Editor Pick
King Join
- July 17, 2005
- Rated 4 of 5 by
weiwei from Fremont, California
King Join is a Chinese restaurant serving Beijing dishes. They are known for their delicious desserts, and the original recipes are said to be from the Royal Palace in the Ching Dynasty.
One of the desserts I like is "Osmanthus Cold Cake". The story goes that one of the daughters of Emperor Chian-Lung really loved this dessert. So, after she got married and moved out of Beijing, when the Emperor got to visit her, he'd always bring osmanthus cold cake with him for her. Osmanthus cold cake is made of glutinous rice with bean-paste fillings, served with osmanthus syrups, and it tastes really good!
Another dessert I like has an interesting name, "Donkey Rolling". It got the name because the shape and the color of the dessert looks like a donkey covered with yellow sands. This is a popular traditional Beijing dessert, and it is made of yellow bean flour.
There are many other desserts that are really good too. You just have to try them out.
From journal Taipei 101