Xianlaoman

This two-story canteen is the dumpling emporium of Beijing. Its name translates as "fully loaded", and just as what it suggests, each juicy pocket is stuffed with hearty and delicious content. Choose from some 60 different fillings ranging from traditional pork and the leek, to extravagant seafood, to unusual mixed fruit. The restaurant sells 150 kilograms or roughly 1,500 pieces of dumplings everyday and it's almost impossible avoid the queue during lunch or dinner hours. These delicious boiled dumplings are worth the wait. Dip them in vinegar, spicy oil or soy sauce and you're enjoying a most typical hearty Beijing meal. The restaurant also sells fried dumplings.