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I guess one good thing about the new Yashow Market in Sanlitun is that it ain’t crowded. Nor do you need to waste time wondering what to eat in that top-floor food court–there’s only one […]

I think The Beijinger wanted just three picks for its “Pizza My Mind” series, which is being run ahead of yet another “vote for me” spam-inspiring Pizza Cup, which will have its launch party this Saturday […]

Fideua is basically noodle paella from Valencia. Replace rice with short thin noodles, add a glass of local white wine, and sit back and enjoy. I attended a cooking class in Velvet today where a team made a couple of […]

I wrote about Fang, the new bar beside Fangjia Hutong veteran El Nido, here about six weeks ago, made it to the place after these drinks at fellow newcomer Bungalow about two weeks ago, and am […]

At the risk of irking some members of the quarter-century Old-China-Hand been-here-longer-and-know-more-than-you crew, I’m going to refer to Frank’s Place as the first standalone bar of Beijing’s modern era. And say that I was a bit gutted […]

Tiny spartan Julian Tavalin-approved tiki bar Bungalow gained a loyal following during its all-too-short life in Dongsijiutaio Hutong earlier this year. Good news, then, that a bigger Bungalow is now open one street off Fangjia Hutong–home of El […]

FANG: Look for Xiao Shuai of El Nido fame to open a cocktail bar a few doors down from his beer-centric joint on Fangjia Hutong. He says the place is called ‘Fang’, after the hutong, […]

Until it closed last year, Two Guys and a Pie was a popular stop for party animals in search of late-night fodder, for regulars who enjoyed sitting on the deck and shooting the guff, and for hoarders […]