I hoofed it to Beijing Riviera on Saturday night to watch normally responsible people–the management-position-holding townhouse-living kids-at-home crowd–play beer pong and get drunk. And not necessarily in that order. The sixteen-team tourney known as the International Beer Pong […]

It’s the time of year to lace ’em up for Hockey Night in Beijing. This year’s event features The United States vs The World on May 15 and Canada versus Finland on May 16. That’s two […]

Posts on this site are a bit sparse these days as I juggle work, travel, bagels and World Baijiu Day. Here a triple shot of updates on the latter, er, spirit-ual event: World Baijiu Day Bars: […]

Got my bagel fix on Sunday at the new Tavalin shop, about 20 meters from the old one, just down that alley beside Revolution Bar. This place offers the same bagel choices, quality and prices […]

Cheers to CHEERS! This chain of wine stores will celebrate its fourth anniversary on Saturday night at its Gulou outlet. Since opening its first store, CHEERS has grown to more than a dozen outlets in Beijing, expanded last […]

It’s been called everything from the “best local in Beijing” to the “home of Canadian Pizza” to the “site of the most ferociously and valiantly fought corn hole tournaments ever held in China”. It’s The […]

Deep-fried baijiu might sound weird, gross and even dangerous to some but it tastes pretty good, at least that’s what we discovered during a tasting session led by Windy City chef Dustin Merrett at Jing-A Taproom this morning. […]

Sometimes deep thoughts keep me awake at night. Like, if people in Guangzhou will eat anything with four legs except tables and chairs, as the saying goes, why haven’t more pigs and cows grown a […]