Dead Kings and Bitter Things: Bartender Eric Lorincz at The Fairmont Beijing
It can restore one’s faith in mixology when a libation invented by a long-dead Spanish king is both well-made and made available at an unexpected moment, and so it was…
Category Archives: Champagne
BB29: Opening Shots
A darkened door greeted me at Icehouse on Thursday night and further investigation revealed that this bar – the first to fly in blues bands from Chicago, the home for…
Tales of the Plush Monkey
Warning: The following story contains disturbing scenes involving a plush monkey and is not suitable for those under the age of 21, allergic to polyester or prone to taking life…
Happen stuff
Cafe Pause will feature German music and Jagermeister cocktails on September 23 (8 PM on), and co-owner Stefan Fleischer is offering a free shooter to anyone wearing Leiderhosen. / Crowne…
Beijing Boyce XVIII: Opening Shots
Last year, I wrote that a new bar or restaurant with a medieval look was being built behind Sun City. Some six months later, the place still has no…
Beijing Boyce XVI: Opening Shots
Razed. Chai’d. Bye bye’d. Beijing’s three-meter salute to drinking – the Sanlitun beer mug — was not only a dispenser of cigarettes, gum and beer, but also a reference point…
Champagne: Vodka over Veuve
The Crowne Plaza Hotel (Wangfujing) launched its lobby bar late last month with a party that saw the multi-hued cocktails and Veuve Cliquot flow. The waitresses sported wild hairdos, the…
Beijing Boyce XVI: Closing Shots
that’s Beijing held its restaurant awards, at Champagne bar, on May 11. Hatsune, Alameda, Steaks and Eggs, and Green T. House came away as multiple winners. Bellagio took top prize…
Beijing Boyce XIV: Opening Shots
Ex-First Cafe, ex-Midnight bartenders George Zhou and Echo Sun will launch Q Bar on Sanlitun North, near Beer Mania, with the soft opening due in early May. Backed by…
Champagne: Seeking Centro-like success
This Centro wannabe in Wangfujing has hints of Austin Powers and “Buck Rogers in the Twenty-first Century” in its decor. It seems aimed at the nouveau rich and hotel guests…
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