Summer is around the corner. Many don't have good appetite during hot days. How about having dinner along water? It cools down both body and mind. The following is a list of restaurants surrounded by water. The good atmosphere may refresh you and gives appetite. Let's enjoy.

Beijing

Diao Tai Restaurant

Diao Tai means a place for fishing in Chinese. As the name suggests, the restaurant is located beside a creek, which flows around.

Diao Tai features authentic Tonglu dishes, a small city in South China's Zhejiang Province, with delivering food materials from the city directly.

The recommended dishes are Hangjiao Zhugan (tender liver fried with spicy pepper slices) and Shaguo Guiyuhuang (lake crabs, shrimps, hams and wild funguses stewed in a terrine pot). At Diao Tai diners can also find some nice Shanghai and Hangzhou dishes.

Location: to the southwest side of Yuyang Hotel, Chaoyang District
Tel: 010-64669599/9699

Xigucun Japanese Restaurant

The whole restaurant is built as a small Japanese village consisting of houses with a creek flowing underneath. All the houses are separated with glass walls.

Dining there, you'll also hear water drops.

Location: inside Kunlun Hotel, No.2 Xinyuan Nanlu, Chaoyang District
Tel: 010-65903388/5695

Tiandi Yijia Reataurant

Tiandi Yijia is built upon a renovated courtyard. Tables there are surrounded by small pond with small fish inside. The restaurant offers great dining atmosphere.

Location: No.140, Nanchizi Dajie (by Chang'anjie), Dongcheng District
Tel: 010-85115556/85115557

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