{"id":9392,"date":"2012-07-02T23:11:38","date_gmt":"2012-07-02T15:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/?p=9392"},"modified":"2022-04-08T14:51:23","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T06:51:23","slug":"beijing-food-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/beijing-food\/beijing-food-markets","title":{"rendered":"Beijing Food Markets"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Beijing, like other cities in China, each neighborhood has its own food market\u00a0of various sizes. In these markets, you buy fresh fruits, vegetables,\u00a0freshwater food, seafood, meat cuts, stable food\u00a0and\u00a0a full range of Chinese cooking supplies.<\/span><\/p>\n

The majority of the grocery markets start\u00a0around 7:00am in the morning. Local residents and expats often to their local community markets to buy fresh vegetables and other Chinese cooking ingredients and condiments. Basically the food prices remain more competitive than those in supermarkets or the food markets housed in a department in Beijing.<\/span><\/p>\n

The food prices usually are\u00a0fixed in a food market for a particular day, which fluctuate day y day with the markets – supply and demand. So seldom people would\u00a0bargain in a local food market. The vendor will provide you a plastic bag if you buy her or his stuff. People are encouraged to carry their own food containers like cloth bags or other forms of containers for environment protection.<\/span><\/p>\n

Plan your Beijing tour<\/a><\/span>? Why not take a bit adventure by exploring your local food market around your hotel in Beijing for better understanding Beijing food culture behind. If you are interested in Beijing food<\/a><\/span>, take a short trip to have a market tour and have food walks in Beijing<\/a><\/span> visiting local restaurants and food streets.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A vendor peddling eggs, duck eggs and Century egg (pidan) in Lejia Food Market in our block.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A vendor peddling eggs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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A rich variety of vegetables – asparagus, broccoli,cucumber, green pepper, greens, potatos, carrot, eggplants…<\/span><\/div>\n
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A rich variety of vegetables<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Pumpkin, white turnip,\u00a0 fresh garlic, ginger, Green Onion<\/span><\/div>\n
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Pumpkin, white turnip, fresh garlic, ginger, Green Onion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Fresh fruit stalls – watermelond, mango<\/span><\/div>\n
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Fresh fruit stalls – watermelond, mango<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Seafood stall<\/span><\/div>\n
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Seafood stall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Some vendors cannot afford or\u00a0is not willing\u00a0not pay\u00a0a rental fee for the vending place inside a market, they often set up mobile stalls or blankets on the ground to sell their stuff. You see, a vendor is peddling his fresh vegetables on a cart outside a market.<\/span><\/div>\n
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mobile stalls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/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

Further Readings<\/h2>\n
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Best Time to Visit Beijing<\/a>
\nHow to plan a trip to Beijing<\/a><\/p>\n

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 Walking Street<\/a>
\nQianmen Commercial Street<\/a>
\nGui Jie ( Ghost Street) Food Street<\/a><\/p>\n

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

In Beijing, like other cities in China, each neighborhood has its own food market\u00a0of various sizes. In these markets, you buy fresh fruits, vegetables,\u00a0freshwater food, seafood, meat cuts, stable food\u00a0and\u00a0a full range of Chinese cooking supplies. The majority of the grocery markets start\u00a0around 7:00am in the morning. Local residents and expats often to their local…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[1834,1835,1833],"class_list":["post-9392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beijing-food","tag-beijing-grocery","tag-beijing-grocery-market","tag-beijing-vegetable-market"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9392"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9392"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31419,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9392\/revisions\/31419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}