Merry Christmas from Beijing!
Greetings from Beijing! It’s been ages since my last update, but the BB mission remains active—check out the video below of a recent snowy walk in the Drum Tower, Bell Tower and Houhai areas. The […]
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The Frank! 33-year Beijing streak endures with new craft beer joint
[Update: I went to the soft launch of Sequoia Brewing last night. Good beer, good talk, good times. Opening hours for now will be 6 PM to 11 PM on Thursdays and Fridays.] More than […]
Sips & Bites
[People have asked for ages why I don’t post more updates. Partly because social media made info so easy to find; and I got busy with projects like World Baijiu Day; and I got a […]
Creak Show | Beijing’s Crispy Crunchy Snack
Crispy, crunchy and… creaky? The traditional Beijing snack gēzhi 咯吱 lives up to its name given it literally means ‘creak’. The sensation you get if you pop a piece in your mouth and crush its […]
Beijing breakfast | What $5 / 元36 gets at McDonald’s
My local mom ‘n’ pop breakfast joint, my go-to for jiaozi (dumplings), baozi (steamed buns), tea eggs and youtiao (deep-fried dough sticks), has been closed almost a month–I’m hoping the owners are simply on an […]
‘Sir, Lady Bar!’ | Dodgy Sanlitun Bar Street Done
Two warm Coronas with no lime for 元136. This felt like a fitting finish for that dodgy Sanlitun bar street and its near 30-year run. I moved to Beijing before the Olympics, 2008 edition, when […]
Suzie Wong redux? New F&B street in works at Chaoyang West
When I first moved to Beijing, the southwest corner of Chaoyang Park was a top destination for nightlife fans. To the south were spots like Latinos and The Big Easy, the latter with a superb […]
Beijing’s First Taco Crawl + Beijing Taco & Tequila Flashback
‘Beijing’s First Taco Crawl’ featured eight restaurants serving an equal number of tasty snacks and boozy beverages back in January. See below for my recaps and rankings of that six hour-plus octathlon of deliciousness. And […]