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chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: Mar 19, 2026

What if Chinese pastries were like gingerbread houses or mooncakes met croissants?

In Beijing, ingenious bakers turn city icons into pastries, blending sculpted cookies, cultural souvenirs, and comfort food all in one.

From jujube crisps shaped like necklaces to Bell & Drum Towers cakes, it's an edible mini city packed into a box of pastries, and each bite offers a taste of old Beijing.