I spotted the wild facade of Nao Bistro just after returning to Beijing from holidays in January. Walking Sanitun South, jet-lagged and lugging a load of groceries to restock my kitchen, I could only gawk […]

By Jim Boyce | Sad news that veteran cocktail bar Mokihi on Lucky Street closed, a bar that helped further establish the quality drink scene here in Beijing. Mokihi was opened by Motonari Uchiyama, who […]

Kudos to Team El Nido for helping craft beer in Beijing and China, in the year of the coronavirus crisis and the midst of a part of town said to have particularly zealous rule checkers. […]

“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 […]