Some sad Valentine’s Day-related news last year when veteran candy hearts maker Necco went out of business after 171 years. That bitter ending has a somewhat sweet followup as fellow producer Spangler bought the company […]

The pork neck salad stands head above shoulders at the new southeast Asian restaurant Kup Kup Kup: tender thinly sliced meat meets toasty roasted rice powder and pungent coriander, garlic and Chiang Mai chili. It […]

Nary a pop, crack, boom or whistle this week as fireworks are again banned in Beijing for Chinese New Year. The city is quiet, the roads near-empty (the road hogs are gone, ha!) and it […]

Getting up early to watch The Super Bowl in a Beijing bar has been a ritual since 2005 but this year I said screw it. Blame the crappy conference final officiating, the bullshit about kneeling […]

By Jim Boyce | Paddy O’Shea’s celebrates its eleventh birthday tonight! Stop by for beer, cake, shenanigans and more. And check out this Q&A I did with Paul Rochon, part of the team behind Paddy’s success. […]

I received no invite to the Nobu Beijing opening party in 2011 even though I ‘broke’ the story about the restaurant coming to our fair city. My earlier comments about Nobu’s error-filled website probably didn’t help […]

Craft brewery WE in Tianjin is nearing its third anniversary and owner Steve Wang will soon start selling canned versions of his beers, including in our fair city. I know Wang from projects like World Baijiu Day and Maovember, […]