Back on the menu: The Friday food fight
After a break of several weeks, sibling blog Grape Wall of China is back with the Friday food fight. Each week, a Chinese dish is presented and readers are asked…
Monthly Archives: August 2008
Let’s Burger: It’s on. 5 PM. Today.
UPDATE: I went by Let’s Burger this afternoon and they said they don’t open until 5 PM. I guess it’s a daily thing. One East on Third – 325 kuai….
Piazza Italia: Three floors of wine, meat, olive oil, and more
The three-floor Piazza Italia, a collaboration of more than a half-dozen major food and beverage concerns, is slated to officially launch in Guomao Huamao in October but will “soft open”…
Sips and slurps: Let’s Burger, Luga’s Villa, Boutique Wine Cellar
I posted earlier about Mosto opening upstairs at new Nali Studio, but there is also action at “ground” level: Let’s Burger looks near ready to go. The place appeared to…
Nali’s newest: Mosto
The food scene at Nali Studio is starting to drift upstairs as Mosto just opened on the third floor. The team includes head chef Daniel Urdaneta, who until recently headed…
Beijing’s nightlife scene: The medalists
With the Olympics officially over, it’s time to award some alternative hardware… to my winners in the Beijing nightlife scene these past few weeks. – Discipline: Bars and clubs GOLD:…
They’re back: Vics, Mix, Gino Cafe re-open
Establishments closed at the north gate of Workers’ Stadium for the Olympics are re-opening. A pass by tonight found Mix, Vics, and Gino Cafe all back in business. Hopefully, Outback…
Scorpions on a stick: The medalists
Thousands of journalists are leaving Beijing and they have served the world well by informing it about that local delicacy known as scorpions on a stick. But one wonders who…
Beijing Olympics Celebrity Watch: The Medalists
After sixteen star-spangled days, Olympics celebrity watch is winding down. Sure, sightings continue to trickle in – Vince Vaughn at Kokomo, David Beckham at The Beach, Jimmy Page at Red…
Fun and The Games: Contrary to popular opinion…
On Sunday, I did my third and final interview with the BBC in which I served as contrarion to the media’s “no fun Olympics” angle. (I’ve taken a similar position…
Blu Lobster blues: Is McKenna on the move?
Food-loving friend Shake n’ Bake says chef Brian McKenna will soon leave Shangri-La Hotel’s Blu Lobster to go out on his own, something rumored for quite some time. I’ll have…
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