Category Archives: Alba

Must Tries Series: Henrik Mic from Alba Cafe

This is part twenty-one in the Must Tries Series that asks people in the Beijing bar, restaurant, and wine business to give us their recommendations. This time, we head to…

Gulou sips and bites: Alba, Amigo, Paper, and Salud

I made one of my relatively rare visits to Gulou on Monday. (RMB30 mid-afternoon cab ride from Workers Stadium, with heavy traffic near the destination.) Some notes on places visited:…

Alba: Cocktail surprise

The last thing I expected to find at Alba, the new Italian joint behind fellow eatery Bella in China View, were good cocktails. (That’s not exactly true: The last thing…