Endure the nightmarishly inadequate elevator at the Li Ning Department Store, because on the ninth floor, Lao Beijing serves up fantastic roast duck, the northern classic.
The restaurant has an eye for detail, authenticity and supreme bird quality and as such is a focused class act in the duck universe, from steamed hearts to grilled wings. [...]

In the early years the people of Beijing would eat noodles out of huge bowls, commonly referred to as “sea bowls”. This traditional Beijing restaurant is called the “Huge Bowl Restaurant”. Because its structure resembles the bowls they use in the old days. The reddish brown wooden door beneath the giant “Hai Wan Ju” restaurant [...]

Manhattan Steakhouse is Beijing’s first authentic American steakhouse; the walls are covered with pictures of 1930’s Manhattan scenery. There’s a small wine cellar storing over 150 types of winc from all over the world, and the open-style kitchen allows patrons to freely enjoy the best of American food and drink. Free coffee refills will give [...]

Dominic Fitzsimmons, Guardian Unlimited
The Chinese traditionally celebrate the lunar new year by tucking into a batch of homemade dumplings around the kitchen table, but if you prefer to hit the town on big occasions, you could usher in the start of the Spring Festival (which lasts from new year’s day to the fifth day of [...]