Eat beat

Diantaixiang serves up sole food

Chongqing-style hotpot restaurant Diantaixiang celebrated its one-year Beijing anniversary in July. The soup base is the key to the hotpot, which is from a secret recipe that mixes different types of chilies that owner and chef Tang Yi spent three years learning from a hotpot master. The popular restaurant, known for its long queues, has also launched a jointly-designed shoe in collaboration with Norman Walsh. Diners who visit the eatery while wearing the shoes can skip the interminable lines.

202, Building 1, China View Plaza, Chaoyang district, Beijing. 010-5336-7186.

China Daily