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Month: June 2018

Crazy Good Booze Deal | Sharing alcohol specials in Beijing

June 21, 2018 BB 0

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

June 20, 2018 BB 0

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 […]

World Martini Day | Five bars that stirred and shook me in Beijing

June 19, 2018 BB 0

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 […]

Hoo-Ray II! New Baja-inspired menu at Mexican restaurant Sand Pebbles

June 17, 2018 BB 0

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 […]

World Cup flashback | Beijing’s top sports bar options in 2006, 2010

June 15, 2018 BB 0

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, […]

On the ball | Where to watch FIFA World Cup game in Beijing

June 14, 2018 BB 0

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. […]

Beer at Peruvian restaurant Pachakutiq in Beijing

Second acts! | New El Nido, Pachakutiq & Boxing Cat in the Beijing queue

June 12, 2018 BB 0

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 […]

Craic house | George Smith on nine years of The Irish Volunteer

June 7, 2018 BB 0

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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