Czech It Out: Dinner and drinks at Irresistible Cafe
Dinners featuring Chinese or Japanese, Spanish or French, Italian or Russian cuisine are pretty common in Beijing. But those focused on the culinary fare of the Czech Republic? Not so many. Even so, Cafe Irresistible is holding its second Czech dinner, on September 8 from 7 PM, and at what looks like an irresistible price of RMB80 given the menu lists the following:
- A “beer platter” with cheese, ham, black bread, and more
- A bottle of Budvar lager
- Cucumber and sour cream salad
- Carrot, apple, and pineapple salad [Pineapple? - Ed]
- “Szeged style” goulash
- Rice
- Mashed potatoes
- Palacinka, described as a “Czech-style pancake with organic yoghurt and wild honey”
- Tvaroh, described as “cheesecake with strudel-style apple topping”
If you want extra bottles of Budvar or to pound shots of Becherovka liqueur, you can order them from the drinks menu. Irresistible Cafe and its courtyard (see photo below) are in Mao’er Hutong near Nanluoguxiang (see map). To reserve a spot for the dinner, call Filip at 13910-016-827 or Marian at 15810-271-734.
(Hat tip to ET)
Czech out the courtyard.
China Sommelier Competition: Beijing qualifier set for September 13
The Beijing qualifier for the second China Sommelier Competition is slated for September 13. Qualifiers are also scheduled for Shanghai, Chongqing, and Guangzhou, according to organizer Tommy Lam. Each participant will face 50 multiple choice question and a blind tasting of two wines, with the nine who score highest qualifying for the September 26 finale in Shanghai. According to Lam, the winner will win a trip to Spain to compete in the World Best Young Sommelier Competition on October 22. Participants must be Chinese citizens and work in hotels or food and beverage establishments in China. For more details or to apply for the qualifier, click here. For info on the 2009 competition, see here and here.
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