Best Halal Food Beijing: Hezhou Beef Noodles, Beef Cover Bread, Yangfang Hot Pot and Indian Food
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Summary: This Beijing halal food map issue 50 covers Hezhou beef noodles, Baoding beef cover bread, a braised whole-beef feast, Xiaojuniu beef dishes, Yangfang hot pot, Indian food, Kashgar Xinjiang food, and more local halal restaurants from the author's field notes.
Many people recently found my official account through my video channel. I have actually been writing on this account for nearly 10 years, but I only started making videos 4 months ago. Some people are just now discovering that I am also a food blogger. The audiences for my video channel and my official account are very different. Over 80 percent of my video channel followers are men, and more than half are over 50 years old. My official account has more female followers who are younger, so everyone has different interests. Many of my video scripts come from the articles I have written. Even though videos reach more people, I still prefer creating text and image content. I find that readers of my articles are more attentive and better at understanding what I want to express.
The restaurant information for this episode is as follows:
1. Shisanxiang Hezhou Beef Noodles (Shisanxiang Hezhou Niuroumian)
2. Baoding Beef Cover Bread (Baoding Niurouzhaobing) (Huangcun Branch)
3. Mutong Renjia·Fangniuwa Halal Braised Whole Beef Feast Beef Paomo (Mutong Renjia·Fangniuwa Qingzhen Ludun Quanniu Yan Niurou Paomo)
4. Xiaojuniu·Beef Tendon and Brisket (Xiaojuniu·Jintou Banao)
5. Yangfang Hot Pot (Yangfang Shuanrou) (Happy Valley Branch)
6. Delicious Indian Restaurant (Meiwei Yindu Canting)
7. Wang Fengjiao Beef Cover Bread (Wang Fengjiao Niurouzhaobing)
8. Kashgar Xinjiang Restaurant (Kasige'er Xinjiang Canting)
9. Changzhuang Longshunzhai Traditional Hot Pot·Halal Sesame Flatbread and Noodles (Changzhuang Longshunzhai Chuantong Huoguo·Qingzhen Shaobing Xiaomian)
1. Shisanxiang Hezhou Beef Noodles (Shisanxiang Hezhou Niuroumian)
To me, Lanzhou beef noodles are actually Hezhou beef noodles, because almost everyone making beef noodles in Lanzhou is from Hezhou, which is the old name for Linxia. This shop uses the Hezhou landmark Thirteen Alleys (Shisan Xiang) as its sign.
This shop perfectly follows the rules of Lanzhou beef noodles. You carry your own bowl, tell the window what you want, and pick up your own egg. The combo with extra meat and an egg is called 'meat and egg double fly' (roudan shuangfei), and it only costs 19.9 yuan.
The chili oil is fragrant but not spicy, so I added two spoonfuls. The noodles here taste very authentic to Lanzhou. People from Hezhou can come and judge for themselves. I heard their mixed noodles are also good, and the restaurant does not allow smoking or alcohol.
2. Baoding Beef Cover Bread (Baoding Niurouzhaobing) (Huangcun Branch)
The reason I came here is for their Baoding-style shredded pork with garlic sauce (yuxiang rousi) and various stir-fried dishes. Note that this is only at the Huangcun branch, so don't go to the wrong place, as there is another Baoding beef soup with flatbread (niurou zhaobing) shop in Baiziwan.
For the Baoding shredded pork with garlic sauce, people who don't know might think it's made with chicken, but the white shreds are actually beef that has been washed until it turns white. It tastes sweet, sour, salty, and spicy.
The Governor's Tofu (zongdu doufu) is a dish from when Baoding was the seat of the Zhili Governor's Office. It tastes a lot like Japanese-style egg tofu, with a very smooth and tender texture. Overall, this small shop has a high standard for stir-fried dishes and serves authentic Baoding flavors.
3. Mutong Renjia·Fangniuwa Halal Braised Whole Beef Feast Beef Paomo (Mutong Renjia·Fangniuwa Qingzhen Ludun Quanniu Yan Niurou Paomo)
This is a beef restaurant with Pingliang flavors. Pingliang is a place where people mainly eat beef.
For Pingliang beef soaked flatbread (niurou paomo), the flatbread is already cooked and served with a bowl of beef soup containing large slices of beef and vermicelli. To eat it, you break off a piece of bread and eat it bite by bite; don't let it soak for too long.
