Huguosi Snacks (flagship)

护国寺小吃（总店）

Old Beijing snacks, from pea cake to fermented bean juice

Budget

¥20–40 pp

Address

93 Huguosi Jie, Xicheng (next to the People's Theatre)

The flagship of an old snack chain said to date back to 1897, with Beijing's traditional treats under one roof. Pick sweets from the glass cases (pea-flour wandouhuang, the soybean-dusted rice roll ludagun, aiwowo) and collect savoury food like offal soup or sesame beef shaobing at the counter. ¥20–40 per person buys a good sampling. They also sell douzhi, fermented mung-bean juice; most reviews treat it as a one-sip dare because of the sour smell.