What's unique about an old shop in Beijing?

Steamed dumplings, commonly known as "steamed dumplings", is also a traditional famous food in Beijing. Steamed bread stuffing is its main feature.

According to the records of the yuan dynasty, "wheat flour is made into thin slices, wrapped in meat, steamed and eaten in soup, which is just a little wheat." When the top is as thin as a thread, it is called wheat. You Yun: Take the flour as the skin, the meat as the stuffing and the top as the core. "From the Yuan Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, there were records and explanations of' Little Wheat' in many materials.

In old Beijing, the steamed dumplings made by Qianmen is very famous in Beijing. The reason is that steamed dumplings cooked in the same place change with the seasons and are delicious.

Du Yi, located at No.36 Qianmen Street, was opened in the third year of Qingganlong (1738), and is called "Li Ji Hotel". It was originally founded by Shanxi native Li. When he first came to Beijing, he was an apprentice in the broken gourd restaurant in the meat market. After starting his career, he opened his own hotel. The shop is located in the east of Qianmenwai Street and south of Xianyukou.

In the seventh year of Qing Qianlong (1742), a two-story building was built on the gable as a new store, and the first floor was a banquet and accounting room to receive ordinary drinkers; There is a private room on the second floor to entertain distinguished customers. The hotel's business varieties are: boiled peanuts, rose dates, horse meat, dried meat and other side dishes and shochu, and the business is very prosperous.

In the seventeenth year of Qianlong (1752), it was said that Emperor Qianlong came to the private room on the second floor of the hotel to take private drinks, feeling that this was the only hotel in Kyoto that was open at night. After returning to the palace, I wrote "All in One Place" and sent eunuchs to the hotel to hang a plaque on the tiger's head.

Since then, the restaurant has become famous, and the horse meat and dried meat in the store are very famous in Beijing. During Tongzhi period, this store was one of the famous restaurants in Beijing.

Since then, the store has added new foods such as steamed dumplings and fried triangles. Among them, the production of steamed dumplings is unique, which is characterized by fine selection of materials, fine and clean production, thin skin and full stuffing, and good taste.

The varieties of steamed dumplings are chopped green onion, pork stuffing, three fresh stuffing and crab stuffing.

In the early years of the Republic of China, "steamed dumplings in Beijing" was a famous food in Beijing.

1956, the store realized public-private partnership. 1964, move to this address. Today, the business hall covers an area of more than 200 square meters, the number of dining tables has increased to more than 20, the number of service personnel has increased from more than 20 to about 100, and the turnover has also increased a lot.