{"id":4124,"date":"2011-04-09T16:14:51","date_gmt":"2011-04-09T08:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/?p=4124"},"modified":"2022-04-10T20:36:19","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T12:36:19","slug":"wangfujing-night-food-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/beijing-food\/wangfujing-night-food-street","title":{"rendered":"Wangfujing Night Food Street"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0Important Notice<\/strong>
\nWangfujing Night Food Street is closed and not available now.\u00a0 The food street is officially known as “Donghuamen Night Food Street”(\u4e1c\u534e\u95e8\u7f8e\u98df\u574a\u591c\u5e02).
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\nIf you still want to experience the local exotic snack food, you may go to Wangfujing Snack Street<\/a> instead.
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If you ramble along Wangfujing Street<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 in the evening during your Beijing tour<\/a>. it is advisable to visit its neighbouring Wangfujing Night Food Street.<\/span><\/p>\n

Actually Wangfujing Night Food Street is formally called “Donghuamen Night Food Street”(\u4e1c\u534e\u95e8\u7f8e\u98df\u574a\u591c\u5e02), which is located on Donganmen Street linked to the west of the crossroad at the northern tip of Wangfujing Pedestrian Street.<\/p>\n

If you want to visit a daytime food vendors street, you may go to Wangfujing Snack Street ( \u738b\u5e9c\u4e95\u5c0f\u5403\u8857), which branches off\u00a0 Wangfujing Pedestrian Street.\u00a0 Check out Wangfujing Snack Street<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n

Wangfujing Night Snack Street is often\u00a0called by tourists while Donghuamen Night Snack Street by the local residents in\u00a0Beijing. They both refer to the same night food market in Wangfujing area.
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This 100-meter long snack street is open from 6:00pm to 9:00pm every day. The night market\u00a0is home\u00a0to about 100 stalls selling over 100 snacks from all over China. For adventurous dinners, it\u00a0is a food paradise with such\u00a0unique\u00a0snacks as\u00a0centipedes, lizards, deep fried crickets available to eat on a stick.<\/p>\n

These stalls linked at a short interval are mainly composed of Beijing food, Shandong cuisine, Yunnan food, Canton food, sea food and etc. All the food stalls are well organized with strict hygiene requirement.<\/p>\n

Each vendor wears clean uniforms with\u00a0red caps. Each stall has a sign hanging overhead indicating the food they are selling, as well the name of the stall owner.<\/p>\n

Since it is a typical street food, you have no table for sitting and eating. You are supposed to stand eating just before the food stalls. A protected line is set to separate the food stalls from the driving lane. So people feel quite safe eating with the protected line.<\/p>\n

If you are not interested in the street food or timid to have a bite, it is still worth walking around and taking some pictures for a glimpse of the snacks coming for all a parts of China.<\/span>The first stall sells Tanghulu, or sugar-coated haws or fruits on sticks<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The first stall sells Tanghulu, or sugar-coated haws or fruits on sticks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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The lady has bought a stick of Tanghulu.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The lady has bought a stick of Tanghulu.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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The foreign tourists are curious about the snake meat.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The foreign tourists are curious about the snake meat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Seafood and smelly bean curd<\/span><\/div>\n
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Seafood and smelly bean curd<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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barbeque corn<\/span><\/div>\n
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barbeque corns and more<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Hippocampi on a stick<\/span><\/div>\n
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Hippocampi on a stick<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Royal Crab <\/span><\/div>\n
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Royal Crabs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Roujiamuo, a Chinese hamburger<\/span><\/div>\n
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Roujiamuo, a Chinese hamburger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Sheep’s particular parts, offal soup<\/span><\/div>\n
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sheep’s particular parts, offal soup<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Goubuli ( literally “dogs don’t pay attention”) is a famous brand of baozi from Tianjin.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Goubuli ( literally dogs don’t pay attention) is a famous brand of baozi from Tianjin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Jian Bing, a kind of thin pancakes with with meat and vegetable fillings <\/span><\/div>\n
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Jian Bing, a kind of thin pancakes with with meat and vegetable fillings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Fried Jiaozi<\/span><\/div>\n
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Fried Jiaozi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Muslim food – barbeques animal internal parts<\/span><\/div>\n
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Muslim food – barbeques animal internal parts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Roasted leg of lamb<\/span><\/div>\n
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Beijing local desserts<\/span><\/div>\n
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Beijing local desserts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Beijing local snacks<\/span><\/div>\n
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Beijing local snacks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Scorpions and more insects on sticks<\/span><\/div>\n
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Scorpions and more insects on sticks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Centipede and water beetles on sticks<\/span><\/div>\n
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centipede and water beetles on sticks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Sea food<\/span><\/div>\n
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Sea food<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Red lanterns, signboards and clean stalls make an interesting\u00a0tourist food street in Beijing<\/span><\/div>\n
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Red lanterns, signboards and clean stalls make an interesting tourist food street in Beijing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Each stall has a signboard overhead indicating the stuff to be sold with a pricelist<\/span><\/div>\n
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Tip: Hassle-free Beijing Guided Tours<\/h2>\n

If you don\u2019t want to go the do-it-yourself route and prefer the hassle-free escorted tours,\u00a0 here are some options for Beijing guided tours:<\/p>\n

Beijing Day Tour<\/a>
\nBeijing Tour Packages<\/a>
\nGreat Wall Tour<\/a>
\nBeijing City Tour<\/a>
\nBeijing Winter Tour<\/a>
\nBeijing Autumn Tour<\/a>
\nCar Rental in Beijing<\/a>
\nBeijing Tours<\/a>
\nChina City Tours<\/a>
\nChina Tour<\/a><\/p>\n

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Further Readings<\/h2>\n
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Top 10 Attractions in Beijing<\/a>
\nHow to Visit Forbidden City<\/a>
\nHow to Visit Temple of Heaven<\/a>
\nHow to Visit Summer Palace<\/a>
\nHow to Visit Ming Tombs<\/a>
\nHow to Visit the Great Wall of China<\/a>
\nHow to Visit Tiananmen Square<\/a>
\nHow to Visit Hutongs<\/a>
\nHow to Visit Olympic Sites<\/a><\/p>\n

Top 10 Markets in Beijing<\/a>
\nTop 10 Shopping Malls in Beijing<\/a>
\nBeijing Shopping<\/a><\/p>\n

Wangfujing Night Snack Street<\/a>
\nQianmen Commercial Street<\/a>
\nBeijing Huguosi Street<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Any questions, just drop line.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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