Beijing Boyce

A Somewhat Young China Hand on the Local Drinking Scene

Suzie Wong finds her niche

September 30th, 2006 | Category: Suzie Wong's

If every bar has its unique clientele, then Suzy Wong’s is horny people, aged 25 to 45, who enjoy 10-minute techno versions of Irene Cara’s What a Feeling, followed by a similar opus based loosely on Duran Duran’s Wild Boys. To each his/her/its own, I guess. The meat market doesn’t truly get started until about 11 PM. Those who dislike feeling like a lightly seasoned lamb chop in a butcher shop window should arrange to be elsewhere. It was enjoyable, though, to be the only soul on the deck two Saturday nights back. I spent a good hour enjoying solitude in that crisp fall air. Ah, to have space in Beijing.

(From Beijing Boyce IV, first emailed on November 22, 2005)