Life in Beijing Eating is The First So Try Baikui Laohao

Baikui Laohao is one of the most famous Muslim restaurants in Beijing offering roast mutton. In 1780 (the 45th year of Emperor Qianlong's reign) it was set up by a Muslim named Baikui in a small alley opposite Longfusi Temple, Dongcheng District. Roast mutton of Baikui Laohao has well-chosen materials, delicate processes, unique cooking methods and a marvelous flavor.

The mutton used is from a specific part of the sheep with appropriate muscle and fat and is roasted to perfection. Dozens of seasonings such as cloves, mushrooms and a chosen soy sauce and sugar are mixed in proper proportions. Cooked in several processes such as a dipping in broth, pressing, stacking, braising in broth and frying, the braised mutton has a mellow taste and color, is tender and delicious and the unpleasant smell of the mutton is gone.
After the founding of the PRC, Baikui Laohao Restaurant extended its business space on the original location and increased the food variety to include mutton in soy sauce, beef and mutton entrails in soy sauce and chicken in soy sauce. It has developed into to a grand Muslim restaurant offering Muslim food and banquet service.Featured dishes: Braised Mutton in a Pot, Deep-Fried Mutton, Stewed Mutton in Slices, Braised Mutton Maw, Sliced Mutton Maw Soup, Braised Mutton Head and Roast Pigeon.

Let's Deeply Exploring the Heart of Beijing

Would you like to have a Beijing travel? Do you want to deep in the heart of Beijing? there are some famous attractions you should not miss such as Badaling Great Wall, Forbidden City and Summer Palace.

Badaling Great Wall

 

Located in Yanqing County, Badaling Great Wall was built with huge stone slabs on the outside. The top floor of Badaling Great Wall is paved with square bricks which made the floor very orderly and smooth, and wide enough for five horses to gallop abreast and ten people march shoulder by shoulder. The wall of Badaling is narrow on the top while broad on the bottom forming a ladder-shaped structure.

In ancient times, Badaling Great Wall was built for the purpose of defense, with many watch towers and beacon towers. The beacon towers was use for transmit military message.

Beyond questions, Badaling Great Wall is the most famous and best-preserved section of the Great Wall. Like a giant dragon, it threads its way through a jumble of mountains. With its dangerous mountain slopes, splendid scenery，Badaling Great Wall is really worth visiting during Beijing travel. In addition, you can view different picturesque landscape in different seasons.

Forbidden City

 

It would be a shame if you have a travel in Beijing but you do not visit Forbidden City. Located in the center of Beijing city, Forbidden City is the largest wooden cluster in existence in the world today, with magnificent, solemn and palatial scenery. In the history, emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties handled court business and resided. Only powerful ministers can entry while ordinary persons can not entry. There are 24 emperors ruled this country from here over 500 years.

I promise you would be stunned by those incredibly architectures. Forbidden City was laid out on an invisible axis, and all structures were arranged symmetrically in a hierarchical order along the axis. The plan of Forbidden City is a strong claim for a hierarchical social order, manifesting the imperial dignity and supreme power and playing up the magnificence of the whole complex.

Today, there are more than 900000 cultural and art objects preserved in Forbidden City, many of them are state relics. You could see many precious treasures such as bronze ware, pottery, arts and crafts of Ming and Qing dynasties.

Summer Palace

 

As well as a famous classical imperial garden, Summer Palace is the largest and best preserved imperial garden of the Qing Dynasty extant in Beijing. There is no doubt that Summer Palace is a gem in the Chinese art of garden construction.

Through these ancient buildings, you could have a better understand of Chinese. Also, we hope you enjoy this Beijing travel.