Baijiu brands | Check out Yi Dan Liang
By Jim Boyce | While friends back home in Canada tend to be curious about baijiu, I can’t say the same of those I have in Beijing. Too many devastating “ganbei” sessions have turned many […]
Beyond ganbei | Baijiu-inspired cocktails, infusions, foods & more
By Jim Boyce | The third annual World Baijiu Day is slated for August 9 and a major theme is “beyond ganbei”—to go beyond the usual “bottoms up” practice of downing lukewarm shots. There’s nothing […]
Memory Cards II | 15 more Beijing bar blasts from the past
Beijing bars memory cards 2 By Jim Boyce | Another batch of business cards from Beijing bars long gone. (See the first post here.) Again, these are mostly places I visited during my first few […]
Party, eh | CCBC holds 150th Canada Day party this Sunday
Update: CCBC has announced the Beijing event is sold out. By Jim Boyce | While Canada celebrates its 150th birthday on July 1, the Canada-China Business Council will get an early start with a party this […]
Memory cards | How many of these Beijing bars do you recall?
Beijing bars memory cards 1 By Jim Boyce | While cleaning up this weekend, I came across hundreds of Beijing bar and restaurant business cards, most from venues long gone. This is the first post […]
BB Daily | So, I created this new page…
By Jim Boyce | I stayed home this weekend and—after reading a novel, cleaning the kitchen and deleting 10 gigabytes of photos—decided to go old school and create a new page for this site. It’s […]
Sips & Bites | Luga’s Villa, Mash, Aperitivo, Fubar, Beer Mania & more
By Jim Boyce | I posted last week that Frost has miraculously reopened and that Q Mex will soon open a taco and tequila joint across the Liangma River. Here are a few other quick notes: […]
Two Mex | Q Mex’s new taco and tequila joint about to open
By Jim Boyce | Last November, I posted about Q Mex plans to open a taco and tequila joint across from Liangma River, to step away from Tex-Mex and Cal-Mex cuisine and focus more on […]