Month: May 2020

“What if I told you a free way to reach 500 interested customers?”— Some drunk guy the other night. Most people I know say they are in way too many WeChat groups. And complain there […]

A few weeks ago, I wanted to give friends abroad an idea of Beijing prices, so I posted a bunch of stuff I bought one morning and the cost in US$, CA$ and Euros. Like […]

Stretched resources this year meant focusing on my WeChat and Twitter feeds at the expense of the blogs. Sorry, doing the best I can to pass along useful info for food and drink fans in […]

I finally opened the snack package created by the Chengdu Food Tours guys in Sichuan and delivered to my door in Beijing for rmb128. Tried it at Pi Bar last Saturday night with three Chinese […]

I posted this on social media on April 26. Edited lightly. I really need to come up with a list of “top 10”–or maybe “top 100”?–Q Bar moments. The last martini has been stirred, the […]

Malbec & Beef just opened in Beijing and, as you might guess, Argentina is the focus. My first question to owner Jorge Wang, who is well-versed in Argentine wine, including some wine-making experience: “Do you […]