Donghuamen Night Food Bazaar

Hemmed in by food stalls, this short street is renowned for its snacks from Beijing and other parts of the country, and conveniently located near the Wangfujing shopping area. The snacks sold can be scary, fitting with the stereotype that Chinese eat anything that moves. There are baked bugs and scorpions on a stick. More conventional are roast mutton skewers, fried dumplings, sugarcoated fruit, yellow pea cakes, fried flour tea, fried ice cream, and boiled beef tripe served with sesame paste. There are few seats and the novelty comes from eating while watching your next order being cooked. It's not for the queasy or hygiene-obsessed: these are street foods, cooked and eaten on the street.