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Ramo to go | Fangjia Hutong favorite moving to Lido

September 11, 2017 BB 0

By Jim Boyce | Yet another Fangjia Hutong bar / restaurant is on the move as Ramo just announced it will wrap up a three-year run this weekend and then relocate to Lido. Get your fill […]

Easy as pie | Ramo holds ‘Homegrown Pizza Challenge’

June 6, 2017 BB 0

By Jim Boyce | Fangjia Hutong restaurant & bar Ramo—still open via its side door—is holding a “Homegrown Pizza Challenge“. Customers submit ideas for a tasty pizza and those that pique the curiosity of Team […]

Hutong hike | Tiki Bungalow, Ramo, El Nido, Fang & more

May 30, 2017 BB 0

By Jim Boyce | Popular Polynesian-inspired bar Tiki Bungalow should reopen in about a month, says co-owner Oliver Davies. This will be the third version of Tiki—let’s call it ThreeKi for now—following the original in Dongsijiutiao […]

The Frank! 33-year Beijing streak endures with new craft beer joint

[Update: I went to the soft launch of Sequoia Brewing last night. Good beer, good talk, good times. Opening hours for now will be 6 PM to 11 PM on Thursdays and Fridays.] More than […]
Comamos! TRB opens second Iberico in Beijing

Lucky to join the first lunch at Spanish restaurant Iberico, Liangma River edition, nearly 15 years after my first meal at then-new Maison Boulud in Beijing. The connection? Both were opened by the indefatigable Ignace […]
Sips & Bites

[People have asked for ages why I don’t post more updates. Partly because social media made info so easy to find; and I got busy with projects like World Baijiu Day; and I got a […]
Nali Patio | The Final Countdown

The end is nigh for Nali Patio, say four sources who are involved in this Sanlitun food hub and expect to end operations there in late June at the latest. Several also expect the landlord […]
Creak Show | Beijing’s Crispy Crunchy Snack

Crispy, crunchy and… creaky? The traditional Beijing snack gēzhi 咯吱 lives up to its name given it literally means ‘creak’. The sensation you get if you pop a piece in your mouth and crush its […]
Beijing breakfast | What $5 / 元36 gets at McDonald’s

My local mom ‘n’ pop breakfast joint, my go-to for jiaozi (dumplings), baozi (steamed buns), tea eggs and youtiao (deep-fried dough sticks), has been closed almost a month–I’m hoping the owners are simply on an […]
The Rug | Schnitzel Shan tops new brunch menu

A final Year of the Tiger lunch at The Rug—featuring two new dishes and two oldies but goodies—with old Canuck friend Bon S. Peel. Newcomers first: The “Double-Cheese Chicken Schnitzel” feels destined to be a […]
‘Sir, Lady Bar!’ | Dodgy Sanlitun Bar Street Done

Two warm Coronas with no lime for 元136. This felt like a fitting finish for that dodgy Sanlitun bar street and its near 30-year run. I moved to Beijing before the Olympics, 2008 edition, when […]