Gui Street

If you initiate a survey, foreign tourists in the statistics how many people go to Beijing Double Street eaten supper, it is certainly a very interesting thing, because this will inevitably lead to all kinds of statistics on the middle of the night to meet the hearty appetites of memory. If it comes Gui Street in Beijing, Summer Palace, Forbidden City like talking about it now, have been indispensable in people's minds. Today, Double Street has significance beyond the dining area of restaurants, nightlife and food culture to become the capital of a miniature.

Restaurant capital of the first density

Double Street is Beijing Dongzhimen, Dongcheng District, people on a street address within the restaurant, the East Second Ring Road from the western end of Dongzhimen overpass, crossing west to the eastern end of East Street. Everywhere around the embassy, ??Gui Street created a unique geographical advantage, every year the foreign guests for the Double Street to create profits as high as 35 million yuan. In this length of 1442 m on East Avenue, Beijing Xingang Port Tour there are a variety of commercial shops along the street more than 150, of which more than 100 food and beverage service industry, accounting for East Avenue, over 60% of all stores. Restaurant density is so large, the whole Beijing probably never find a second home. After 2002, municipal transformation of dilapidated building and there are still after the Gui Street, 45 restaurants, these restaurants each with flavor.

As for the origin of the name Gui Street, is said to be from the old Beijing's "ghost town." Those early years of selling groceries Beijing-based vegetable and fruit market, opening late at night, Dawn is scattered, kerosene stall to take bright, flickering lights in the distance look, hence the name "ghost town." Another argument is Dongzhimen Avenue restaurant business is booming, due to the supper of the many taxi drivers, most Menlian have been about three or four points to open into the early hours and even overnight, so there has to be called "ghost city" . Later named the Business Committee to here, "East of food street", but also repair the glass of the bronze sculpture, to use it a little classical of "Gui" word.

Collar workers are rod car guy

After 9:00 pm, Gui began to lively up the street. Walking down the street, the most notable is probably the leading car standing on the roadside yelling member. The restaurant here is like the unity of the same business day, the whole street car workers also have a uniform collar "Specifications": all bars are 1 meter 80 small group of children. Each have different uniforms, with dark blue shirt with yellow tie, but also the spirit of the black trim tunic.

22:00 Gui Street is the busiest time, looking over a bridge from the Dongzhimen lights. Preference may be the boss here, red lanterns, small, large, round clusters of long trip. Each restaurant crowds, illuminated, waiting for the taxi to stop soliciting filled streets.

Gui stroll the streets in 2300, a pair of multicolored neon lights flashing fierce see a white and green two color purer store, look at them close, turned out to be a pharmacy. Into the "Ghost Street" Even pharmacies also do as the Romans, turned into a "night sale of drugs."

4:00, people slowly crescendos rare, cars to leave a vehicle. East has been exposed reddish dawn, sanitation workers are cleaning the remnants of last night, the city has been waking up ... ...

Double Street has become a yearning heart, a joy, and even some gossip. Many people "brush Night" experience started from here; and all the exciting city life, it is almost invariably choose to spend here, the successful Olympic bid night, from dusk to dawn the next day, we sing, drinking, hugging, crying, the whole street is immersed in the joy.

Get that deep affection

Gui on the street, spread the "Three Ones" was: a word of guidance. "Gui" is an ancient Chinese food containers ears round the mouth. 35 years ago, on this alone, "Gui", which stumped a lot of hero. Eating to let people see a word not commonly used classical, a little mean. The "Gui" and the "ghost" are homonyms, write out a "Gui", say it read out the "ghost", adding a lot of suspense and mystery.

A dish of temptation. Speaking of Double Street, people first think of "Little Ma", which is a signature dish and Double Street specialties. "Ma small" full name of spicy crawfish, fried with plenty of pepper and chili out of a small lobster, the color red, spicy taste.

A group of people more attractive. In addition to "Ma small", Double Street there are a group of people memorable, that is, "Gui Street food care." Car to the door, it was warm and waved; car door opened, someone guarding the back of your head; a car thirty-five waiter looked at, directing the shut down; traction you go inside, there is always care to follow, " be careful, which is a threshold "...

Double Street is not just an ordinary food court, there is a delicious meal, the passion with friends and family have from time to time not to miss on the emotions. Just to meet friends here, can not help but diners with the Double Street into together, Beijing day Tour sleeves rolled high, hands grab shrimp, loud, sudden shortening the distance between us, no longer seemed so zoning.

Ups and downs after Double Street, like a rebirth Ye Meigui, deep sonorous bloom in the city, exudes people fascinated by light. In fact, it is not obsessed with the appearance of Double Street, but indulging in the "Night Life" in substance, a fight for freedom deep down there is the desire of life, a longing for such pursuits.