Lijiacai restaurant in Beijing. Imperial recipes in a Hutong

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Lijiacai restaurant in Beijing. Imperial recipes in a Hutong

By Jennifer 8. Lee | June 26, 2011

These are dishes from the famed Li Jia Cai restaurant in Beijing, which serves imperial Beijing food but out of a Hutong. It has a interesting and fascinating history, and has spawned sister restaurants in Tokyo and Melbourne (of all places). I visited both of those in my hunt for the greatest Chinese restaurant in the world.