GM wanted: Belgian Beer Cafe in Shanghai
Heads up: Shanghai is slated to get its own Belgian Beer Cafe in the second half of the year and the search is on for a general manager for the…
Monthly Archives: February 2011
Must Tries Series: Simon Amos on One East at Hilton Beijing
This is part twenty in the Must Tries Series that asks people in the Beijing bar, restaurant, and wine business to give us their recommendations. This time up: Simon Amos,…
Give a Crap Report VIII: From big pours to ‘He shoots, he scores’
Pour size matters… – As with the previous seven editions of the Give a Crap Report, these are things that would happen in the Beijing bar and restaurant scene if…
Hold the Sprite: Shannon Roy’s top five whiskeys in Beijing
I’ve asked many Beijing residents about their top five watering holes so for a change of pace I asked Shannon Roy to list the five best whiskeys widely available in…
Must Tries Series: Alex Molina and Daniel Urdaneta of Modo
This is part nineteen in the Must Tries Series that asks people in the Beijing bar, restaurant, and wine business to give us their recommendations. This time up: manager Alex…
Belgian beer and food promotion: Beef bourguignon, baby back ribs, and braised veal
Every time Beijing sees a food or drink special that involves Belgium, I can’t help but post a photo of the most famous person I know who was raised in…
The Cellar Rat Returns: From Wine with Coke at Scarlett to Stunningly Cold Martinis at Face
The Cellar Rat spends his days deep within a maze of spreadsheets, monthly reports, and order forms so dizzying that he can barely wobble out of his hole by 5…
Wild weekend: Kro’s, Yugong Yishan, Migas, Aperitivo, 1F
Is it just me or did everyone and their siblings, buddies, and workmates, their visiting cousins and blind dates, their ayi and baoan, not to mention Yan Xishan and his…
New Flamme happy hour: A Dom Perignon deal that’s hard to beat
I like Champagne but when I think of how many good cocktails or beers I can get for the average price of a bottle of Moet in Beijing, I find…
R Lounge: From Key Largo to killer wine deals
- Went to D Bar (map), soon to officially relaunch as R Lounge, in the Renaissance Hotel Shuangjing last night after buddy Chuckles McFlint told me not only about a…
New at Q Bar: Infused spirits plus the ‘Q Blazer’
- Q Bar has long been among the city’s top cocktail spots and is finally joining the ranks of places that infuse their own spirits, a group includes everyone from…
Must Tries Series: Reto Kistler of Sureno in Opposite House
This is part eighteen in the Must Tries Series that asks people in the Beijing bar, restaurant, and wine business to give us their recommendations. This time: Reto Kistler of…
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