Tanghulu on Qianmen Street

冰糖葫芦（前门大街）

Candied hawthorn on a stick, in its home town

Budget

About ¥20 a stick

Address

Along the Qianmen Street pedestrian mall, Dongcheng

In Beijing, tanghulu's home, it's called bingtanghulu because the sugar sets hard as ice. Qianmen Street has several red-signed tanghulu shops and carts. The traditional version uses tart hawthorn berries; strawberry, grape and mandarin versions are also around. The sugar shell is thick, hard enough to worry your teeth.