Best Halal Food Beijing: Yujiawu BBQ, Tengzhou Pancake, Buffet Hot Pot and Halal Hunan Food
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Summary: This Beijing halal food map issue 49 starts with advice about halal signs and then covers Yujiawu BBQ, Tengzhou vegetable pancakes, buffet hot pot, claypot rice noodles, Asen Eight Great Bowls, Qiqihar BBQ, and one of Beijing's rare halal Hunan restaurants.
As usual, I have a few complaints. A few days ago, I posted an article about the Grand Mufti of Egypt saying not to dig too deep into whether meat is halal. The article was barely 800 words long. It clearly stated at the beginning that it was about how to eat halal in Europe and the basic principles of what is halal. I thought the logic was simple and clear, but some people still did not understand it and even reached the exact opposite conclusion. The lesson for Hui Muslims in China is that if a restaurant clearly displays a halal sign, you do not need to dig deeper. You have already made the intention (niyyah) to find halal food, and the restaurant has provided a halal sign, so the responsibility lies entirely with them. Even if they trick you with fake halal food, it has no effect on your worship. There is no such thing as accidentally eating non-halal food damaging your worship. As for those who insist on going to a halal restaurant and then questioning whether the ingredients are truly halal, that is just deceiving yourself and asking for trouble. It is not practical. Even if the owner of a halal restaurant performs all five pillars of Islam, unless they slaughtered the meat themselves, they cannot 100% guarantee the meat is halal. How could you possibly dig any deeper than that?
The halal restaurant information for this issue is as follows:
1. Northeast Halal Charcoal Earth Oven BBQ (Dongbei Qingzhen Tanhuo Dilu Kaorou)
2. Tongxinzhai Tengzhou Vegetable Pancake (Tongxinzhai Tengzhou Caijianbing)
3. Xijia Xike Buffet Hot Pot (Xijia Xike Zizhu Xiaohuoguo)
4. Shili Xiang Claypot Rice Noodles (Shili Xiang Shaguo Mixian)
5. Wanfu Halal Boiled Pot Base (Wanfu Qingzhen Cuanguodi)
6. Halal Asen Eight Great Bowls (Qingzhen Asen Badawan)
7. Yang's Qiqihar BBQ (Yangji Qiqiha'er Kaorou)
8. Mr. Mu Sichuan and Hunan Stir-fry (Mu Xiansheng Chuanxiang Xiaochao)
1. Northeast Halal Charcoal Earth Oven BBQ (Dongbei Qingzhen Tanhuo Dilu Kaorou)
There is a small Northeast-style ground oven barbecue shop on the street in the Hui Muslim village of Yujiawu in Tongzhou. An elderly couple runs the place, and the dining atmosphere is quite cozy.
The meat is all displayed out in the open, so you can pick whatever you want. Besides barbecue, they also serve some Northeast snacks, like roasted moth pupae (yanglaguan)—the pupae of the stinging caterpillar. It is not cheap, costing 108 per plate.
I just got back from Qingdao, where the seafood is both cheap and fresh, so I felt their seafood was a bit expensive.
They also have Northeast cold noodles (lengmian) and small Northeast-style barbecue skewers.
This transparent one is called needlefish (bangyu). It tastes pretty good and has a texture like dried fish.
2. Tengzhou vegetable pancake (caijianbing)
This is the first halal Tengzhou vegetable pancake shop in Beijing, and it is not far from the Northeast barbecue place mentioned earlier.
Tengzhou is a place in Shandong. The special thing about vegetable pancakes is that you can mix in several kinds of vegetables, making them quite healthy and nutritious.
After choosing your side dishes, they are paired with the crispy crust unique to Shandong pancakes (jianbing).
They also serve Shandong-style pan-fried buns (jianbao), with a choice of beef and green onion filling or chive and egg filling.
3. Xijia Xike Buffet Hot Pot (Xijia Xike Zizhu Xiaohuoguo)
A new, very delicate and fresh-style conveyor belt hot pot restaurant has opened in Fengtai.
It costs 59 yuan per person, and you can choose from dozens of snacks. However, the conveyor belt only has chicken and seafood. If you want beef or lamb rolls, you need to order them separately for 9.9 yuan a plate.
I think it is already a great deal just eating the various vegetables, snacks, desserts, and treats on the conveyor belt.
They have many types of tea to choose from. You pick your own and add hot water to brew it yourself.
This shop is already popular, so you have to wait in line during meal times.
4. Shili Xiang Claypot Rice Noodles (Shili Xiang Shaguo Mixian)
This is also a very delicate little restaurant run by a girl from Ningxia, serving clay pot rice noodles (shaguo mixian) and small barbecue skewers.
The clay pot rice noodles taste great, and they are perfect when paired with a baked flatbread (kaobing).
Their small barbecue is Yunnan-style meat skewers that are seasoned and very delicious.
The restaurant is very small and has a little loft on the second floor. The average cost is 30 yuan per person.
5. Wanfu Halal Boiled Pot Base (Wanfu Qingzhen Cuanguodi)
This is another hot pot restaurant serving boiled soup base (cuanguodi) opened by the owner of Wanfu Iron Pot Stew in Daxing.
