Beef Stew with Pancakes

Beef Stew with Pancakes

　　Beef Stew with Pancakes originated during the Qing Dynasty. Legend has it that when Emperor Jiaqing was on his southern tour and passed through Baoding, he caught a whiff of an unusual aroma that refreshed him. He asked those around him, “What is producing this fragrance?” They replied, “Beef Stew with Pancakes.” The local prefect immediately presented the dish to him, and Emperor Jiaqing was delighted. After tasting it, he praised it as perfect in “color, aroma, and taste.” Since then, Beef Stew with Pancakes became a beloved dish served by successive prefects to entertain guests. The Bai Family’s version of Beef Stew with Pancakes inherits the strengths of the traditional dish while adding its own unique features to elevate it further. Through several generations of hard work by the Bai family, the dish has carved out a distinctive place in the culinary world. Starting from a single shop at Nanhépō in Nanguan, it has now grown into a chain-style catering company with one flagship store and six branch locations. It has also registered its trademark intellectual property—“Bai Family Old Brand”—with the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. The Bai Family selects beef from Inner Mongolia, using prime rib as the main ingredient, and prepares it with a century-old secret broth. The finished dish features a rich red hue, tender and juicy meat, a fragrant aroma, and a taste that gets more delicious the more you chew. The lotus leaf pancakes are soft and palatable. Heated and ladled through the century-old broth, sprinkled with scallions, they offer a perfect trifecta of color, aroma, and taste. Even many foreign merchants have come specifically to try it and have left full of praise.