I spent a lovely week falling in love all over again with Chinese cuisine while reading “The Last Chinese Chef” by Nicole Mones (more on that later) and as soon as i turned th e last page over, I had the mother of all cravings for Beggar’s Chicken 叫化鸡 (jiao hua ji). I did the [...]
Tags: beggar's chicken, wu ming ju, 叫化鸡, 无名居
By Jove!!! Beijing is out on a mission to make up for not having any decent live music options over the CNY so we’re getting sonic bombed with goodies for the second week in a row! This week’s offers are even more substantial than the last one:
Wednesday March 3
Michael Dalin Trio @ Salud: I’m [...]
Tags: free the birds, Michael Dallin, rustic
I’m loving March so far and it’s just gotten started! This is gonna be one hell of a music month by the look of things and that is not a complaint.
Bad Mamasan, the Heavy Metal outit fronted by Jaime Welton ( Dirty Deeds, Black Cat Bone) is finally waking up from their never [...]
Tags: Bad Mamasan, Dude, Dylan, live music, Show of Peace
I’m on the road all week so updates coming courtesy of the Wordpress App on my iPhone… Excuse the poor formatting
In between rehearsals, studio sessions and school, Phil Schloss of Maggie Who found some time to answer a few questions for BeijingDaze… Cool beans!
1- What’s going on in your [...]
Tags: Maggie Who
Man oh man! I picked the wrong week to get the hell outta dodge because Beijing is getting ready to make up and kiss after the general musical coma we experienced with Chinese New Year.
Wedneday Feb 24th:
Maggie Who @ Mao: Well, these kids were cool enough to open for “Dirty Deeds” when [...]
Tags: chasing star, free the birds, mademoiselle, Maggie Who
Following my little outing to Kuan Dian 宽店 (map), I still had a couple of kao-ed wing place to try and we headed next to Xidan Chiku 西单翅酷(map)!
What makes this place special? Well, how about up to two weeks waiting time to get a table? Locals are crazy for this little eatery and it [...]
Tags: wings, xidan chiku, 西单翅酷
I posted this yesterday but the server trolls decided they were hungry and just swallowed it whole, so here comes it again!
Chinese New Year celebrations did put a damper on live shows in the capital so one’s gotta find a different way of getting their music fix. In my case, I use Douban to catch [...]
Tags: Hedgehog, Maggie Who, randomk(e), The Subs
Not much happening here folks, please move along!
so yeah, it Chinese New Year in Beijing and the city has come to a halt! No live shows, restaurants shut down, people leaving town for warmer beach-ier pastures. What of us the ones that are left behind? what are we gonna do to distract ourselves? well, [...]
I’ve been in a chicken wings mood lately!
Beijing is a cyclic city: we had a wings phase, a burger phase, a long island ice tea phase etc… and when I think of the past, I’m always wondering: “where are they now?” or “what happened to all them wings places that were all the craze [...]
Beijing gets its share of interesting folks stopping by and getting involved in all kinds of projects. A lot of times, they have to pack up and take off but not before leaving their mark on the capital. Alan Paul is such a person!
Alan took some time to answer questions about the reunion show on [...]
Tags: blues, shunyi, Woodie Alan
YABB ( Yet Another Beijing Blog) for my pleasure and amusement! I'm hoping some folks might find the information useful or entertaining! It's mostly about strange and unusual happenings in this concrete urban jungle I call home. 