Hua Jia Yi Yuan

By Bobby Brill (bestfoodinchina.net)
Updated: 2008-08-07 10:30

Along the Gui Jie or "Ghost Street" as the guide books refer to it, a long line of beautiful and flavorful Chinese restaurants can be found; but picking the best can be hard -not anymore.

Hua Jia Yi Yuan has taken traditional Beijing fare and revamped it into modern cuisine adding new flare and taste combinations to awaken the diner to what Chinese food can really taste like.

This is not fusion, as I discussed at great length with the Master Chef Lin Hai Hua and the management staff, this is fashionable food.

Don't think posh little portions and delicate arrangements that are too pretty to eat leaving you heading out to another restaurant to get you fill. No, this is a place to enjoy the best of what Beijing cuisine is all about-rich tastes, steeped in tradition with a cosmopolitan feel.

Upon entering the beautifully recreated courtyard style environment you feel immediately at home. You will have a tough time choosing which beautiful surrounds to spend your evening in.

The open and vibrantly alive main courtyard with birds, foliage streaming from arbors and traditional Beijing entertainment is a great place to soak up what Imperial life was like in the capital city so long ago.

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