Local shoppers sample the delights of Beijing's Sanyuanli Market

A stroll through Beijing's Sanyuanli Market is guaranteed to ignite your passion for cooking and your enjoyment of life.

As one of the last surviving fresh food markets in Beijing, Sanyuanli Market, located in the embassy district in Chaoyang, is renowned for providing fresh meat, fruit and seasonings from all over the world for the local expat community and nearby five-star hotels.

More than two decades of experience have imbued the 139 shop owners with knowledge of how to source all manner of products to meet the most diversified consumer requests, leading the market to be dubbed the "United Nations of Food".