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A taste of Datong

Heyangju Old Datong Restaurant

和阳居老大同饭庄

A sit-down restaurant on Dadong Street in Pingcheng District serving the full old-Datong menu rather than a single speciality, which makes it a useful choice for a group that wants offal soup, cold jelly, noodles and a hotpot on one table. Less of a spectacle than Fenglinge and more of a real dinner.

Price not confirmedPingcheng District, Dadong Street (平城区大东街)
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Why come here

A place worth making time for

Known for covering the classic Datong dish list — yangza, Hunyuan liangfen, the old Datong assorted hotpot; no verifiable award.

The house favourites

What to order

Point at the Chinese. Staff will understand it even where the menu has no English at all.

  • Old Datong mutton offal (老大同菜羊杂)
  • Hunyuan cold buckwheat jelly (浑源凉粉)
  • Old Datong assorted hotpot (老大同什锦火锅)
  • Fried sweet millet cake (油糕)

What it actually tastes like

Offal is central, not optional. The assorted hotpot is a layered copper pot of pork, meatballs, tofu skin and cabbage in a vinegary broth — a very different thing from a Sichuan hotpot.

Allergens in this kitchen

gluten/wheatsoysesameegg

This is the kitchen, not one dish. Woks, fryers, blanching water and utensils are shared in almost every Chinese restaurant, so for a serious allergy treat the whole premises as the unit rather than ordering around it.

Get to know the menu

Local specialities to try here

Hunyuan Cold Jelly 浑源凉粉Slippery and almost flavourless on its own, carried entirely by a sharp, garlicky, vinegary, chilli-hot dressing.Old Datong Copper Hotpot 大同铜火锅 / 老大同什锦火锅Clean, savoury and mildly peppery, with the cabbage giving a sweet-sour background.