Dōngtiān de Běijīng jiētóu dàochù dōu shì bīngtánghúlu.
In winter, Beijing streets are full of sugar-glazed hawthorn skewers.
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An iconic Beijing/northern winter street food: red hawthorn berries (山楂) skewered on a stick and dipped in cracked-sugar syrup. The cold air sets the glass-hard coating. Legend traces it to a Song-dynasty emperor whose concubine was cured of illness by hawthorn boiled in sugar.