The beef soup they use for the soaked flatbread is really delicious.
Their stir-fried noodles (chaomian) are also delicious.
This dish is called braised beef steak (honghui niupai), a local specialty in Pingliang. The beef is stewed until soft and tender, and the flavor is on the sweet side.
This is a small Lanzhou-style barbecue (shaokao) with beef skewers. The shop is currently in its soft opening phase, so everything is half-price. It is worth a try.
4. Xiaojuniu·Beef Tendon and Brisket (Xiaojuniu·Jintou Banao)
This beef restaurant is located in Mentougou. There is a large courtyard at the entrance, making parking very convenient.
I ordered a single-person set meal of beef tendon and brisket (jintoubabao). It was cheap and tasted quite good.
This is a small pot. The set meal also comes with a bowl of beef offal soup (niuzatang). The red pieces are pickled radishes with a sweet and spicy flavor, which is also a specialty of this shop.
5. Yangfang Hot Pot (Yangfang Shuanrou) (Happy Valley Branch)
I have been to Yangfang Hot Pot (Yangfang Shuanrou) so many times that I have basically visited every chain store in Beijing. Their service is as good as Haidilao, especially their attention to detail, and the ingredients are fresh. However, I am not recommending this Happy Valley branch because of that, but because I had the best soybean paste noodles (zhajiangmian) I have ever eaten here.
It is no exaggeration to say that these soybean paste noodles (zhajiangmian) taste even better than the ones made at home. Both the flavor of the sauce and the texture of the noodles are so good that one bowl was not enough, so I ordered another.
If you are interested in traditional Beijing soybean paste noodles (zhajiangmian), I suggest you try Yangfang Hot Pot (Yangfang Shuanrou). However, not every branch serves them, so it is best to call and confirm before you go.
6. Delicious Indian Restaurant (Meiwei Yindu Canting)
This small Indian shop near the Communication University tastes surprisingly good. There are many Indian restaurants in Beijing, but this one definitely ranks near the top.
The owner is from Tamil Nadu in South India, and the two young Indian staff members do not speak Chinese, only knowing how to say how much it costs.
The shop is on the second floor of a commercial building. The environment is just like a street food stall, and the location is hidden.
But when the set meal arrived, the curry, the flatbread (naan), and the yogurt were all so delicious that I ordered an extra portion of naan. The price is also very affordable.
I checked the reviews online, and they are mostly genuine praise. This shop does not sell alcohol, so it is truly worth recommending.
7. Wang Fengjiao Beef Cover Bread (Wang Fengjiao Niurouzhaobing)
This shop makes good beef covered pancake (niurou zhaobing). It might be because they just opened, but it looks quite quiet. It is located in the basement cafeteria of an office building in Wangjing.
The portion of beef covered pancake I ordered is really huge. This big bowl of 'family feast' has plenty of beef, and the 'family feast' includes beef offal.
8. Kashgar Xinjiang Restaurant (Kasige'er Xinjiang Canting)
Shenlu Street at Chaoyangmen has basically become Xinjiang-style now. More than half of the street is made up of Xinjiang restaurants, and this Kashgar (Kashege'er) is a newly opened one.
Ali Restaurant is across from his place, but I heard the old chef left and the quality is not as good as before.
Overall, their food is not as good as Hetian Canteen, but they have all the signature dishes. Since they just opened, the service is a bit slow.
The rice used for the pilaf (zhuafan) is not very good. It is not as tasty as the pilaf at Hetian Rose or Tanyang Shop.
The roasted lamb chops and baked buns (kaobaozi) are okay, but the cold starch noodles (liangpi) lack flavor.
A new Kazakh music restaurant opened on Shenlu Street, but they do not serve full meals yet.
9. Changzhuang Longshunzhai Traditional Hot Pot·Halal Sesame Flatbread and Noodles (Changzhuang Longshunzhai Chuantong Huoguo·Qingzhen Shaobing Xiaomian)
The reason I came to this shop is that they sell halal Chongqing spicy noodles (xiaomian), and they are actually quite good.
Their menu is quite mixed. They sell milk tea at the door, and inside they have hot pot and braised snacks.
The lamb head meat tastes very ordinary and mild, but the spicy noodles and pea and minced meat noodles (wanzamian) are quite tasty.
