December 2018 ~ Beijing Boyce

Paddy O’11 | Tonight’s birthday bash at Paddy O’Shea’s

December 7, 2018 BB 0

By Jim Boyce | Paddy O’Shea’s celebrates its eleventh birthday tonight! Stop by for beer, cake, shenanigans and more. And check out this Q&A I did with Paul Rochon, part of the team behind Paddy’s success. […]

Super Sips & Bites | Two weeks of Beijing food & drink updates

Apologies for the light posting of late. I have focused on my social media feeds to push info during the coronavirus crisis. Here are some Beijing food and drink happenings from the past two weeks: […]
Home Boyce | Meal delivery options in Beijing

Quarantined in your Beijing apartment and tired–if your cooking skills mirror mine–of dumplings for the twentieth time in twenty days? Our fair city has lots of good delivery options, including new ones courtesy of restaurants […]
Ghost Town | Two weeks of Beijing emptiness

I had my first restaurant meal in almost one month yesterday–a delicious three-course lunch at Hulu washed down with red wine and a coffee. Life felt somewhat normal for 90 minutes. I later posted photos […]
‘Revenue has dropped 95%’ | Beijing restaurants, bars hit hard by virus crisis

(Originally posted on my social media: beijingboyce on Twitter, Facebook and WeChat. Updated on February 14.) Beijing restaurants and bars are being hit hard by the coronavirus crisis. Many are closed. Some remain open, often […]
Lovers in a dangerous time | Valentine’s Day Beijing 2020

“You look like a romantic guy,” said no one to me ever. But I do like good deals, whether it is for meals, wines or more. And I know a lot of couples will be […]
Beijing value | A dozen Tuesday food deals

It’s Tuesday, many people are two weeks into home quarantine and some are hankering to get out. If you really can’t stay at home and amuse yourself with hand washing each hour and WeChat checks […]
Unhappy hours | Sanlitun Sans Persons

The usually chaotic free-for-all blood pressure-inducing junction of Sanlitun South and Gongti North looked like this at 6 PM last night: Eerie. Especially as the Chinese New Year holidays should have ended by now and […]
Food to go | Hulu delivery to start Wednesday

The stay-in-Beijing stay-at-home food-and-drink-delivery crowd just got another option to hold them over during the coronavirus crisis as Hulu restaurant announced it will start delivery, including its popular ‘power lunch’, from Wednesday. Hulu is handling […]