Sips and bites: Kebab Nation, Blue Frog, Boutique Wine Cellar
It appears Beijing has lost another A-hole.
The sign that launched a thousand jokes by drunk patrons is all that remained at Kebab Nation when I visited Tongli Studio yesterday. Whether the gutting of this place means the end of late-night wraps or that a redesign is in order, we shall soon see.
Blue Frog now offers a weekday lunch special, with a choice of six mains, soup or salad, and beverage (coffee, tea, or soft drink) for RMB50. Yesterday, I had the Santa Fe chicken sandwich (tasty, but more of a half-sandwich), potato soup (bland), and a coffee (with an excellent chocolate chip cookie). What made the meal especially good value? The free refill! By the way, several readers have praised the two-for-one burger special on Mondays.
Boutique Wine Cellar is borrowing a marketing tactic from Sanlitun North proper. Two touts out front in huge olive-green winter coats use broken English and occasional giggles in an effort to attract wine lovers. I’m not sure this is the way to go, though these guys are preferable to the lady bars touts alongside Swire’s Sanlitun Village. In any case, Boutique is holding regular wine tastings and I will soon have more details on these.
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Re BWC, if it hadn’t been for those touts, I wouldn’t have known the place existed. We stoppped in their on our way to Luga’s villa, and found it to be a great little spot for sipping a nice wine and chatting with friends. Recommended.