Monthly Archives: December 2011

Fubalanche of sound: DJ Diaper + DJ Press/Play = New Year’s Eve fun

~ Call it the iTunes match-up of the millennium: DJ Diaper and DJ Press/Play hit the decks at Fubar this Saturday night to right-click party-goers into 2012. DJ Press/Play, formerly…

Funk Fever pace: Migas caps busy year with New Year’s Eve bar opening

~ Migas will cap a busy year this Saturday night by opening its new and adjoining venue — The Bar at Migas. This Spanish restaurant and lounge in Nali Patio…

White Christmas in Beijing: A photo essay…

Last night I heard a few homesick souls lament the lack of a white Christmas in Beijing. Putting aside that some traditionally white Christmas-y parts of the world went brown…

Sips & bites: Starfish, Paddy’s, Grinders, Beer Mania

~ Lots of Christmas dinner, lunch and brunch options this year and the English-language mags have plenty of listings (here’s an example). A few options, mostly from my inbox… Seafood…

Beijing bar-wrecking party tonight: Includes hard hats, rmb10 Belgian draft

Look for Jun Trinh and company to don hardhats and swing sledgehammers tonight to make way for the new place that will soon feature his Southeast Asian food. Trinh is…

Cheese & Wine: Three days to stock up on fromage

Got an email this afternoon from Cheese and Wine that there are only “three days left” to stock up on, well, cheese and wine before this place near the west…

48 Hours in Qingdao: Booze, burns and partying to the MAX

Party to the MAX ~ As part of an ongoing vendetta against my liver, Ian Burns – known in these parts as Don Lemmon of The Beijing Beatles, known in…

The Drive-Thru: Craft beer, black garlic & custom-made bikes in Sanlitun Soho

~ Former The Brick owners Ryan Johnston and Cici Feng Johnston will have their new place — The Drive-Thru — open in Sanlitun Soho as early as this weekend. The…

Coming soon to Beijing: Southeast Asian food by Jun Trinh

Jun Trinh at the North by Northwest tasting (pic: Hilton Beijing) ~ Beijing diners have tasted the culinary creations of Jun Trinh at places such as Luga’s Pho Pho, Banh…

Sips & bites: Modo, Temple, Bang Bang, Ole, George’s, Fubar

rmb9 for 25m (pjwine.com) ~ Modo has taken the bull by the horns by sticking an all-Spanish lineup in its wine preservation machines. It will rotate about 50 wines through…

Help wanted: Modo in Sanlitun Village seeks restaurant manager

Who will be keeper of the enomatics? ~ Modo in Swire Sanlitun Village South is hiring a restaurant manager. Members of all nationalities welcome to apply although the job requires…

Pump down the volume? Re people who watch movies in restaurants, cafes

Headphones, baby, headphones… ~ Question: You are at a cafe or restaurant. The place has music. Someone sits down and starts to watch a movie on an iPad. The noise…