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. […]

On the double double | Tim Hortons to open in Shanghai February 26

A dozen days til double doubles, according to the Weibo account for Tim Hortons, which states the coffee shop chain’s 4850th outlet will open in Shanghai on February 26. Named for hockey player and co-founder […]
Valentine’s Day 2019 | Candy hearts, China-style

Some sad Valentine’s Day-related news last year when veteran candy hearts maker Necco went out of business after 171 years. That bitter ending has a somewhat sweet followup as fellow producer Spangler bought the company […]
‘Level 5’ hot | Southeast Asian eats with Sue Zhou at Kup Kup Kup

The pork neck salad stands head above shoulders at the new southeast Asian restaurant Kup Kup Kup: tender thinly sliced meat meets toasty roasted rice powder and pungent coriander, garlic and Chiang Mai chili. It […]
Happy Year of the Pig | Enjoy These Fireworks!

Nary a pop, crack, boom or whistle this week as fireworks are again banned in Beijing for Chinese New Year. The city is quiet, the roads near-empty (the road hogs are gone, ha!) and it […]
GOAT Beijing Super Bowl Super Crazy Super Party Diary Zzzz

Getting up early to watch The Super Bowl in a Beijing bar has been a ritual since 2005 but this year I said screw it. Blame the crappy conference final officiating, the bullshit about kneeling […]
Literally drink your face off | Guinness beer printers in Beijing

You can now drink (an image of) your face off a delicious Guinness at Groovy Schiller’s in Beijing. It’s Guinness’ take on a selfie–called a “Stoutie”–and uses malt extract as “ink”. Groovy Schiller’s had just […]
Paddy O’11 | Tonight’s birthday bash at Paddy O’Shea’s

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. […]
Fish Taco | A Short Diary of Nobu Beijing

I received no invite to the Nobu Beijing opening party in 2011 even though I ‘broke’ the story about the restaurant coming to our fair city. My earlier comments about Nobu’s error-filled website probably didn’t help […]