Halal Food Guide to Tianjin: Hui Muslim Tea Restaurants and Handmade Burger Shops
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Summary: This halal food guide to Tianjin covers Hui Muslim tea restaurants, handmade burger shops, halal food in China, and local Muslim dining details.
This article covers two new tea restaurants and one handmade burger shop opened by Hui Muslims in Tianjin. It keeps the original paragraph and image order, making it perfect for readers interested in Muslim life, Islamic culture, and Chinese Islamic writing, as well as those searching for halal food in China.
I heard about two new tea restaurants and an American-style burger shop in Tianjin, so I went to try them out this weekend.
I took the intercity train to Tianjin West Station, then transferred to Line 4 to reach Tianmu. The new subway line was very empty. After leaving the Tianmu subway station, I crossed the street and saw the newly opened Cantonese tea restaurant, Hanmei, at the intersection. They used to sell rice noodle rolls (changfen) at the Shunyi Road night market before opening their own shop.
Their main dishes are roast goose and rice noodle rolls (changfen). We ordered half a roast goose, mushroom and shrimp rice noodle rolls, Cantonese-style beef rice noodle rolls, curry fish balls, tiger skin chicken feet, and radish beef offal. The roast goose tasted good, but the skin was quite fatty and felt more like the skin of Beijing roast duck. The shrimp tasted great, and the Cantonese-style beef tasted similar to the beef stew we Hui Muslims make, just a bit sweeter. The rice noodle roll skin was very thin and had a mild flavor. The curry fish balls were delicious, but the chicken feet felt a bit dry. The radish beef offal was not well-made, and the flavor was completely off. If you want to try Cantonese flavors, you can come here, but it still falls short compared to the Hui Muslim restaurants in Guangzhou or the restaurant in the Aiqun Hotel in Hong Kong. Next time I have a chance, I will come back to try their claypot rice (baozai fan).
North of Tianmu in Tianjin is Tianzhong, which used to be the compound for the Tianjin Heavy Machinery Factory, and it has many different restaurants. A new Hong Kong-style tea restaurant called Xiao Chu Jie opened on Tianzhong Road. We ordered iced lemon tea, Hong Kong-style pulled milk tea, and passion fruit tea, and we ate the 'rich mudslide' dessert and the 'leaky milk' French toast (lounaihua). Their iced lemon tea is very refreshing, and the milk tea has a strong tea flavor that is very satisfying.
The leaky milk French toast is a viral dessert in Hong Kong-style tea restaurants, essentially a luxurious, exploding version of French toast (xiduoshi). To make it, they press a small dent into the top of two thick slices of toast and pour over a thick milk sauce made from milk, condensed milk, and butter, then sprinkle a thick layer of malt cocoa powder on top. When you cut into it, the milk sauce flows out like a mudslide. Because the malt cocoa powder used in Hong Kong-style tea restaurants is the Swiss brand Ovaltine, the dish gets its name 'leaky milk' (lounaihua).
In the evening, I walked around the night market on Shunyi Road in Tianmu and ate shaved ice. Since Metro Line 4 opened, it is much easier to get to Tianmu, so I probably won't go to the Northwest Corner as often. I ate at this Ciertou Shaved Ice shop in Tianmu last year, and I came back to eat here again this time. I always order the old-fashioned shaved ice (baobing) I love, topped with sour hawthorn paste (suanmogao), sour apricots, red hawthorn berries, and red beans. It really whets the appetite. They also have fresh lychee milk ice, which is only sold during lychee season. When we arrived, the owner was just opening a crate of fresh lychees, and they looked very fresh indeed.
Shunyidao Night Market now has barbecue on one side and snacks on the other. It is great to walk around, with options like sweet soup (tangshui), teppanyaki squid, duck snacks, and octopus balls (takoyaki) available.
We kept walking through the Tianmu Shunyidao Night Market and bought some egg waffles (jidanzi). We got chocolate, beef floss, and original flavors. The egg and milk aroma was very strong. They were very hot when freshly made, so we had to let them cool down before eating. Suleiman really liked the chocolate flavor.
Then we bought some teppanyaki hot dogs, which were also very affordable.
We came to the Honghuli Food Street in Tianjin on the weekend to try a newly opened American-style burger shop. Honghuli is an old-fashioned residential area built in the 1980s. It is only one subway stop away from Tianjin West Railway Station, making it very convenient to reach. There are many Hui Muslim restaurants here, both traditional and modern. Unlike the Northwest Corner, it is not very commercialized, and most of the customers are locals.
