Beijing food , based on imperial court cuisine and Shandong
cuisine, has enjoyed an age-old reputation. The main methods
of cooking employed are deep-frying, sauteing, stir-fry
and roasting.
The Yan Yun Lou Restaurant on Nanjing Road, the Fengze Chamber
of the Park Hotel and the Dahua Hotel serve Beijing roast duck renowned for its scented
crisp skin, which is so crisp that once taken in the mouth
it breaks. The Kaifu Restaurant on Sichuan Road(North) and
the Tianjing Restaurant on Huaihai Road provide stir-fried
sliced pig's stripe and chicken's gizzard, sauteed fish slices
with brewer's rice, stir-fried pork fillet in brown sauce
and sauteed Chinese cabbage.
Shanghai has more than a dozen Moslem restaurants, which
cook an astonishing variety of dishes with just mutton and
beef. The Hong Chang Xing Restaurant on Yangan Road(East) is famed for
its instant boiled mutton(Mongolian hot pot) served in winter.
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