Eat, Drink and Be Merry
Sharing Beijing bar and restaurant info from a consumer viewpoint since 2006. This site doesn’t aim to cover everything, just one person’s experience of the scene. If you seek value, see my lists for happy hour […]
Where to Watch the Winter Olympics in Beijing
Beijing’s Winter Olympics are nigh but will be nothing like the city’s Summer Olympics in 2008. It’s not just a difference of season and sporting events, or the COVID crisis, but also of tone. Anyway, […]
Go Big or Go Bust | Oak & Iron Brewpub in Beijing
Oak & Iron is creating craft beer scene buzz with this video that details the two years owners Akira and Coco spent DIY-ing their space in Beijing. The pair handled everything from pouring concrete to […]
Q&8 | Meredith Sides of Naked Nut Butters
Meredith Sides founded Naked Nut Butters with Katie Tarrant in 2016 and it has gone from apartment balcony side hustle to full-fledged factory and online shop. I asked Sides about what kind of peanuts she […]
Homemade hutong wine | Secret Beijing winemaker Zhang Bingzhai
Tasty Bordeaux blends made in Beijing’s hutongs? A man named Zhang Bingzhai contacted me out of the blue a few years ago to say he was making wine, it turns out, down a secluded alley off a […]
Q&8 | Dill King of BuF2
Dill King has been in China’s whisky / booze scene for over a dozen years and is now focused on RTDs—ready-to-drink cocktails—with BuF2. In this Q&8, I ask the co-founder and CWO (chief whisky officer) […]
Olympic flashback | Scorpions on a Stick
The world’s top media outlets poured into Beijing fourteen years ago for the Summer Olympics. While there to mostly report on sports, the biggest side event seemed to be who could post the best “scorpions […]
Q&8 | Allen Lueth of Great Leap Brewing
After a career at Fortune 500 companies like GE Capital and Zuellig, Allen Lueth became CEO of Great Leap Brewing last February. In this Q&8, he talks beers for newbies, cycling Beijing to Tianjin for […]