Hello Handmade Burger Shop is on Honghu South Road, surrounded by many other food spots. The owner is a relative of the imam at Fuxingzhuang Mosque, so the food is halal and the quality is guaranteed. We had the American-style double beef burger and the black truffle black tiger shrimp burger. Both were huge. Their burger buns are unique. The green ones are made with spinach powder and the black ones with squid ink. They are custom-made and have absolutely no preservatives.
The beef patties are fresh and firm. After pan-frying, they are rich, fragrant, and juicy. The double patties give a great meaty texture, and with the sauce and toppings, the flavors build up and get better with every bite. The black tiger shrimp in the black truffle burger is plump and bouncy with a distinct sweet, fresh taste. It blends perfectly with the rich aroma of black truffle, creating a delicate yet chewy texture.
The shop is quite small, so you might have to wait for a table during meal times. If it is not too sunny, you can also eat outside by the door and chat while you eat.
Next to the burger shop is Yuansu Zhai Lao Wei Juanquan. They sell homemade dark plum drink (wumeitang) and dried tangerine peel passion fruit pear juice. Both are all-natural and cannot be kept overnight. The dark plum drink contains licorice, mint, roselle, dried tangerine peel, hawthorn, mulberry, and osmanthus. The dried tangerine peel passion fruit pear juice contains lemon, lotus seeds, and lily bulbs. Both taste great. Cold drinks go really well with burgers.
Previous Tianjin food shares:
Taking the kids to Tianjin in the summer to see the sea and eat seafood.
Tianjin's halal food is so comprehensive: pasta, yakitori, Yemeni flatbread, Swiss cheese fondue, and rice balls.
Autumn food tour in Tianjin: Syrian food, giant river prawns (luoshi xia), yellow broth ramen, Turkish restaurants, and Xinjiang fresh milk ice cream.
Taking kids out to eat in Tianjin: Yemeni food, Algerian desserts, rice noodle rolls (changfen), Japanese food, and water caltrop soup (lingjiao tang).
Eating Arabic food in Tianjin: Syrian, Yemeni, Tunisian, and Algerian.
Between the mountains and the sea: from Huairou farmhouses to seaside Western restaurants.
Summary: This halal food guide to Tianjin covers Hui Muslim tea restaurants, handmade burger shops, halal food in China, and local Muslim dining details.
This article covers two new tea restaurants and one handmade burger shop opened by Hui Muslims in Tianjin. It keeps the original paragraph and image order, making it perfect for readers interested in Muslim life, Islamic culture, and Chinese Islamic writing, as well as those searching for halal food in China.
I heard about two new tea restaurants and an American-style burger shop in Tianjin, so I went to try them out this weekend.
I took the intercity train to Tianjin West Station, then transferred to Line 4 to reach Tianmu. The new subway line was very empty. After leaving the Tianmu subway station, I crossed the street and saw the newly opened Cantonese tea restaurant, Hanmei, at the intersection. They used to sell rice noodle rolls (changfen) at the Shunyi Road night market before opening their own shop.
Their main dishes are roast goose and rice noodle rolls (changfen). We ordered half a roast goose, mushroom and shrimp rice noodle rolls, Cantonese-style beef rice noodle rolls, curry fish balls, tiger skin chicken feet, and radish beef offal. The roast goose tasted good, but the skin was quite fatty and felt more like the skin of Beijing roast duck. The shrimp tasted great, and the Cantonese-style beef tasted similar to the beef stew we Hui Muslims make, just a bit sweeter. The rice noodle roll skin was very thin and had a mild flavor. The curry fish balls were delicious, but the chicken feet felt a bit dry. The radish beef offal was not well-made, and the flavor was completely off. If you want to try Cantonese flavors, you can come here, but it still falls short compared to the Hui Muslim restaurants in Guangzhou or the restaurant in the Aiqun Hotel in Hong Kong. Next time I have a chance, I will come back to try their claypot rice (baozai fan).
North of Tianmu in Tianjin is Tianzhong, which used to be the compound for the Tianjin Heavy Machinery Factory, and it has many different restaurants. A new Hong Kong-style tea restaurant called Xiao Chu Jie opened on Tianzhong Road. We ordered iced lemon tea, Hong Kong-style pulled milk tea, and passion fruit tea, and we ate the 'rich mudslide' dessert and the 'leaky milk' French toast (lounaihua). Their iced lemon tea is very refreshing, and the milk tea has a strong tea flavor that is very satisfying.
