Most of the interior is subtly, even dimly lit, but a stage at the one end gives evidence of the entertainment that takes over on many evenings. For lunch, my liveliest item was the Xin Jiang salad of tomato, onion, green pepper, and more onion (Y13), accompanied by a serving of "the pepsi of cola" (Y6) whose red-and-white can showed Atlanta roots. "Fried mutton in Xin Jiang style baked bread" (shown; Y28) tossed the two in a hearty mélange that must be even better during a cold Beijing winter.
Xin Jiang Muslim Restaurant
Gongrentiyuchang Beilu (across from Workers' Stadium), Beijing
