Tag: Northern China Eatery

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Serving authentic Chinese food representing the regions of Beijing and Tianjin, Northern China Eatery has been feeding Buford Highway visitors since 2008. Using family recipes passed down through generations, dishes are made from scratch using fresh local produce. Owner Fan Zhang launched spinoff restaurant the Dumpling Factory on the Westside in July. Come February, he’ll open a larger Northern China Eatery along the BeltLine. Located in the Shoppes at Citizen, 665 Auburn Avenue, near the new Emerald City Bagels, the new location is nearly double the size of the original and set to become the flagship, Zhang says.

Fan Zhang, owner of the popular Buford Highway restaurant Northern China Eatery, often sees one-to-two-hour waits for his restaurant’s authentic Chinese fare. With the opening of spin-off the Dumpling Factory in June, he hopes to make the food more accessible to metro Atlantans. Set to replace Boxcar Betty’s in Westside Paper, the Dumpling Factory will serve highlights from Northern China Eatery’s menu.

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What does the rest of the world eat for breakfast? Such a question may not keep you up at night, but even the most active ethnic buffs often draw a blank when it comes to other cultures’ ways of starting the day. Breakfast central for the local Beijing community is Northern China Eatery, a sweet, unadorned dining room on Buford Highway that sits in the shadows of Italy Optical, a fancy Asian-owned establishment whose sign you should watch for in order to make the proper turn. There is no need to scramble out of bed early for hot soy milk; crisp, long crullers served plain or folded into thin egg cakes with hot sauce; dumplings; savory cakes; and other unexpected, delicious treats. Breakfast is served all day between 9:30 a.m. and 10 p.m. (except Thursday, when the restaurant’s hours are shorter) alongside dishes such as pig’s feet, pig’s ears, noodles with preserved vegetables, and hot pots filled with stewed oxtail or (I kid you not) ox penis.