Dongzhimennei and Gui Jie-东直门内簋街

This 24-hour noodle joint specializing in big bowls of guo qiao mi xian (a regional specialty consisting of rice noodles and various ingredients in a simmering chicken based broth) is the perfect fix for late night cravings.

Singaporean style cafe serves laksa, curries, rice noodles, guyu toast and more.

Well-known chain of Hubei restaurants serves up re gan mian, braised pork ribs, Tujia spicy boiled fish, chestnut chicken and other regional specialties.

This chain of Guizhou restaurants specializes in Suan Tang Yu (sour soup fish hot pot) and serves other specialties like Guizhou tofu and suan cai fan (pickled cabbage rice).

No, it's not a basement bargain store, but rather a Macanese hot pot chain specializing in Gang Shi Hup Guo (港式火锅) made from fresh ingredients and a taste, they claim, "with absolutely no starch." Dunkable ingredients include beef, shrimp, fish balls, scallops and more.

The most renowned of the formerly "Big Eight" restaurants (most of them serving Shandong cuisine) in town, this Dongzhimemennei restaurant serves classic dishes like fish in wine-flavored sauce (cu liu yu pian, 糟熘鱼片), deep fried meat balls (gan za wan zi, 干炸丸子) and scallion flavored sea cucumbers (cong shao hai zhe,葱烧海参).

Popular hot pot chain from Sichuan serves huoguo in a selection of spicy and non-spicy broths with lamb, beef and other typical hot pot fixings. Prices are moderate. Be prepared to wait up to half an hour for a table.

This Hong Kong chain has been serving addictive HK-style desserts since 1995. Choose from creative and classic combinations of mango, black sticky rice, papaya, coconut milk, black sesame, almond soup and even durian.

This men's line is pitched towards twenty-to thirty-something guys who like their clothes simple and artless.

The latest addition to Raffles City is Wa Obi, a brand that sells exquisite bags, purses and wallets that fuse Western and modern Eastern design and textures.