Xiangyang Tun
Set in a new courtyard-style complex in northwestern Beijing, this nostalgia restaurant is one of the only venues in the city forerrenzhuan, a raunchily entertaining style of opera rarely performed outside the frigid northeast. The opera stage sits at one end of the cavernous main hall, decorated in an exaggerated Cultural Revolution-era countryside theme with bright red tables and propaganda-heavy newspapers from the 1960s plastered on the walls. Dishes are large and simple in the northeastern tradition. Good choices are theDongbei fengwei dapai(northeast-style braised ribs) and thenongjia xiaochao, an authentically rural combination of soybeans, green onion, Chinese chive, and bell peppers in a clay pot. Combine a stop here with an afternoon visit to the Summer Palace.
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| Cuisine | Homestyle, Northeastern | |
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| Hours | Daily 10:30am-11pm | |
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| Address | Wanquan He Lu 26 | |
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| Location | In Haidian, across from the Zhongyi Yiyuan (Chinese Traditional Medicine Hospital), Xicheng (West) & Haidian (Northwest) | |
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| Phone | 010/6264-5522, 010/6264-2907 | |
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| Prices | Meal for 2 ¥40-¥80 ($5-$10 | |
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| Credit Cards | Not accepted | |