The spicy noodles are on top and the pea and minced meat noodles are on the bottom. I prefer the pea and minced meat noodles.
Summary: This Beijing halal food map issue 50 covers Hezhou beef noodles, Baoding beef cover bread, a braised whole-beef feast, Xiaojuniu beef dishes, Yangfang hot pot, Indian food, Kashgar Xinjiang food, and more local halal restaurants from the author's field notes.
Many people recently found my official account through my video channel. I have actually been writing on this account for nearly 10 years, but I only started making videos 4 months ago. Some people are just now discovering that I am also a food blogger. The audiences for my video channel and my official account are very different. Over 80 percent of my video channel followers are men, and more than half are over 50 years old. My official account has more female followers who are younger, so everyone has different interests. Many of my video scripts come from the articles I have written. Even though videos reach more people, I still prefer creating text and image content. I find that readers of my articles are more attentive and better at understanding what I want to express.
The restaurant information for this episode is as follows:
1. Shisanxiang Hezhou Beef Noodles (Shisanxiang Hezhou Niuroumian)
2. Baoding Beef Cover Bread (Baoding Niurouzhaobing) (Huangcun Branch)
3. Mutong Renjia·Fangniuwa Halal Braised Whole Beef Feast Beef Paomo (Mutong Renjia·Fangniuwa Qingzhen Ludun Quanniu Yan Niurou Paomo)
4. Xiaojuniu·Beef Tendon and Brisket (Xiaojuniu·Jintou Banao)
5. Yangfang Hot Pot (Yangfang Shuanrou) (Happy Valley Branch)
6. Delicious Indian Restaurant (Meiwei Yindu Canting)
7. Wang Fengjiao Beef Cover Bread (Wang Fengjiao Niurouzhaobing)
8. Kashgar Xinjiang Restaurant (Kasige'er Xinjiang Canting)
9. Changzhuang Longshunzhai Traditional Hot Pot·Halal Sesame Flatbread and Noodles (Changzhuang Longshunzhai Chuantong Huoguo·Qingzhen Shaobing Xiaomian)
1. Shisanxiang Hezhou Beef Noodles (Shisanxiang Hezhou Niuroumian)
To me, Lanzhou beef noodles are actually Hezhou beef noodles, because almost everyone making beef noodles in Lanzhou is from Hezhou, which is the old name for Linxia. This shop uses the Hezhou landmark Thirteen Alleys (Shisan Xiang) as its sign.
This shop perfectly follows the rules of Lanzhou beef noodles. You carry your own bowl, tell the window what you want, and pick up your own egg. The combo with extra meat and an egg is called 'meat and egg double fly' (roudan shuangfei), and it only costs 19.9 yuan.
The chili oil is fragrant but not spicy, so I added two spoonfuls. The noodles here taste very authentic to Lanzhou. People from Hezhou can come and judge for themselves. I heard their mixed noodles are also good, and the restaurant does not allow smoking or alcohol.
2. Baoding Beef Cover Bread (Baoding Niurouzhaobing) (Huangcun Branch)
The reason I came here is for their Baoding-style shredded pork with garlic sauce (yuxiang rousi) and various stir-fried dishes. Note that this is only at the Huangcun branch, so don't go to the wrong place, as there is another Baoding beef soup with flatbread (niurou zhaobing) shop in Baiziwan.
For the Baoding shredded pork with garlic sauce, people who don't know might think it's made with chicken, but the white shreds are actually beef that has been washed until it turns white. It tastes sweet, sour, salty, and spicy.
The Governor's Tofu (zongdu doufu) is a dish from when Baoding was the seat of the Zhili Governor's Office. It tastes a lot like Japanese-style egg tofu, with a very smooth and tender texture. Overall, this small shop has a high standard for stir-fried dishes and serves authentic Baoding flavors.
3. Mutong Renjia·Fangniuwa Halal Braised Whole Beef Feast Beef Paomo (Mutong Renjia·Fangniuwa Qingzhen Ludun Quanniu Yan Niurou Paomo)
This is a beef restaurant with Pingliang flavors. Pingliang is a place where people mainly eat beef.
For Pingliang beef soaked flatbread (niurou paomo), the flatbread is already cooked and served with a bowl of beef soup containing large slices of beef and vermicelli. To eat it, you break off a piece of bread and eat it bite by bite; don't let it soak for too long.
The beef soup they use for the soaked flatbread is really delicious.
