Actually, I bought three kilograms of coffee, but that’s close enough. Every quarter of so, Shangrila Farms has a half-price sale on its Yunnan coffee — and often on other local products, such as honey, soaps […]

Cleaning house usually results in two piles: one of dust bunnies and one of small change. But while I can’t convert a pile of dirt into delicious mid-afternoon liquid refreshment, I can perform that trick with a […]

If you plan to stay in Beijing for the Chinese New Year holidays and want some brews and burgers, pints and pizzas, barley pops and Buffalo wings, pijou and pork belly sandwiches, and possibly two others […]

Beijing bar scene veteran Paddy O’Shea’s has been nominated as “best Irish pub in the world” — division: pubs outside Ireland — in a contest organized by newspaper The Irish Times. More on the contest: “The […]

Enjoy hot dogs, chili and meat pies, special Moonglow cocktails, and more than eight hours of live music starting at 5 PM today as Fubar holds a fundraiser for Lu Ye a.k.a. Lulu Galore, who is well-known […]

The Bar at Migas is selling what it calls “mini doughnuts“, and what look to me like TimBits, four days per week. The doughnuts are made by Traitor Zhou’s and come in four styles: chocolate, glazed, […]

Most people love a good half-price deal and it’s even better when you find something for which you would actually be willing to pay double. So it is with the nacho pizza at Q-Mex. My buddy BR […]

I just posted here about Kanaan wines from Ningxia, which are now available in Beijing and which I think would be fun to have during Chinese New Year. Another product I plan to have for […]