Best Halal Food Beijing: Huangcun Mosque Eats, Potstickers, Dim Sum and Hui Muslim Soup
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Summary: This Beijing halal food guide maps issue 42 of the series, covering Huangcun West Street mosque-area food, bone broth rice noodles, malatang skewers, spicy soup, Indian food, Barbecue Li, farmhouse dishes, Hong Kong-style dim sum, Hui Muslim soup, and potstickers.
Beijing Halal Food Map (Issue 42) is presented here as a firsthand travel account in clear English, beginning with this scene: I started updating my Xiaohongshu account with the same name this year. I found that Xiaohongshu gets much more attention than Weibo. The account keeps its focus on Beijing Halal Food, Muslim Travel, Middle Eastern Food while preserving the names, places, food, and historical details from the Chinese source.
Yahya's Xiaohongshu
I started updating my Xiaohongshu account with the same name this year. I found that Xiaohongshu gets much more attention than Weibo. Just posting a few photos and text there brings in a lot of traffic. The audience on Xiaohongshu matches my insurance client profile perfectly: well-educated women around 30 years old living in first-tier cities. One big reason I like dealing with highly educated people is that communication is smooth. I just tell them the name of a restaurant, and they know where to find it without me needing to give the address.
However, with the traffic comes a lot of 'smart alecks.' These people are much milder than the anti-Muslim trolls on Weibo 10 years ago. I have been through so much that I don't even have the desire to reply to their strange comments. One thing is for sure: online trolls are all cowards and losers in real life. We should stay away from fools, give up the urge to help them, and respect everyone's own path. Don't try to change anyone. Everyone will get what they deserve for their words and actions.
The halal restaurants I visited for the first time in this issue are as follows:
1. Ding's Bone Broth Rice Noodles (Dingji Gutang Mixian)
2. Spicy Hot Pot Skewers (Malatang Chuanchuan)
3. Zhang Dahui Spicy Soup and Braised Noodles (Zhang Dahui Hulatang · Huimian)
4. Ganges Legend Indian Restaurant (Henghe Chuanqi · Yindu Canting)
5. Barbecue Li (Kaorou Li)
6. Ya'er Li's Farmhouse Courtyard (Ya'er Liji · Nongjiayuan)
7. Taihe Building (Taihelou)
8. Sanliujiuwan Hong Kong-style dim sum
9. Hui Muslims slow-cooked soup restaurant
10. Xiaoyao Old Yang Family spicy soup (hulatang)
11. Zhang's pan-fried dumplings (guotie)
1. Ding's Bone Broth Rice Noodles (Dingji Gutang Mixian)
This rice noodle shop is at the entrance of the mosque on Huangcun West Street. It is run by locals. You can choose between spicy or bone broth flavors. They are on Meituan for delivery. The rice noodles are thick and come with many toppings. Add a little sesame oil for a great aroma.
2. Spicy Hot Pot Skewers (Malatang Chuanchuan)
Located next to the mosque on Huangcun West Street, right by the bone broth rice noodle shop. This was my first time eating this kind of skewer hot pot (chuanchuan). When you walk in, grab a bowl, mix your dipping sauce, and find a seat. Pick whatever you want to eat. When you finish, they count the sticks to calculate the bill. Each stick is one yuan. This place and the fried skewer shop next door are the same business.
The fried skewers and the spicy hot pot skewers are the same business and are right next to each other.
3. Zhang Dahui spicy soup (hulatang)
The newly opened Zhang Dahui spicy soup shop in Baijiazhuang, Sanlitun, is open until midnight. It features the flavor of Xiaoyao Town and is not as spicy as Fang Zhongshan. Besides spicy soup, they also serve braised noodles (huimian). They serve spicy soup during the day and braised noodles at night.
fried dough fritters (youmotou)
pan-fried buns (shuijianbao)
beef pockets (niurouhe)
spicy pepper soup (hulatang)
If you want authentic Xiaoyao Town-style spicy pepper soup (hulatang) in Beijing, I think the version at Yuziwei in Huilongguan is the best.
4. Ganges Legend Indian Restaurant
This restaurant is on the basement level of The Place. The highlight is the lunch buffet, which costs 68 per person.
It is not true that you do not have to wait. Many people come for the lunch buffet, mostly Indian customers, so you need to queue. The food tastes quite good and offers great value for money.
5. Barbecue Li (Kaorou Li)
This restaurant blends Beijing-style griddle barbecue (zhizi kaorou) with Korean barbecue, and the owner is a local Beijinger.
It has been open for three years and has a good reputation in Fangshan. The service is attentive, and the staff honestly tell you which signature dishes are popular and which ones are just average.
Their lamb is worth recommending, but the beef is quite ordinary.
