Sweet Potatoes Go Gourmet, Spelling Out Dirty Bar Street's Demise Once and For All | the Beijinger: As if it weren’t enough for Dirty Bar Street to be beautified, with nearly every sleazy bar and questionable street hawker whisked away since Bejing began its Great Brickening campaign in earnest last year, the once debaucherous alley has now hit the nadir of gentrification.
A Cake Fiend's Guide to Daoxiangcun, Beijing's Oldest Traditional Pastry Shop | the Beijinger : The renowned Daoxiangcun Bakery has deep roots in Beijing. It was in 1895 that Guo Yusheng opened its doors in Guanyin Temple on Qianmianwei street, selling authentic Beijing pastries and snacks. As an outsider, you may have walked past a Daoxiangcun store countless times and never even realized, but for the locals, this staple chain is home, and brings back fond childhood memories.
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