Sun Dong An Plaza (Xin Dong'an Shichang)

Description:

• This huge mall surrounds twin atriums and is filled with designer clothing shops. Aside from the usual Western food chains -- Baskin-Robbins, Pizza Hut, McDonald's, KFC, Starbucks, and Délifrance -- there's an excellent hot pot restaurant, Dong Lai Shun, on the fifth floor. Chinese medicine outlets, tea shops, and tacky "Old Beijing Street" await in the basement, which also holds a children's jungle gym. Bank of China has a branch on the first floor. Open daily 9:30am to 10pm.

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