For a boiled-base hot pot (chuanguodi), you first cook various seafood in the pot, finish that, and then go downstairs to get different ingredients to dip.
This way of eating is a bit like Cantonese hot pot (dabianlu), but it is the first halal boiled-base hot pot shop in Beijing.
6. Halal Asen Eight Great Bowls (Qingzhen Asen Badawan)
This is a traditional Hui Muslim Eight Great Bowls (badawan) shop in Fengtai, where you can choose what to eat as soon as you walk in.
Eight Great Bowls is a classic Hui Muslim banquet, mostly consisting of meat dishes with one or two vegetable dishes.
This shop uses a very traditional method, and their stewed beef is excellent.
7. Yang's Qiqihar BBQ (Yangji Qiqiha'er Kaorou)
This Yang's Daqi Barbecue (Yangji Daqi Kaorou) is quite popular in Shanghai, and it is said they now have 60 chain stores, including both company-owned and franchised locations.
The one in Beijing is the original shop, and the owner is from Qiqihar, where he started out selling barbecue at a street stall.
I think their best feature is the value. A 198-yuan group-buy set for two is basically all meat, and the service is great, with staff helping to grill everything and responding to every request.
We all really like eating these small grilled sausages.
When I eat at Daqi Barbecue, I usually only choose beef, as I think beef tastes better than lamb when cooked on this kind of iron plate.
They also serve frozen pears (dongli) from Northeast China. Because they are located in Wudaokou near many students, the prices are cheap. They have been open for less than a month, but you already have to wait in line to eat there.
8. Mr. Mu's Halal Sichuan and Hunan Stir-fry
This shop is quite interesting. I noticed it when it first opened and thought it was just a takeout stall with no seating. After a while, a friend discovered they actually have a dining area, though it is very small.
There are only four small tables at the entrance, but it is very clean. The shop specializes in Hunan cuisine, and everything is stir-fried to order.
Seeing the halal sign, I knew right away this shop must be run by Hui Muslims from Qinghai.
The menu clearly states they serve wok-fired stir-fry, not pre-made dishes. I chose two classic Hunan dishes: stir-fried yellow beef and Changsha stinky tofu (chou doufu).
Both dishes were very authentic and tasted just like Hunan. I have eaten traditional halal Hunan food in Shaoyang, Hunan, and I can say the cooking here is just as good. Hunan food is truly spicy and goes well with rice. They also use high-quality rice.
As the first halal Hunan restaurant in Beijing, it is rare to find such authentic flavors. It is worth noting that they do not sell alcohol, and I hope they keep it that way.
Summary: This Beijing halal food map issue 49 starts with advice about halal signs and then covers Yujiawu BBQ, Tengzhou vegetable pancakes, buffet hot pot, claypot rice noodles, Asen Eight Great Bowls, Qiqihar BBQ, and one of Beijing's rare halal Hunan restaurants.
As usual, I have a few complaints. A few days ago, I posted an article about the Grand Mufti of Egypt saying not to dig too deep into whether meat is halal. The article was barely 800 words long. It clearly stated at the beginning that it was about how to eat halal in Europe and the basic principles of what is halal. I thought the logic was simple and clear, but some people still did not understand it and even reached the exact opposite conclusion. The lesson for Hui Muslims in China is that if a restaurant clearly displays a halal sign, you do not need to dig deeper. You have already made the intention (niyyah) to find halal food, and the restaurant has provided a halal sign, so the responsibility lies entirely with them. Even if they trick you with fake halal food, it has no effect on your worship. There is no such thing as accidentally eating non-halal food damaging your worship. As for those who insist on going to a halal restaurant and then questioning whether the ingredients are truly halal, that is just deceiving yourself and asking for trouble. It is not practical. Even if the owner of a halal restaurant performs all five pillars of Islam, unless they slaughtered the meat themselves, they cannot 100% guarantee the meat is halal. How could you possibly dig any deeper than that?
The halal restaurant information for this issue is as follows:
1. Northeast Halal Charcoal Earth Oven BBQ (Dongbei Qingzhen Tanhuo Dilu Kaorou)
2. Tongxinzhai Tengzhou Vegetable Pancake (Tongxinzhai Tengzhou Caijianbing)
3. Xijia Xike Buffet Hot Pot (Xijia Xike Zizhu Xiaohuoguo)
4. Shili Xiang Claypot Rice Noodles (Shili Xiang Shaguo Mixian)
5. Wanfu Halal Boiled Pot Base (Wanfu Qingzhen Cuanguodi)
6. Halal Asen Eight Great Bowls (Qingzhen Asen Badawan)
7. Yang's Qiqihar BBQ (Yangji Qiqiha'er Kaorou)
8. Mr. Mu Sichuan and Hunan Stir-fry (Mu Xiansheng Chuanxiang Xiaochao)
1. Northeast Halal Charcoal Earth Oven BBQ (Dongbei Qingzhen Tanhuo Dilu Kaorou)
There is a small Northeast-style ground oven barbecue shop on the street in the Hui Muslim village of Yujiawu in Tongzhou. An elderly couple runs the place, and the dining atmosphere is quite cozy.
