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Food in Baoding is of northern style, which is known for its aromas. Restaurants like Mei Shi Shan, Tian Yi Gong, and Zhong Yi have pleasant environments but relatively higher prices. Restaurants named Dong Lai Shun and Lao Cheng Gener are recommended. To avoid getting sick, when the weather is hot, eat in the better air-conditioned restaurants and avoid the food sold by street peddlers unless it comes piping hot. Make sure that the dishes and utensils are clean.
Lu Zhu Chicken (boiled chicken with thick gravy) is one of the specialties in Baoding. To have authentic Lu Zhu Chicken, people can go to the Old Chicken Shop of the Ma Family or Mosque Street. Every day, there are dozens of stalls selling hot Lu Zhu Chicken and gizzards. The Lu Zhu Chicken of the three brothers of the Liu family is the most famous. But tourists should be careful or you may buy something fake: mutton, sheep hoofs and offal are also sold on this street.
There are other specialties of Baoding like Lu Rou Huo Shao (pies with donkey meat), Bing Tang Hu Lu (Ice-sugar Gourds) and so on. Most local people eat Lu Rou Huo Shao. People put minced donkey meat into a wheat cake and thus Lu Rou Huo Shao is made. The baked wheaten cake tastes crispy, and the meat is tender. Delicious and inexpensive, a Lu Rou Huo Shao only costs 3 RMB.
Bing Tang Hu Lu of Baoding is known in Hebei Province and once was introduced on Spring Festival Gala on CCTV-1. CCTV-1 is one of the television channels available in China. There various kinds of Bing Tang Hu Lu in Baoding and Beijing. For example, some of the Bing Tang Hu Lu is made of hawthorne. Hawthorne berries are a very delicious berry that is nutritious and good for your health. It helps to reduce high blood pressure and is good for your heart and blood circulation.
Some are hawthorne mixed with red bean paste. Some are haws filled with green bean paste. Some are made of a kind of yam. There are many other kinds, all delicious and beautiful. The price of Bing Tang Hu Lu is less that 3 RMB each. The most famous local brands of Bing Tang Hu Lu are King of Tang Hu Lu and Lu-ji.
