When Beijingers are not stuck in traffic, we can generally be found stuffing our faces at one of Beijing's tens of thousands of restaurants. And each year we here at the Beijinger try to keep you informed on what's hot and what's not via our magazine and this blog.

For those of you looking for a new place to please your palate, here's our 15 most popular dining lists from 2013. Many are culled from our annual Reader Restaurant Awards, while others come from local Chinese sources and international lists.

Note: Due to the rapidly changing nature of Beijing's restaurant scene and because these lists have been culled from 12 months of blogging, it's best to call ahead in the event that things have changed since the particular list went live.

With that disclaimer out of the way, here are our most popular Beijing dining lists for 2013:

1. Beijing Takes 5 of Asia's Top 10 Restaurants in Daily Meal Rankings

Seems Beijing is a pretty good place to eat, at least according to The Daily Meal and its ranking of 101 Best Restaurant in Asia. Five out of the list's top 10 went to Beijing restaurants, and overall, 21 capital eateries made the 101. Visit our story for the list.

2. The Best Restaurant in Beijing. Fact.

Temple Restaurant Beijing took top honors as Restaurant of the Year for the Non-Chinese, Fine Dining category in our 2013 Reader Restaurant Awards. TRB diners can feast their eyes on centuries-old scenery in a stunning compound containing a 600-year-old Buddhist temple and renovated Mao-era factories.

3. Beijing Breakfast: Have You Tried These 5 Foods?

So you've had your fair share of youtiao (fried dough) at your KFC on the corner, but don't want to put down the extra cash for cereal? No problem: We've rounded up several quick traditional Chinese breakfast options for your morning commute.

4. Coffee Talk: Beijing's Best Cafes

A daily caffeine dose is a necessity for most of us. But finding a café to unwind in with your friends or your laptop (aka your best friend) can be a challenge. To help you out, here's a look at the winners of the 2013 Reader Restaurant Awards Best Cafes.

5. Best Places to Eat in the City (Without Putting a Hole in Your Wallet)

The winners in the Restaurant of the Year (Non-Chinese, Casual) category highlight the best spots in the city that won’t inflict too much damage to your wallet, and this year Annie's topped the list. See our readers' (and our experts') picks here.

6. Beijing's Top Late-Night Eats (Chinese Options)

Beijing may be no Taipei or Hong Kong when it comes to street food, but that doesn't mean China's Celestial City doesn't have some excellent stuff to offer – especially to the late-night crowd. We've assembled our top five picks for the best late-night eats around, so you can stop with the cheap thrills of midnight karaoke buffets and start getting some serious after-hours eating done. Click through and start drooling.

7. Five Hot Dining Spots: Beijing Foodies Give Their Picks (Part 1)

Looking to change up your dining routine? Recently, a group of active local Beijing foodies, made up of more than 1,500 WeChat members and 150,000 Weibo followers, shared their top 20 dining spots in the city. We've selected a few of them to get you started, with the most affordable listed first.

8. Three Chinese Restaurants You Have To Try

With seemingly endless choices, our readers have shared their favorite spots for Chinese Restaurant of the Year. If you've been before, it's never a bad time to revisit the popular mainstays. If you haven't, then finish up reading and get on it.

9. Nine New Restaurants You Can't Miss

This year's Best New Chinese Restaurant winners may not have been open long, but they've managed to grab your attention and please your palate in a city full of fierce competition.

10. Five Hot Dining Spots: Beijing Foodies Give Their Picks (Part 2)

Looking to change up your dining routine? Earlier this year a group of literally thousands of local Beijing foodies shared their top 20 dining spots in the city -- we've profiled a few in English here.

11. Home Plate Bar-B-Que Wins the Beijinger 2013 Burger Cup in Close Race

Home Plate Bar-B-Que repeated as the Beijinger Burger Cup champions Saturday night, after winning in a sudden-death tiebreaker over this year's dark horse, Plan B. Read all about it -- and other great burgers to try -- here.

12. Beijing's Best Late-Night Eats (Non-Chinese Options)

Two am in Beijing just isn't 2am without some greasy Western food around to help remyelinate your brain's nerve cells that were stripped during your evening drinking binge. Here's a few of our readers' favorites.

13. It's Business Time: Beijing's Best Business Lunches

Sometimes you just can’t catch a break. But there’s no reason why a working lunch shouldn’t also be a great meal. The city’s movers and shakers have weighed in and voted for their picks in the 2013 Reader Restaurant Awards Best Business Lunch.

14. The Leavened Life: Beijing's Best Bakeries

Last year, we had the category “Best Bread” which Beijing staple Comptoirs de Francetook home the prize for. This year, we broadened the category to “Best Bakery,” but the results remained unchanged. Beijing spoke, and Comptoirs de France prevails as the emperor of the oven in the public eye. Contenders Kempi Deli and South German Bakery came out of the fray with the second highest marks.

15. The Best of Beijing Dining? The Beijinger vs City Weekend

Each spring brings a glut of awards for the Beijing’s F&B scene. Our own start off the season in March, followed by Time Out in April and finally City Weekend in May. While Time Out’s Restaurant Awards are chosen by a select panel of judges, The Beijinger and City Weekend take a more collective approach, asking readers to vote for their top picks. Here's how they measure up.