Grilled large slices of meat paired with cold noodles is the Korean-style way to eat, and servers help you grill it.
Meat cut into small strips, marinated in advance, and sprinkled with cilantro is how you make griddle-grilled meat (zhizi kaorou).
Pickled cucumber strips and spicy cabbage (labaicai) are also recommended side dishes, though I don't really eat pickled foods.
The restaurant is in Changyang, Fangshan, which is a bit out of the way, and the average cost per person is around 120 yuan.
6. Ya'er Liji Halal Farmhouse
This is a newly opened farmhouse restaurant by Ya'er Liji in Huairou. The place is quite spacious, with its own vegetable garden and chickens, ducks, and geese raised in the backyard.
The vegetables served in the restaurant are grown in the garden and taste very good.
Main meals include lamb spine hot pot (yangxiezi huoguo), hot pot meat (shuanrou), and several farmhouse dishes. The menu is not very extensive, and they also have charcoal-grilled skewers.
The grill for the skewers is set up in the courtyard, so they are grilled fresh when you order. The servers in the courtyard are all trusted staff of the owner who have followed him from Dezhou to Beijing for over twenty years.
The small courtyard offers accommodation with standard rooms and heated brick beds (huokang), all for 500 yuan a day, including a halal breakfast. The phone number is on Dazhong Dianping.
His backyard connects to a team-building activity area, and Fahim had so much fun there he didn't want to go home.
7. Taihe Building (Taihelou)
A roast duck restaurant recently opened near Guanzhuang that serves caviar roast duck and various seafood.
The roast duck is standard, but the restaurant has a nice atmosphere and plenty of parking spaces at the entrance.
8. Sanliujiuwan Hong Kong-style dim sum
I previously introduced the Hong Kong-style beef offal pot (niuzabao) at Sanliujiu Wan. I heard they were planning to launch dim sum, but I didn't expect it to arrive so quickly. This is a big deal for the completeness of Beijing's halal food scene, so I gathered a group of kids to come and try the dim sum.
Claypot rice (baozai fan)
Claypot rice is also a new dish. It must be made to order and takes 25 minutes. They use Thai jasmine rice topped with beef sausage, and you can choose how many grams of sausage you want to add based on your preference.
The curry fish balls are very bouncy. The owner says he developed the recipe himself. He is a Hui Muslim from Shandong and the son of an imam.
Our group of 12 people ate through the new dim sum menu twice, and the cost was about 120 yuan per person.
After eating this Hong Kong-style dim sum, you could say there are no gaps left in Beijing's halal food scene, as you can now find halal versions of all major cuisines in the city.
9. Hui Muslim Family Braised Soup House (Wei Tang Guan)
It is rare to find a halal restaurant that specializes in soup, but a new one just opened in Beijing that focuses on various nourishing chicken soups.
The owner is from Wuzhong, Ningxia, and he ships chickens from Ningxia to Beijing to make his broth. The shop is located inside the Shimingxuan Northwest Restaurant in Dongcheng District. They mainly handle takeout orders through Douyin, so you can search for the shop name on Meituan or Douyin to place an order for delivery.
The pot comes with your delivery to keep it fresh. The soup on top is chicken soup with premium ingredients like goji berries, ginseng, and monkey head mushrooms (houtougu). The pot below is pigeon soup. Both the pigeon and chicken are stewed until very tender, which shows they are cooked for a long time. It is a great choice for nourishing the elders in your family.
10. Xiaoyao Old Yang Family spicy soup (hulatang)
Old Yang's spicy soup (hulatang) feels quite authentic, and the environment inside is clean and spacious.
They are located in Wangjing and serve spicy soup all day, even at night. The spice level of their soup is between Zhang Dahui and Fang Zhongshan, which I think is just right.
I had a mix of spicy soup and tofu pudding (doufunao) this time, and the complimentary pickles were quite tasty.
The meat pies (rouhe) and flatbreads (luomo) were just okay, but I was quite satisfied with the spicy soup. I heard their pan-fried buns (shuijianbao) are also excellent.
11. Zhang's pan-fried dumplings (guotie)
This is a 12-year-old shop that specializes in various types of potstickers (guotie). I really liked them after trying them; one bite reminded me of the taste of potstickers I had in Niujie when I was a child. However, this Zhangji is run by locals from Tongzhou and is not the same as the Zhangji in Niujie.
I ordered one serving of beef and chive filling and one serving of lamb and green onion filling. The potstickers had thin, crispy skins and plenty of filling. The price is also very cheap, averaging 20 yuan per serving, which is enough to fill one person up. The only downside is that there are too many people smoking and drinking in this old Beijing-style restaurant, making the environment noisy, but everything else is great.
Next to Zhang's Potstickers (Zhangji Guotie) are two other halal shops. There are many halal restaurants in this part of Tongzhou.
