Sticky: Eat, Drink and Be Merry
This site shares info about Beijing bars and restaurants from a consumer perspective. It doesn’t aim to be comprehensive but to give one person’s view of a slice of the scene. Check out my lists […]
Fun and Games? | Ten memories on the Beijing Olympics’ tenth anniversary
By Jim Boyce | The Olympics began a decade ago today. After seven years of hesitation, frustration and anticipation, Beijing was hours from the opening ceremony. Would it rain during those painstakingly practiced performances? Would […]
Catch the spirit | Five places to World Baijiu Day in Beijing
By Jim Boyce | With 20 billion bottles per year, baijiu represents a third of global spirits sales, but is surprisingly little-known beyond its home base of China. Also, the thought of baijiu makes many […]
Face value | The ‘real Beijing’ during the 2008 Olympics
Welcome to my 2008 Beijing Olympics ten-year flashback series. The authorities spent a great deal of energy encouraging citizens to put their best foot forward. How successful were they? My results from a one-hour non-scientific study. [Originally posted […]
Sting operation | Foreign’s media’s infatuation with scorpions on sticks
No Beijing Olympic Flashback series would be complete without covering the media’s obsession with a food that is about as common to the average Beijinger as sea cucumber is to New Yorkers: scorpions on a […]
Beijing Olympics flashback | The decathlon-esque bar crawl
Ten years ago today, the one-week countdown for the 2008 Beijing Olympics began. The opening ceremony on August 8 would double as a coming out party for China and capture the world’s attention, for the breathtaking […]
On the double double | Tim Horton’s to open 1500-plus shops in China
By Jim Boyce | Canadians will soon see a familiar brand in China as Tim Hortons, purveyors of comforting if somewhat mediocre coffee, plans to open over 1,500 shops. “We have already seen Canada’s Chinese community […]
Crazy Good Booze Deal | Sharing alcohol specials in Beijing
By Jim Boyce | I just started the WeChat group Crazy Good Booze Deals to share superb wine, whiskey and other specials in Beijing with my friends. These will be occasional deals, such as when […]
Pow-za Baozza! Global Times claims baozi-pizza snack ‘ridiculing’ Chinese, Western cuisine
By Jim Boyce | State-owned medium Global Times just cooked up a heaping serving of culinary cultural appropriation shade with a side dish of WTF. In this slide show, it takes aim at “baozza”, the tasty pizza-baozi […]