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A taste of Nanjing

Li Ji Qing Zhen Guan

李记清真馆

A century-old halal dim sum house on a lane in Qinhuai, a few minutes from the Confucius Temple, with a glass wall so you can watch the kitchen fold dumplings. It is the Nanjing address for beef potstickers — crescent-shaped, juicy inside, browned and crisp on the base — and the queue outside is permanent. Being halal, it is also the only place on this Nanjing list a Muslim visitor can eat without negotiation.

¥ on the MICHELIN price scale (lowest band); exact figure unconfirmedMichelin Bib Gourmand 2026Qinhuai district, 1 Dading Lane, near the Confucius Temple / Qinhuai River area.
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Why come here

A place worth making time for

MICHELIN Bib Gourmand (good quality, good value cooking) in the MICHELIN Guide Shanghai | Jiangsu | Zhejiang 2026; a century-old halal establishment

The house favourites

What to order

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

  • Beef potstickers (牛肉锅贴)
  • Beef xiao long bao with soupy, gingery filling (牛肉汤包)
  • Beef wonton soup (牛肉馄饨)

What it actually tastes like

Straightforward by the standards of this list — no offal, no fermentation, no chilli to speak of. The soup dumplings are genuinely full of hot liquid; bite a small hole first rather than putting one whole in your mouth.

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

Halal beef potstickers 牛肉锅贴Crunchy base, soft top, juicy peppery beef inside.Soup dumplings 汤包Sweet-savoury pork broth with a tender wrapper; the chrysanthemum-leaf version is grassy and faintly medicinal.