Sips & bites | Baozza, High Town, D-One & Migas
By Jim Boyce | Sips and bites, sips and bites, get your sips and bites! Yeah, that’s all the excitement I can generate at the moment because it’s 2 AM, I’m tired and I just […]
Month: September 2016
Straight outta Clumpton | Clinton vs Trump tomorrow at Bridge Cafe and The Local in Beijing
By Jim Boyce | Imagine how someone waking from a decade-long coma might react to this recent photo: Wow, everyone has their backs to Hillary Clinton, guess she’s even more unlikable than ever! Not exactly. […]
Sips & bites | Baozza shop opens, plus Pop-Up Beijing, Lily’s American Diner
By Jim Boyce | The guys at Baozza have been playing the pop-up game by bringing their steamers and baozi-pizza treats to a bunch of food fairs, World Baijiu Day and a pairing with Signature […]
Five flashbacks | Memorable Maovember 2015 moments
[Note: Planning for Maovember 2016 is well under way. Lots of details here.] By Jim Boyce | Maovember is many things to many people. For me, it’s a long roller coaster ride that includes the […]
Sips & bites | Missy Hairy Crab, plus Miss Ma, IKI & Gung Ho
By Jim Boyce | A new player has shuffled into the beauty pageant world and it’s called Miss Hairy Crab. Six ladies are, ahem, clawing for the title—note: if we’re strictly seeking crabbiness, I have […]
Sips & bites | Pop-Up + Arrow Factory beer partnership, plus XL, La Social & Dareen
By Jim Boyce | I recently posted about Arrow Factory doing a mid-Autumn festival special and teaming up with Jing-A on a Saigon beer event. Now here’s more malty news: these guys have bottled two […]
‘Mommy, who’s that girl in the wall?’ | The cool but slightly creepy Astor in Tianjin
By Jim Boyce | Saturday night drinks with Tianjin-based businessman Martin Winchell inspired this long overdue post about a visit to his adopted city last year and a stay in the intriguing Astor Hotel. The […]
Beer flight | Arrow Factory, Jing-A to jointly promote Saigon’s Pasteur Street beer, give away ticket to Vietnam
By Jim Boyce | Now that‘s a beer flight. Arrow Factory Brewing (Liangma River) and Jing-A Taproom will give Beijing a taste of Saigon this Thursday by featuring three beers from Pasteur Street Brewing and then […]