天黑前的东堂. St. Joseph's Church, aka East Cathedral, is one of the city's most important churches. First built in 1655, it has been rebuilt a number of times after being successively destroyed by earthquake, fire and then during the Boxer Rebellion. It has recently been restored at the cost of US$2 million.
A muslim restaurant for Monglion Hotpot.
Thinly sliced lamb.
Food like thinly sliced lamb, vegetables and noodles are cooked into this hotpot and eaten with some sauces.
A unique signboard in the restaurant.
冰糖葫芦. Tanghulu (literally "sugar Gourd") or Bingtanghulu (candied fruits) is a popular traditional winter snack in northern China, especially in Beijing, and particularly for children. It consists of candied fruits on bamboo skewers that are approximately 20cm long. This snack can be found widely along the snack street of Wangfujing. The signboard of this shop was written by Pujie, the brother of Puyi (the last Emperor of China).,
Small bronze statues in front of an old shoe shop.
Artificial flowers along the street.
东华们美食街. Donghuamen Ｎight Ｍarket which opens daily. This stall specialises in Tanghulu (candied fruits). Tanghulu typically has a hardened sugar coating but versions can also be found with a second chocolate coating, or sprinkles. The fruits used are traditionally Chinese hawthorn (Crataegus pinnatifida, called shānzhā, 山楂 in Chinese) but in recent times vendors have also used strawberries, blueberries, pineapples, kiwifruit, or grapes, resembling a fruit kebab.
This stall sells grilled seafood and meats, including rabbit and dog meat as written on the price board!!
This stall sells pineapple rice and duck blood soup which is a specialty of Nanjing.
Spicy noodles and soup, specialty of Sichuan.
Fried fresh milk with condensed milk (the white food in the middle) ?!
Beef balls. These beef balls have a strange Chinese name - Sa Niao Niu Wan (literally pee beef balls)!
Dare to try these? Ｓkewers of insects, scorpions, lizads, worms etc. with strawberries and kiwifruit！
Ｃrabs.
Specialties of Lao Beijing (old Beijing) on the left and Xi'an on the right.
Pumpkin cakes, fried ice-cream and braised rice cakes.
A Hong Kong Restaurant opposite Donghuamen Ｎight Ｍarket. Their food is not bad and price is also reasonable.
A man making a living on the street, in front of Quanjude.
Quanjude - one of the two most notable restaurants in Beijing that serves Peking Roast Duck, a famous duck dish from Beijing that has been prepared since the Yuan Dynasty, now considered one of China's national foods. Quanjude was established in 1864.
A cook skillfully slicing the duck.
Peking Roast Duck is prized for the thin, crispy skin with authentic versions of the dish serving mostly the skin and little meat, sliced in front of the diners by the cook. It is eaten with pancakes, cucumber, spring onions and plum sauce.
A waitress demonstrating how to wrap the duck with thin pancakes
Ground-floor lobby of Quanjude.
Special guests of Quanjude from all over the world.
Ｇoubuli （literally Ｄogs Ｗouldn't Ｃare）Ｒestaurant. Ｇoubuli is a famous brand of baozi （buns） from Tianjin, China. Founded in 1858, it is one of China's longest established brands. Several explanations have been offered for its unusual name; perhaps the most common is that it comes from a childhood nickname of the founder, Gao Gui, given to protect him from bad luck. Ａs of 2005, Ｇoubuli brand is owned by the Ｃhinese pharmaceutical company, Ｔong Ｒen Ｔang.
Ｔidbits stores on the ground floor of a departmental store.
Ａ wide variety of Ｃhinese tidbits！
This was originally a well and was discovered during the reconstruction of Wangfujing Street in 1998. In the Qing Dynasty, eight aristocratic estates and princess residence were built in this area, soon after when a well full of sweet water was discovered, thereby giving the street its name "Wang Fu" (=aristocratic residence), "Jing" (=well).
Ａ man in a suit of armor, walking in front of a shopping mall to promote the jewellery store on the third floor. What an idea!
Ｗangfujing Snack Street, south of Ｄonghuamen Ｎight Ｍarket.
Two China dolls welcoming visitors at the entrance of Wangfujing Snack Street.
A stall selling teas and soups.
Another Tanghulu stall!
Ｔhese Ｃhinese word are found on the wall along the street.
These restaurant were pretty quiet at the time of our visit.
Open-air Chinese opera performance.
A small crowd on this side of the street.
Hand-made charms.
St. Jospeh's Church after dark. It is beautiful, isn't it?
A unique structure by the road side.
Wangfujing Walking Street. See that hand on the bottom left corner? DS was busy taking video!
Guess what has attracted the crowd in this sunny morning?
Fashion show!
Wangfujing walking street.
Another tidbits store. Take-way Peking Roast Duck from Quanjude are also sold here.
