Set up in 1853 (the 3rd year of Emperor Xianfeng’ s reign in the Qing Dynasty), it is a famous Moslem restaurant with a history of over 150 years. In 1955, the restaurant was formerly located in Tianjin, and was moved to Litieguai Byway out of Hepingmen in Beijing. After that, Hongbinlou was expanded and moved to different places several times. At the end of 1998, it was moved to the present address in No. 11 Zhanlan Road in Xicheng District from West Chang’ an Avenue. Named after a phrase from Rite goes “swan goose comes as a guest”, it majors in Tianjin Moslem food and is famed as the “No. 1 Moslem restaurant in Beijing”. It is featured with Tianjin-style river fish. Mr. Guo Moruo made an acrostic for it goes “Swan goose comes with warm breeze, guests and friends full-seated and want more dishes, the tower has a flaming red spanner on the roof, good men never dares of adversity.”, indicating “Hongbinlou (Swan goose guest tower) Good”.
Featured dishes: Shark’ s Fin with Sliced Chicken, Stir-Fried Lamb Maw with Caraway, Lamb Head in Casserole, PlainFricasseedFish Chip, Fried and Boiled Pawns, Braised Beef Tendons, Braised Ox Tail in Soy Sauce, etc.
(Source: ebeijing.gov.cn)
