Birthday beer | We Brewery turns two in Tianjin tonight
By Jim Boyce | While this site focuses on Beijing booze and chow, it has a special place in its heart for WE Brewery in Tianjin, due to plenty of fun times with owner Steve […]
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Sips & bites | Youth Club II, Vics in Nali?, East Canteen, Side Street & more
By Jim Boyce | The boozy march from the Tongli Studio area to nearby Sanlitun Soho continues. Youth Club is the newest to rent space, following the likes of Aperitivo and 1F. I’m told the […]
Super Bowl LII: Where to watch the Patriots-Eagles in Beijing
By Jim Boyce | Hey, fair-weather football fans and hardcore supporters alike, it’s time to watch The Super Bowl and get blitzed on a Monday morning. This year’s game features the New England Patriots and […]
DaDong, DaDong | Can Beijing duck expert make it in New York?
Update: More newspaper, magazine and customer reviews of DaDong New York have come out since I posted in January. Some examples, with my original post below: Pete Wells of New York Times was far from impressed […]
Name that (Sanli) Tun | Can you guess the places behind the facades?
By Jim Boyce | I cut through the Tongli Studio area of Sanlitun today and took some snaps of places that look nothing like they did a few months ago. I’ll leave it up to […]
Beijing next, please | Two more Taco Bells for Shanghai
By Jim Boyce | We have worthy Mexican, Tex-Mex and Cal-Mex food in Beijing thanks to the likes of Sand Pebbles and Q Mex Taqueria but life will not be complete until we also get a […]
Choose one! The nine cards of (Beijing) Christmas
Help me pick a Christmas card for 2017! Photos from this year and years past. Which image captures Beijing best now!? 1. Ho ho Joe! A Merry Christmas is a Sanitary Christmas. (At Joe’s Bar & […]
Full house | Check out the Mayweather-MacGregor crowd at Paddy O’Shea’s
By Jim Boyce | I just posted about the community created by sports bar Paddy O’Shea’s. A major slice of that community came out to watch the recent Floyd Mayweather-Connor MacGregor fight and led to what […]