Top five watering holes: Shane Crombie
Shane Crombie is a digital brand strategist, organizer of the ‘First Thursday‘ monthly ad industry event, and regular contributor to localnoodles.com. Here are his top five watering holes and his…
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Top five watering holes: Phoebe Wong
Phoebe Wong, former manager of Red Capital Residence and RBL, is founder of Sense Beijing, a travel and event consultancy. These are her top five watering holes: – To be…
Top five watering holes: T3 Terminal’s Kevin Shen
The next time you pick up booze in the T3 terminal, thank Kevin Shen: he’s in charge of picking the wines, Whiskies and other whistle-wetters there. Here are his Beijing…
Top five watering holes: Scuba diving instructor Steven Schwankert
This kicks off a series of posts about where Beijing residents enjoy a beverage or two. Steven Schwankert is founder of Beijing-based diving school SinoScuba. Last year he led an…
The World of p3wong: Beijing and the Bloody Mary
Some like it hot, some like it spicy, and p3wong likes her Bloody Mary to be both, and with a pinch of celery salt to boot. Friday night, we chilled out in…
E-Salted: Taipei’s Party Queen Returns
I love my K-Touch B922 phone – for one thing, the battery lasts a week – but if you’re planning to buy one make sure to lock it before putting…
Opening Shots 31, Part 1: High-end Hardships
High-end hardship: The closing of RBL, including Chicago blues bar Icehouse, was just a hint at the trouble faced by big, upscale, multipurpose establishments in this city, including numerous visionary…
Browns: … Or Hate It?
This is the follow up post to Browns: Love It… No bar gets more hate than Browns (except Bar Blu, but that place deserves it*, and Maggies). Here’s a self-interview…
Beijing Boyce XXV: Mailbag!
Email: “I think you may have saved me something in the region of 300 to 400 RMB by telling me how badly overpriced Face is. A girl I had a…
Beijing Boyce XXIV: Opening Shots
These are the nights to enjoy a drink on a rooftop, deck or patio, and my favorite spots remain Pavillion and Stone Boat Cafe, with other good options being Drum…
Face: The newest attempt at Shanghai in Beijing
The Beijing branch of Face opened a month ago and complements its brethren in Shanghai , Jakarta and Bangkok . Just south of Workers’ Stadium in a refurbished school, this…
Beijing Boyce XXIII: Closing Shots
I had planned to review Face, Bed, L’Etage and A-Che in this issue, but have simply been too busy of late and this newsletter is already one week overdue. I’ll…
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