Xianglin Tianxia is known as Beijing's best restaurant for Hunan cuisine, and it is, indeed, very grandiose. The business here is unusu-ally brisk. If you want your own private room, you need to make a reservation ahead of time. Recommended is the "Stir-fried Moon Crescent" - the crescent here refers to pig cartilage, curyed to resemble a crescent, then cooked with garlic. The meat surrounding the cartilage carries the fragrant aroma of the stir-fry, and is crispy, spicy and delicions. The shark's fin, purse fish, edible bird's nest, sea cucumber and more are also top grade delicacies that customers both new and old will love.