Summary: This Beijing halal food guide maps issue 42 of the series, covering Huangcun West Street mosque-area food, bone broth rice noodles, malatang skewers, spicy soup, Indian food, Barbecue Li, farmhouse dishes, Hong Kong-style dim sum, Hui Muslim soup, and potstickers.
Beijing Halal Food Map (Issue 42) is presented here as a firsthand travel account in clear English, beginning with this scene: I started updating my Xiaohongshu account with the same name this year. I found that Xiaohongshu gets much more attention than Weibo. The account keeps its focus on Beijing Halal Food, Muslim Travel, Middle Eastern Food while preserving the names, places, food, and historical details from the Chinese source.
Yahya's Xiaohongshu
I started updating my Xiaohongshu account with the same name this year. I found that Xiaohongshu gets much more attention than Weibo. Just posting a few photos and text there brings in a lot of traffic. The audience on Xiaohongshu matches my insurance client profile perfectly: well-educated women around 30 years old living in first-tier cities. One big reason I like dealing with highly educated people is that communication is smooth. I just tell them the name of a restaurant, and they know where to find it without me needing to give the address.
However, with the traffic comes a lot of 'smart alecks.' These people are much milder than the anti-Muslim trolls on Weibo 10 years ago. I have been through so much that I don't even have the desire to reply to their strange comments. One thing is for sure: online trolls are all cowards and losers in real life. We should stay away from fools, give up the urge to help them, and respect everyone's own path. Don't try to change anyone. Everyone will get what they deserve for their words and actions.
The halal restaurants I visited for the first time in this issue are as follows:
1. Ding's Bone Broth Rice Noodles (Dingji Gutang Mixian)
2. Spicy Hot Pot Skewers (Malatang Chuanchuan)
3. Zhang Dahui Spicy Soup and Braised Noodles (Zhang Dahui Hulatang · Huimian)
4. Ganges Legend Indian Restaurant (Henghe Chuanqi · Yindu Canting)
5. Barbecue Li (Kaorou Li)
6. Ya'er Li's Farmhouse Courtyard (Ya'er Liji · Nongjiayuan)
7. Taihe Building (Taihelou)
8. Sanliujiuwan Hong Kong-style dim sum
9. Hui Muslims slow-cooked soup restaurant
10. Xiaoyao Old Yang Family spicy soup (hulatang)
11. Zhang's pan-fried dumplings (guotie)
1. Ding's Bone Broth Rice Noodles (Dingji Gutang Mixian)
This rice noodle shop is at the entrance of the mosque on Huangcun West Street. It is run by locals. You can choose between spicy or bone broth flavors. They are on Meituan for delivery. The rice noodles are thick and come with many toppings. Add a little sesame oil for a great aroma.
2. Spicy Hot Pot Skewers (Malatang Chuanchuan)
Located next to the mosque on Huangcun West Street, right by the bone broth rice noodle shop. This was my first time eating this kind of skewer hot pot (chuanchuan). When you walk in, grab a bowl, mix your dipping sauce, and find a seat. Pick whatever you want to eat. When you finish, they count the sticks to calculate the bill. Each stick is one yuan. This place and the fried skewer shop next door are the same business.
The fried skewers and the spicy hot pot skewers are the same business and are right next to each other.
3. Zhang Dahui spicy soup (hulatang)
The newly opened Zhang Dahui spicy soup shop in Baijiazhuang, Sanlitun, is open until midnight. It features the flavor of Xiaoyao Town and is not as spicy as Fang Zhongshan. Besides spicy soup, they also serve braised noodles (huimian). They serve spicy soup during the day and braised noodles at night.
fried dough fritters (youmotou)
pan-fried buns (shuijianbao)
beef pockets (niurouhe)
spicy pepper soup (hulatang)
If you want authentic Xiaoyao Town-style spicy pepper soup (hulatang) in Beijing, I think the version at Yuziwei in Huilongguan is the best.
4. Ganges Legend Indian Restaurant
This restaurant is on the basement level of The Place. The highlight is the lunch buffet, which costs 68 per person.
It is not true that you do not have to wait. Many people come for the lunch buffet, mostly Indian customers, so you need to queue. The food tastes quite good and offers great value for money.
5. Barbecue Li (Kaorou Li)
This restaurant blends Beijing-style griddle barbecue (zhizi kaorou) with Korean barbecue, and the owner is a local Beijinger.
It has been open for three years and has a good reputation in Fangshan. The service is attentive, and the staff honestly tell you which signature dishes are popular and which ones are just average.
Their lamb is worth recommending, but the beef is quite ordinary.
Grilled large slices of meat paired with cold noodles is the Korean-style way to eat, and servers help you grill it.
