Jing Wei Lou

Jing Wei Lou, or ‘House of Beijing Flavors’ speciallises in traditional Beijing food, and is always crowded with locals. Dishes include madoufu (sauted mung bean pulp), miancha (a ground millet-flour gruel), zha gezi (Chinese French fries made with mung bean flour), douzhi (fermented mung bean juice), as well as a range of mutton dishes. A semi-open kitchen displays plump, honey-glazed ducks roasting in a wood-burning oven. The tables and chairs are made of solid wood, with an interior modelled after the traditional courtyard house to conjure the charm of old Beijing.