Their stir-fried noodles (chaomian) are also delicious.
This dish is called braised beef steak (honghui niupai), a local specialty in Pingliang. The beef is stewed until soft and tender, and the flavor is on the sweet side.
This is a small Lanzhou-style barbecue (shaokao) with beef skewers. The shop is currently in its soft opening phase, so everything is half-price. It is worth a try.
4. Xiaojuniu·Beef Tendon and Brisket (Xiaojuniu·Jintou Banao)
This beef restaurant is located in Mentougou. There is a large courtyard at the entrance, making parking very convenient.
I ordered a single-person set meal of beef tendon and brisket (jintoubabao). It was cheap and tasted quite good.
This is a small pot. The set meal also comes with a bowl of beef offal soup (niuzatang). The red pieces are pickled radishes with a sweet and spicy flavor, which is also a specialty of this shop.
5. Yangfang Hot Pot (Yangfang Shuanrou) (Happy Valley Branch)
I have been to Yangfang Hot Pot (Yangfang Shuanrou) so many times that I have basically visited every chain store in Beijing. Their service is as good as Haidilao, especially their attention to detail, and the ingredients are fresh. However, I am not recommending this Happy Valley branch because of that, but because I had the best soybean paste noodles (zhajiangmian) I have ever eaten here.
It is no exaggeration to say that these soybean paste noodles (zhajiangmian) taste even better than the ones made at home. Both the flavor of the sauce and the texture of the noodles are so good that one bowl was not enough, so I ordered another.
If you are interested in traditional Beijing soybean paste noodles (zhajiangmian), I suggest you try Yangfang Hot Pot (Yangfang Shuanrou). However, not every branch serves them, so it is best to call and confirm before you go.
6. Delicious Indian Restaurant (Meiwei Yindu Canting)
This small Indian shop near the Communication University tastes surprisingly good. There are many Indian restaurants in Beijing, but this one definitely ranks near the top.
The owner is from Tamil Nadu in South India, and the two young Indian staff members do not speak Chinese, only knowing how to say how much it costs.
The shop is on the second floor of a commercial building. The environment is just like a street food stall, and the location is hidden.
But when the set meal arrived, the curry, the flatbread (naan), and the yogurt were all so delicious that I ordered an extra portion of naan. The price is also very affordable.
I checked the reviews online, and they are mostly genuine praise. This shop does not sell alcohol, so it is truly worth recommending.
7. Wang Fengjiao Beef Cover Bread (Wang Fengjiao Niurouzhaobing)
This shop makes good beef covered pancake (niurou zhaobing). It might be because they just opened, but it looks quite quiet. It is located in the basement cafeteria of an office building in Wangjing.
The portion of beef covered pancake I ordered is really huge. This big bowl of 'family feast' has plenty of beef, and the 'family feast' includes beef offal.
8. Kashgar Xinjiang Restaurant (Kasige'er Xinjiang Canting)
Shenlu Street at Chaoyangmen has basically become Xinjiang-style now. More than half of the street is made up of Xinjiang restaurants, and this Kashgar (Kashege'er) is a newly opened one.
Ali Restaurant is across from his place, but I heard the old chef left and the quality is not as good as before.
Overall, their food is not as good as Hetian Canteen, but they have all the signature dishes. Since they just opened, the service is a bit slow.
The rice used for the pilaf (zhuafan) is not very good. It is not as tasty as the pilaf at Hetian Rose or Tanyang Shop.
The roasted lamb chops and baked buns (kaobaozi) are okay, but the cold starch noodles (liangpi) lack flavor.
A new Kazakh music restaurant opened on Shenlu Street, but they do not serve full meals yet.
9. Changzhuang Longshunzhai Traditional Hot Pot·Halal Sesame Flatbread and Noodles (Changzhuang Longshunzhai Chuantong Huoguo·Qingzhen Shaobing Xiaomian)
The reason I came to this shop is that they sell halal Chongqing spicy noodles (xiaomian), and they are actually quite good.
Their menu is quite mixed. They sell milk tea at the door, and inside they have hot pot and braised snacks.
The lamb head meat tastes very ordinary and mild, but the spicy noodles and pea and minced meat noodles (wanzamian) are quite tasty.
The spicy noodles are on top and the pea and minced meat noodles are on the bottom. I prefer the pea and minced meat noodles.
