Fangshan

Fangshan	Fangshan

After Qing Dynasty collapsed, some former imperial chefs opened their own restaurants and served the public. Since the dish style was modeled on the imperial foods in the Qing palace, it is called Fangshan-“imitation imperial dishes”.
The most famous imperial dish restaurant in Beijing is Fangshan Restaurant inside Beihai Park. Fangshan Restaurant prepares dishes in the style of the imperial kitchen of the Qing court. Among their better – known dishes are: chicken breast sauté, Luohan prawn, stewed venison, stuffed mandarin fish, “phoenix in its nest”, frog and abalone and “Buddha’s hand rolls”. In recent years the “complete Manchu-Han banquet” of the Qing court has been revived. It consists of 234 hot dishes and 48 cold dishes, cakes and fruit.
Today vistors to Beijing can come to Fangshan Restaurant and some other imitation imperial dish restaurants to appreciate the imperial style cuisine and eat like an emperor.