Beijing Spring

Beijing Spring is the Chinese takeaway towards the lower end of the Steynton Avenue parade in Albany Park, the third independent food operation on this short residential stretch alongside Ruchi Indian restaurant and Albany Grill. The shop runs as a takeaway and delivery operation rather than a sit-down restaurant, with a fairly long menu that breaks the usual Cantonese pattern by listing a more northern Chinese roast-duck section and a separate seafood line alongside the standard chow mein, chop suey and sweet-and-sour repertoire.

Reviews on Restaurantji put it consistently above the average for a parade Chinese in this part of the borough, with the duck dishes and the king prawn line coming up most often in the four- and five-star comments. Trade goes through both the shop's own phone line and Just Eat / Uber Eats coverage; collection works well given the close-in residential catchment around Albany Park station. A working neighbourhood Chinese that has held the same unit on Steynton Avenue for long enough to be a fixed routine for the streets around it.