 The 3 traditional Beijing noodles are：
1. 炸酱面 Noodle with fried soybean paste and pork. The signature Beijing dish. 2. 老北京打卤面 Old Beijing noodle with gravy. The gravy contains egg, black fungus, pork and daylily. A savory dish with distinct flavor of Sichuan Peppercorn oil. 3. 麻酱面 Noodle with sesame paste. This is a summer noodle, we eat nearly 3 times a week. It reminds me the long summers in my childhood. Normally, children in the famiy put water into the thick sasame paste to make a thinner sauce, while the parents are making the noodle. Nearly every home could make the three, cooking skills and recipes are passed down from generation to generation. In most of the Peking duck restaurants, you can order a bowl of Noodle With Fried Soybean Past and Pork. Only in small family owned restaurants or restaurants that speicalize in old Beijing dishes, you can taste the last two. Welcome to Beijing, taste the traditions.
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 Today is "Winter Solstic", a very important solar term in Chinese lunar calendar, we will experience the shortest day and longest night year-round today. Once Winter solstice comes, day time will be longer and longer, and we will meet the coldest time ahead.
And we eat "饺子Jiaozi”, dumpling today. As a teacher of dumpling class, I would like to hear What quesitons you may have about Dumpling?  When talking about Beijing local dishes and snacks, people live in Beijing and love Beijing may have differnt
opinions. But definitely they not the live scorpions and spiders on stick, what you may see at a tourist market . :) Here is my list for you, those tradtional food and drinks live in our memeries and present you a real Beijing. 1. 烤鸭 Peking roasted duck 2. 糖葫芦 Sugar coated hawthorn 3. 芝麻面 Homemade noodle with sesame paste 4. 炸酱面 Homemade noodle with fried bean paste 5. 老北京酸奶 Old Beijing honey yogurt 6. 北冰洋 Beibingyang soda 7. 饺子 Homemade dumplings 8. 葱爆羊肉 Stir fried lamb with scallion 9. 燕京啤酒 Yanjing beer 10. 老北京酸梅汤 Old Beijing plum juice 11. 芝麻烧饼 Baked cake with sesame paste and seed. 12. 栗子焖肉 Stewed pork with chestnut 13. 炸元宵 Fried sweet dumplings 14. 炸花生 Fried peanuts 15. 五仁月饼 Five nuts moon cake A friend of mine strongly recommended that I should go to have dinner at the king's Joy one day.
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