Beijing Boyce

Nearly a week of healthier living built up pressure that could only be released with a pizza and burger binge, so I have been hitting some oldies but goodies in my Sanlitun / Workers Stadium neighborhood. I justify it as bulking up for the winter. A quick wrap:

Luga’s Villa: The tasty potato wedges save the day for the Mexican burger (RMB40), which I found a bit dry, so I recommend instead the fajitas (RMB40-RMB60), particularly the beef, as the serving size is huge, the ingredients fresh, and the wraps nice and warm in a basket. Good times if you get one of the comfy booths.

The Rickshaw: I’m a long-time fan of the medium wings, a newer one of the Oz burger (the ingredients include beetroot, pineapple, and egg), but went hybrid with the Buffalo burger (RMB40). It’s basically a chicken burger with medium wing sauce - the patty is a generous size and comes with a side of fries. By the way, this place is getting a good range of craft beers.

The Den happy hour: Carb-loading from 5-10 PM.

The Den: It still offers one of the best happy hours in town - 5 to 10 PM daily - as well as an efficient staff. I went last night with a friend and we had two tasty pizzas, two colas, and a basket of fries for RMB92. (For late-night eating, The Den deep-fried combo is hard to beat.)

TUN: A mini-burger is RMB10 to RMB12 and fries are something like RMB15 or RMB20. Given this, you can save a wad of cash - and buy another couple of beers - if you order the combo special. That gets you five burgers and fries for RMB40. By the way, wouldn’t the Beijing vibe at TUN go up a few notches if it had a few yangrou chuar sellers out front? (And yes, I realize this place is not an “oldie”).

Other options as the binge continues…

Second Floor: An unpretentious bar, with reasonably priced drinks, which gets pizza delivered from The Tree.

Kro’s Nest: I’m about due for a We Hate Tuesdays (first two kegs of beer free, then RMB5 pints) or Thirsty Thursdays (five craft beers for RMB80) visit.

Blue Frog: I’m also due to finally try Burger, Burger, the two-for-one burger deal every Monday.

Kiosk: Big bite burger!

The yet-to-be-named Saddle: This is slated to soon open on the south side of Nali and give patrons the option of picking their burrito wraps and ingredients, Subway sandwich style. Fingers crossed that they can do something close to a Taco Bell seven-layer burrito.

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