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 […]
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 […]
By Jim Boyce | June 19 is World Martini Day and that got me thinking about the many superb cocktails I have sipped in our fair city. Here are five places that have stirred and […]
By Jim Boyce | Hoo-Ray again! Mexican food lovers should check out the new Baja-inspired eats by Ray Heng at his restaurant Sand Pebbles in Wudaoying. A last-minute schedule change allowed me to catch most of […]
By Jim Boyce | The World Cup is on, and gives me a yawn, but if your heart races, then here are some places, to drink and to eat and to watch and to scream, […]
By Jim Boyce | The planet’s most important sports are done for the summer, with the NBA and NHL finals just finished, but for those who want more, I suppose soccer will have to do. […]
By Jim Boyce | The return of El Nido! A Fangjia hutong favorite before the mass closings—and an early popularizer of craft beer in Beijing—is slated to reopen in former venue The Other Place. El Nido’s […]
By Jim Boyce | The Irish Volunteer, one of our fair city’s finest locals, will celebrate its ninth birthday this Saturday. While there is uncertainty about the bar’s future, you can expect the usual shenanigans, […]
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