Wangfujing Snack Street

    Two snack streets, Wangfujing Snack Street and Donghuamen Night Snack Street, are situated in the Wangfujing area. The streets are unique: The experiences customers have at the stalls can be different from grabbing a hot dog on the street of a city in the West. Instead of a hot dog, a customer is likely to buy a scorpion or snake.

   Most of the snacks at the stalls are available, at cheaper prices, throughout Beijing. But there are advantages to buying the snacks in the Wangfujing area; for example, there is a much greater selection, the vendors are concentrated in one area, and the hygiene standards are guaranteed.

    Donghuamen Night Snack Street is lined with vendors at booths displaying and selling a myriad of snacks. On Wangfujing Snack Street, the buildings reflect the architecture of ancient times, and visitors can occasionally hear the neighborhood residents singing Peking Opera from their balconies.

    sugar-coated fruit on a stick

The area is bustling and picturesque, which makes it both a gastronomic and cultural experience.

    Wangfujing is also one of Beijing's four, Dashilan, Xidan and Liulichang being the other three, traditional downtown areas. Traffic was congested on Wangfujing Street until the late 1990s, as pedestrians, autos, buses and trolleys traveled the street. Modifications were made in 1999 and 2000, and vehicles were banned from a substantial length of the street.

    The food booths are divided according to sweet and salty foods. Customers can find ordinary foods, such as dumplings, noodles and kebabs, including fish, lamb, octopus and shrimp. The sweet foods include sugar-coated fruit, fresh coconut juice, fried bananas and plum juice.