The leaky milk French toast is a viral dessert in Hong Kong-style tea restaurants, essentially a luxurious, exploding version of French toast (xiduoshi). To make it, they press a small dent into the top of two thick slices of toast and pour over a thick milk sauce made from milk, condensed milk, and butter, then sprinkle a thick layer of malt cocoa powder on top. When you cut into it, the milk sauce flows out like a mudslide. Because the malt cocoa powder used in Hong Kong-style tea restaurants is the Swiss brand Ovaltine, the dish gets its name 'leaky milk' (lounaihua).
In the evening, I walked around the night market on Shunyi Road in Tianmu and ate shaved ice. Since Metro Line 4 opened, it is much easier to get to Tianmu, so I probably won't go to the Northwest Corner as often. I ate at this Ciertou Shaved Ice shop in Tianmu last year, and I came back to eat here again this time. I always order the old-fashioned shaved ice (baobing) I love, topped with sour hawthorn paste (suanmogao), sour apricots, red hawthorn berries, and red beans. It really whets the appetite. They also have fresh lychee milk ice, which is only sold during lychee season. When we arrived, the owner was just opening a crate of fresh lychees, and they looked very fresh indeed.
Shunyidao Night Market now has barbecue on one side and snacks on the other. It is great to walk around, with options like sweet soup (tangshui), teppanyaki squid, duck snacks, and octopus balls (takoyaki) available.
We kept walking through the Tianmu Shunyidao Night Market and bought some egg waffles (jidanzi). We got chocolate, beef floss, and original flavors. The egg and milk aroma was very strong. They were very hot when freshly made, so we had to let them cool down before eating. Suleiman really liked the chocolate flavor.
Then we bought some teppanyaki hot dogs, which were also very affordable.
We came to the Honghuli Food Street in Tianjin on the weekend to try a newly opened American-style burger shop. Honghuli is an old-fashioned residential area built in the 1980s. It is only one subway stop away from Tianjin West Railway Station, making it very convenient to reach. There are many Hui Muslim restaurants here, both traditional and modern. Unlike the Northwest Corner, it is not very commercialized, and most of the customers are locals.
Hello Handmade Burger Shop is on Honghu South Road, surrounded by many other food spots. The owner is a relative of the imam at Fuxingzhuang Mosque, so the food is halal and the quality is guaranteed. We had the American-style double beef burger and the black truffle black tiger shrimp burger. Both were huge. Their burger buns are unique. The green ones are made with spinach powder and the black ones with squid ink. They are custom-made and have absolutely no preservatives.
The beef patties are fresh and firm. After pan-frying, they are rich, fragrant, and juicy. The double patties give a great meaty texture, and with the sauce and toppings, the flavors build up and get better with every bite. The black tiger shrimp in the black truffle burger is plump and bouncy with a distinct sweet, fresh taste. It blends perfectly with the rich aroma of black truffle, creating a delicate yet chewy texture.
The shop is quite small, so you might have to wait for a table during meal times. If it is not too sunny, you can also eat outside by the door and chat while you eat.
Next to the burger shop is Yuansu Zhai Lao Wei Juanquan. They sell homemade dark plum drink (wumeitang) and dried tangerine peel passion fruit pear juice. Both are all-natural and cannot be kept overnight. The dark plum drink contains licorice, mint, roselle, dried tangerine peel, hawthorn, mulberry, and osmanthus. The dried tangerine peel passion fruit pear juice contains lemon, lotus seeds, and lily bulbs. Both taste great. Cold drinks go really well with burgers.
Previous Tianjin food shares:
Taking the kids to Tianjin in the summer to see the sea and eat seafood.
Tianjin's halal food is so comprehensive: pasta, yakitori, Yemeni flatbread, Swiss cheese fondue, and rice balls.
Autumn food tour in Tianjin: Syrian food, giant river prawns (luoshi xia), yellow broth ramen, Turkish restaurants, and Xinjiang fresh milk ice cream.
Taking kids out to eat in Tianjin: Yemeni food, Algerian desserts, rice noodle rolls (changfen), Japanese food, and water caltrop soup (lingjiao tang).
Eating Arabic food in Tianjin: Syrian, Yemeni, Tunisian, and Algerian.
Between the mountains and the sea: from Huairou farmhouses to seaside Western restaurants.