The meat is all displayed out in the open, so you can pick whatever you want. Besides barbecue, they also serve some Northeast snacks, like roasted moth pupae (yanglaguan)—the pupae of the stinging caterpillar. It is not cheap, costing 108 per plate.
I just got back from Qingdao, where the seafood is both cheap and fresh, so I felt their seafood was a bit expensive.
They also have Northeast cold noodles (lengmian) and small Northeast-style barbecue skewers.
This transparent one is called needlefish (bangyu). It tastes pretty good and has a texture like dried fish.
2. Tengzhou vegetable pancake (caijianbing)
This is the first halal Tengzhou vegetable pancake shop in Beijing, and it is not far from the Northeast barbecue place mentioned earlier.
Tengzhou is a place in Shandong. The special thing about vegetable pancakes is that you can mix in several kinds of vegetables, making them quite healthy and nutritious.
After choosing your side dishes, they are paired with the crispy crust unique to Shandong pancakes (jianbing).
They also serve Shandong-style pan-fried buns (jianbao), with a choice of beef and green onion filling or chive and egg filling.
3. Xijia Xike Buffet Hot Pot (Xijia Xike Zizhu Xiaohuoguo)
A new, very delicate and fresh-style conveyor belt hot pot restaurant has opened in Fengtai.
It costs 59 yuan per person, and you can choose from dozens of snacks. However, the conveyor belt only has chicken and seafood. If you want beef or lamb rolls, you need to order them separately for 9.9 yuan a plate.
I think it is already a great deal just eating the various vegetables, snacks, desserts, and treats on the conveyor belt.
They have many types of tea to choose from. You pick your own and add hot water to brew it yourself.
This shop is already popular, so you have to wait in line during meal times.
4. Shili Xiang Claypot Rice Noodles (Shili Xiang Shaguo Mixian)
This is also a very delicate little restaurant run by a girl from Ningxia, serving clay pot rice noodles (shaguo mixian) and small barbecue skewers.
The clay pot rice noodles taste great, and they are perfect when paired with a baked flatbread (kaobing).
Their small barbecue is Yunnan-style meat skewers that are seasoned and very delicious.
The restaurant is very small and has a little loft on the second floor. The average cost is 30 yuan per person.
5. Wanfu Halal Boiled Pot Base (Wanfu Qingzhen Cuanguodi)
This is another hot pot restaurant serving boiled soup base (cuanguodi) opened by the owner of Wanfu Iron Pot Stew in Daxing.
For a boiled-base hot pot (chuanguodi), you first cook various seafood in the pot, finish that, and then go downstairs to get different ingredients to dip.
This way of eating is a bit like Cantonese hot pot (dabianlu), but it is the first halal boiled-base hot pot shop in Beijing.
6. Halal Asen Eight Great Bowls (Qingzhen Asen Badawan)
This is a traditional Hui Muslim Eight Great Bowls (badawan) shop in Fengtai, where you can choose what to eat as soon as you walk in.
Eight Great Bowls is a classic Hui Muslim banquet, mostly consisting of meat dishes with one or two vegetable dishes.
This shop uses a very traditional method, and their stewed beef is excellent.
7. Yang's Qiqihar BBQ (Yangji Qiqiha'er Kaorou)
This Yang's Daqi Barbecue (Yangji Daqi Kaorou) is quite popular in Shanghai, and it is said they now have 60 chain stores, including both company-owned and franchised locations.
The one in Beijing is the original shop, and the owner is from Qiqihar, where he started out selling barbecue at a street stall.
I think their best feature is the value. A 198-yuan group-buy set for two is basically all meat, and the service is great, with staff helping to grill everything and responding to every request.
We all really like eating these small grilled sausages.
When I eat at Daqi Barbecue, I usually only choose beef, as I think beef tastes better than lamb when cooked on this kind of iron plate.
They also serve frozen pears (dongli) from Northeast China. Because they are located in Wudaokou near many students, the prices are cheap. They have been open for less than a month, but you already have to wait in line to eat there.
8. Mr. Mu's Halal Sichuan and Hunan Stir-fry
This shop is quite interesting. I noticed it when it first opened and thought it was just a takeout stall with no seating. After a while, a friend discovered they actually have a dining area, though it is very small.
There are only four small tables at the entrance, but it is very clean. The shop specializes in Hunan cuisine, and everything is stir-fried to order.
Seeing the halal sign, I knew right away this shop must be run by Hui Muslims from Qinghai.
The menu clearly states they serve wok-fired stir-fry, not pre-made dishes. I chose two classic Hunan dishes: stir-fried yellow beef and Changsha stinky tofu (chou doufu).
Both dishes were very authentic and tasted just like Hunan. I have eaten traditional halal Hunan food in Shaoyang, Hunan, and I can say the cooking here is just as good. Hunan food is truly spicy and goes well with rice. They also use high-quality rice.
As the first halal Hunan restaurant in Beijing, it is rare to find such authentic flavors. It is worth noting that they do not sell alcohol, and I hope they keep it that way.
