Guide to healthy shopping and dining

(China Daily)
Updated: 2008-10-10 11:11

If you're looking to trim your waistline, in addition to exercising your gym options, it helps to watch what you eat.

Fortunately, Beijing is now home to a variety of health food stores, where you can buy fresh ingredients to whip up light and tasty meals. There are also several good vegetarian restaurants in town, catering to weight watchers as well as devout Buddhists.

Organic food stores

Lohao City

This is a specialty shop with several convenient locations selling a wide range of organic health foods and other natural products.

Jingshun Lu branch: 9am-10pm; 52 Jingshun Lu, Chaoyang district; 8459-0134/8459-4647

Lucky Street branch: B4 Haoyun Jie, Chaoyang district; 5867-0265

Shuangjing branch: 10A, Bldg 5, 76 Nan'er Lu, Baiziwan, Chaoyang district; 8772-4133

Central Park branch: 8am-10pm; Suite 100, Bldg 17, Second phase of Central Park, 6 Chaowai Dajie, Chaoyang district; 6533-6465

De Run Wu Grocery Store

This store sells organic fruits, vegetables and seasonings. Fresh vegetables arrive at the store every Monday and Friday. To place an order, email giyunliang@vip.163.com for a list of seasonal vegetables, and be sure to submit your request three days in advance.

10:30am-6:30pm, Suite 813, Danshui Xiaozhen, A3 Shunhuang Lu, Chaoyang district; 8459-0809, 13910062022

Diandian Grocery

This shop, which originated in Hong Kong, sells a variety of tasty cooking ingredients, including raisins, dried figs, blueberries, apricots and walnut kernels.

8:30am-10pm; 48 Dongzhimen Waidajie, Fangyin B1-12; 8454-9825

Lily Vegetarian Restaurant's Xiangcaoyuan branch

This is a good spot to buy organic rice, honey, green tea, kidney beans, oats and mung beans.

10:30am-10pm; 23 Caoyuan Hutong, Dongzhimennei Beixiaojie, Dongcheng district; 6405-2082

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