Meat cut into small strips, marinated in advance, and sprinkled with cilantro is how you make griddle-grilled meat (zhizi kaorou).
Pickled cucumber strips and spicy cabbage (labaicai) are also recommended side dishes, though I don't really eat pickled foods.
The restaurant is in Changyang, Fangshan, which is a bit out of the way, and the average cost per person is around 120 yuan.
6. Ya'er Liji Halal Farmhouse
This is a newly opened farmhouse restaurant by Ya'er Liji in Huairou. The place is quite spacious, with its own vegetable garden and chickens, ducks, and geese raised in the backyard.
The vegetables served in the restaurant are grown in the garden and taste very good.
Main meals include lamb spine hot pot (yangxiezi huoguo), hot pot meat (shuanrou), and several farmhouse dishes. The menu is not very extensive, and they also have charcoal-grilled skewers.
The grill for the skewers is set up in the courtyard, so they are grilled fresh when you order. The servers in the courtyard are all trusted staff of the owner who have followed him from Dezhou to Beijing for over twenty years.
The small courtyard offers accommodation with standard rooms and heated brick beds (huokang), all for 500 yuan a day, including a halal breakfast. The phone number is on Dazhong Dianping.
His backyard connects to a team-building activity area, and Fahim had so much fun there he didn't want to go home.
7. Taihe Building (Taihelou)
A roast duck restaurant recently opened near Guanzhuang that serves caviar roast duck and various seafood.
The roast duck is standard, but the restaurant has a nice atmosphere and plenty of parking spaces at the entrance.
8. Sanliujiuwan Hong Kong-style dim sum
I previously introduced the Hong Kong-style beef offal pot (niuzabao) at Sanliujiu Wan. I heard they were planning to launch dim sum, but I didn't expect it to arrive so quickly. This is a big deal for the completeness of Beijing's halal food scene, so I gathered a group of kids to come and try the dim sum.
Claypot rice (baozai fan)
Claypot rice is also a new dish. It must be made to order and takes 25 minutes. They use Thai jasmine rice topped with beef sausage, and you can choose how many grams of sausage you want to add based on your preference.
The curry fish balls are very bouncy. The owner says he developed the recipe himself. He is a Hui Muslim from Shandong and the son of an imam.
Our group of 12 people ate through the new dim sum menu twice, and the cost was about 120 yuan per person.
After eating this Hong Kong-style dim sum, you could say there are no gaps left in Beijing's halal food scene, as you can now find halal versions of all major cuisines in the city.
9. Hui Muslim Family Braised Soup House (Wei Tang Guan)
It is rare to find a halal restaurant that specializes in soup, but a new one just opened in Beijing that focuses on various nourishing chicken soups.
The owner is from Wuzhong, Ningxia, and he ships chickens from Ningxia to Beijing to make his broth. The shop is located inside the Shimingxuan Northwest Restaurant in Dongcheng District. They mainly handle takeout orders through Douyin, so you can search for the shop name on Meituan or Douyin to place an order for delivery.
The pot comes with your delivery to keep it fresh. The soup on top is chicken soup with premium ingredients like goji berries, ginseng, and monkey head mushrooms (houtougu). The pot below is pigeon soup. Both the pigeon and chicken are stewed until very tender, which shows they are cooked for a long time. It is a great choice for nourishing the elders in your family.
10. Xiaoyao Old Yang Family spicy soup (hulatang)
Old Yang's spicy soup (hulatang) feels quite authentic, and the environment inside is clean and spacious.
They are located in Wangjing and serve spicy soup all day, even at night. The spice level of their soup is between Zhang Dahui and Fang Zhongshan, which I think is just right.
I had a mix of spicy soup and tofu pudding (doufunao) this time, and the complimentary pickles were quite tasty.
The meat pies (rouhe) and flatbreads (luomo) were just okay, but I was quite satisfied with the spicy soup. I heard their pan-fried buns (shuijianbao) are also excellent.
11. Zhang's pan-fried dumplings (guotie)
This is a 12-year-old shop that specializes in various types of potstickers (guotie). I really liked them after trying them; one bite reminded me of the taste of potstickers I had in Niujie when I was a child. However, this Zhangji is run by locals from Tongzhou and is not the same as the Zhangji in Niujie.
I ordered one serving of beef and chive filling and one serving of lamb and green onion filling. The potstickers had thin, crispy skins and plenty of filling. The price is also very cheap, averaging 20 yuan per serving, which is enough to fill one person up. The only downside is that there are too many people smoking and drinking in this old Beijing-style restaurant, making the environment noisy, but everything else is great.
Next to Zhang's Potstickers (Zhangji Guotie) are two other halal shops. There are many halal restaurants in this part of Tongzhou.
