Portfolio tasting in Beijing: Sample 60 wines from 90 Plus for 80 rmb
Wine shop operator 90 Plus will hold tastings on May 25 and May 26 at Zun Club just off Workers Stadium East Road. Each day, the rmb80 entrance fee gets…
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Sips & bites: Lunch at Palatte Vino, beer pong at Kokomo, plus Everwines, Drei Kronen 1308
Hutong wine bar and restaurant Palette Vino has weekday lunch specials for rmb45, rmb58 and rmb88, plus — weather permitting — a pleasant courtyard in which to eat them (see…
‘Modern classics’: Fairmont Beijing provides free cocktails, magazine writers drink (lots of) them
~ Fairmont Beijing held a party Thursday night that featured “Modern Classics” in more way than one. The event not only included a dozen new spins on old cocktails, as…
The Woods: New cafe and restaurant opens in Central Park
The Woods opened last night as the newest restaurant in Central Park. And while nary a table remained unreserved when we arrived unscheduled for dinner, very polite general manager Ahmed…
The Hockey Bar: Beijing gets spot for The Best Game You Can Name
He shoots, he pours! The Irish Volunteer has taken over the space next door and will reopen it as the Hockey Bar. The IV has a long association with hockey,…
Sips & bites: Food Revolution at Capital M, plus Enoterra, Alibi
Capital M is taking Food Revolution Day up a few notches by holding Food Revolution Week, thus giving the city’s organic vegetables added time in which to rise up and…
Mini Bar Beijing: Photo essay of the world’s smallest pub as it nears completion
~ The world’s smallest pub — Mini Bar — will soon open in our fair city courtesy of Joseph Kornides, who hit the big time years ago when he opened…
Micro-brew news: National Beijing Beer Geeks’ Festival slated for June 15
More news from the micro-brew front: I got a message about half an hour ago that a second beer festival is slated for Beijing next month. I wrote earlier this…
Micro brew news: New Great Leap is *not* officially opening on May 18
On May 3, I wrote a post titled, “Beijing brew news: New Great Leap officially opens May 18“. Given I didn’t hear anything from Great Leap, I figured all was…
Lunch at Mosto: How much asparagus is in this soup?
~ Asparagus season is here and Mosto has added a soup using this most noble vegetable and I wondered, wondered, wondered how many spears are included in one bowl. Before…
Sips & bites: Pies at Mao Mao Chong, Jing A beer at Big Smoke, weekly specials at Black Sun
Pie one on this Sunday as Mao Mao Chong in Banchang Hutong will have red wine and beer pie (45 kuai) and veggie pie (40 kuai) from 6 PM to…
Circle of fries: New fish and chips booth in Tongli Studio
Imagine a virtual reality experience called The Wacky and Crazy World Where Creatures Breath Vaporized Deep Fryer Fat? Now, instead of imagining it, go into the south entrance of Tongli…
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