Monthly Archives: October 2012

Hi Stranger! Fubar to hold Momo / 陌陌 party next Mo-Mo-Monday…

Update: From 7:30 PM, a free shot for everyone at the door, plus two-for-one Mojitos, including passion fruit, strawberry, raspberry and classic. You can find the recently renovated Fubar at…

Celebrity Pizza Contest: Ten Gung Ho! Pizzas + Case of Vedett Blonde = House Partay

UPDATE: Rich Akers of Gung Ho! went above and beyond and maybe even upside down on this one. Instead of just doing a draw, he apparently spent hours carefully analyzing…

Anyone hear Heaven Supermarket will close? Also, check out Two Guys and a Sausage…

~ There soon might be tears in Heaven Supermarket given word this popular beer stop will close and relocate its base — and add a decent draft beer selection, for…

‘Awesometon’: Photo essay of Brit breaking wine glass holding record in Beijing

“He isn’t human!” screamed someone* on Saturday afternoon as Philip Osenton held 51 wine glasses in one hand at the Hilton Beijing. I first saw Osenton and his glass act…

Party of Five Contest: Ticket Winners for Food & Wine Experience XV at Beijing Hilton

Thanks to Frank and Frank for handling the grand prize draw for the Party of Five contest, with the winner of this weekend’s package getting: Two tickets to Hilton Beijing…

40 wine glasses, one hand: Osenton to attempt world record at Beijing Hilton on Saturday

UPDATE: On Saturday, October 27, Philip Osenton held 51 wine glasses in one hand at the Hilton Beijing. He first attempted and achieved 40 glasses at 1 PM in front…

Boo!Jing Halloween 2012: Got The Perfect Costume + Parties in Beijing

I want to dress up as a cat. I want to dress up as a unicorn. For as long as I can remember, or at least as far back as…

Sips & Bites: Cao Cao, Fubar, Cu Ju, Mao Mao Chong

So, I went to see the renovations at Fubar last night and by coincidence witnessed the DJ debut of Jonathan ‘Cao Cao’ Kos-Read, who used to write the “Token White…

‘Presidential’ vs ‘Imperial’: Check these suite digs for the ‘Party of Five’ contest

Some call it the “presidential suite“, some call it the “imperial suite“, I simply call it “suh-weet“. The grand prize winner of this year’s ‘Party of Five’ Contest gets to…

Sips & bites in Beijing: El Threedo, Malty Dog, 12SQM

El Nido III: Here’s hoping the new space Xiao Shuai is opening beside El Nido bar and across from El Nido restaurant will be called El Threed0. He would own…

Wine, wine, wine in Beijing: Major Carrefour, Aussino, Hilton tastings coming up…

CARREFOUR FALL WINE FAIR Fancy a free free flow of primarily entry-level wine while observing the overindulgent accidentally drive shopping carts into inanimate objects? Head to the Shuangjing branch of…

Hard times at Hard Rock Cafe Beijing: ‘Oh, you mean *those* axes…’

~ Five years ago, I visited the Hard Rock Cafe with The Cellar Rat as part of a data gathering mission on the bars of Beijing (see: The Go Local…