Thomas Gaestadius Archives ~ Beijing Boyce

Drink Me a River | Arrow Factory Liangma marks one year this Saturday

March 24, 2017 BB 0

Arrow Factory, Liangma River Edition, turns one this Saturday and has kind of become my go-to craft brew joint. If I seek something close to home, I usually scoot to Jing-A Taproom for a pint […]

Wuhan jiayou | No. 18 tap takeover in Beijing

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. […]
Beijing F&B | A group notice about group notices

“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 […]
Cost of Jinging | Some food prices in the nation’s capital

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 […]
Mega sips & bites | Beijing bar and restaurant updates

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 […]
‘Strange flavor’ | Chengdu Food Tours’ Sichuan snack pack

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 […]
Goodbye Q | Last call for a Beijing bar legend

I posted this on social media on April 26. Edited lightly. I really need to come up with a list of “top 10”–or maybe “top 100”?–Q Bar moments. The last martini has been stirred, the […]
Malbec & Beef | New Argentine restaurant in Beijing

Malbec & Beef just opened in Beijing and, as you might guess, Argentina is the focus. My first question to owner Jorge Wang, who is well-versed in Argentine wine, including some wine-making experience: “Do you […]
Crisis control | One Beijing restaurant’s success story

I focused on posting about Beijing bars and restaurants on WeChat and, to a lesser degree, Twitter and Instagram, the past three months. One venue’s name popped up more than any other—Hulu—thanks to the efforts […]