Beijing in 2004 to work in the restaurant business. He once opened the only Indonesian Padang restaurant in Beijing, but he felt Southeast Asian flavors were not popular in the city, so he pinned his hopes on this new Lanzhou-style restaurant.
The shop includes almost all famous Lanzhou snacks, except for beef noodles.
High-quality cold starch noodles (gaodan liangpi)
Spicy millet chicken diced noodle mix (xiaomi la jiding banmian)
Fermented vegetable noodle soup (jiangshuimian)
Milk egg fermented rice soup (niunai jidan laozao)
A small drink that every Lanzhou local recognizes
Grilled meat in flatbread (kaorou jiamo)
Three-treasure tea (sanpaotai)
Saucy wide noodles (liuzhi kuanfen)
Saucy potato slices (liuzhi tudoupian)
Lanzhou-style small barbecue (Lanzhou xiao shao kao)
The owner has two other Lanzhou snack shops in Sanlitun and Guomao called Wangasi, but Lan 97 uses the best ingredients and is where he puts the most effort. It is the best-tasting one in my opinion, as it basically recreates the flavors I had in Lanzhou. The restaurant serves no alcohol and is worth a visit. It is located on the basement floor of the shopping mall at the Olympic Forest Park.
9
Xunji
Xunji is a halal barbecue stall with a slightly upscale feel and a comfortable environment. It is located in the garden in front of the Lido Hotel. The owner is Brother Ma from the Sijia Xiaoyuan Tanli Hot Pot, so the skewers here also use high-quality Ningxia beach sheep (tanyang).
The grilled oysters and grilled scallops are seasoned well, and the ingredients are fresh.
Because the owner is from Gansu, the shop also has Gansu snacks, such as sweet fermented wheat (tianpeizi), grilled pears, and fermented rice (laozao).
You can guess the price by looking at the food. It costs about 150 yuan per person. I even ran into Cao Yunjin when I ate there.
10
Fragrant Concubine's Sheep (Xiangfei de Mianyang)
The name Fragrant Concubine's Sheep (Xiangfei de Mianyang) sounds quite bold. It is a takeout window run by a Uyghur friend of mine. The shop specializes in lamb leg baked buns (kaobaozi) and rice pilaf (zhuafan), and they share tables and chairs with the restaurant next door.
Because they have a clay oven (nangkeng), their baked buns (kaobaozi) are extra fragrant. The rice pilaf (zhuafan) is also great, though I noticed it had no raisins. When I asked the chef, he said he could not find high-quality raisins in Beijing, so he preferred not to use any. This shows the chef is very strict about his food quality.
The small shop is at the north gate of Balizhuang Nanli. You can order takeout on Meituan, but I recommend standing right at the shop door to eat the baked buns (kaobaozi) while they are fresh out of the oven.
12
Halal Stone Pot BBQ (Qingzhen Shiguo Kaorou)
There is a stone pot BBQ place in the alley near Ciqikou subway station. It has a Korean style but also seems to combine the eating method of old Beijing iron plate BBQ (zhizi kaorou). I like their cheese chicken cutlet rice.
The meat is cooked in a stone pot with some oil and seasoning. This method makes the flavor soak in better than iron plate BBQ (zhizi kaorou), and it heats more evenly.
Cheese chicken cutlet rice
13
Wisteria Villa (Ziteng Shanzhuang)
Wisteria Villa (Ziteng Shanzhuang) is near Gubei Water Town, about 5 kilometers away. It is a halal farmhouse inn that combines dining, lodging, and entertainment. The shareholders include a Niujie ethnic goods store. The inn serves no alcohol, so the halal quality is guaranteed.
The painting on the wall was a gift from an imam at the Niujie Mosque. The restaurant can hold over a hundred people for dining and lodging at the same time.
The farmhouse inn serves home-style dishes at affordable prices. Including lodging, it costs only about 200 yuan per person.
