Second stop -- 66' North
Across a main road, about a block away from Le Petit Paris and opposite to the east gate of Worker's Stadium, there is 66 North, Beijing's first restaurant offering traditional Norwegian cuisine and fresh seafood shipped from Norway by air. It is on the second floor of a business building.
Salmon and Cod, fresh or processed, are the most popular. It offers a traditional dish of salted salmon named gravelax. This restaurant something rare in Beijing - reindeer meat.
Some customers also recommend "Brunost" goat cheese and "Spekemat" salt cured lamb leg served with crispy bread.
The executive chef, Morten Anderson, has won the Norwegian cooking award the "Arctic Menu" prize. And there is another chef good at French cuisine.
Address: Room 6-202 No. 2 Gongtidong Street, Chaoyang District
Telephone: 8610-85871101
Opening from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Accept credit cards and have English menu.
Cost per person: 200-300 yuan
Third stop -- A Thousand and One Nights
The restaurant is named after the Persian folk tales "Arabian Nights." Standing in front of its six five-meter-high large sand-color archways, sitting under the golden ceiling full of reliefs and crystal pendant lamps, you could expect a splendid exotic dining experience.
The restaurant's executive chef, Hasan, is from Syria and serving the customers with authentic Lebanese cuisine.
Many are impressed by hummus bi tahina, one of its appetizers, which is a thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini (lemon juice and garlic) served with pitta, a flat pocket of Arabian bread. They also like kebab and tabbuli, a very green parsley salad with tomato and cucumber.
The most exotic experience is to suck on a hookah with two choices of taste, apple and strawberry. Every night from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., there are belly dance performances.
The restaurant is easy to find, opposite the Zhaolong Hotel and near the Tuanjiehu metro station on Line 10.
Address: No. 3 Gongtibei Street, Chaoyang District
Telephone: 8610-65327243/65324050 (It has a website www.1001nights.com.cn in English, Chinese and Arabic)
Opening from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. next day
Accept VISA cards and have Arabic and English menu.
Cost per person: 100-200 yuan