A little over two years ago, I embarked on a journey to try all the provincial restaurants in Beijing. I’m still going strong but after such a long time, I was overdue for a pilgrimage to place where my infatuation with various Chinese cuisines started: Xinjiang Fanzhuang 新疆饭庄 inside the The Urumqi Representative Office Restaurant [...]
Tags: chuan'r, provincial restaurant, xinjiang food, xinjiang provincial
A little while back, I’ve finally managed to gather the troops and head over to the west side of town for the last of the Xinjiang Provincial restaurants in Beijing that had managed to evade me: The Xinjiang Islam Restaurant 新疆伊斯兰饭庄, attached to the provincial representative office, inside the Xinjiang Hotel. It is located inside [...]
Tags: chuan'r, provincial restaurant, Xinjiang Islam Restaurant, xinjiang provincial, 新疆伊斯兰饭庄
I take awards in china not with grains of salt, but mountain sized blocks of it! but when i hear that a hole in the wall restaurant wins the distinction of being the best in Beijing and then that distinction is actually confirmed by foodies like Eileen Wen Moonie whose opinion i trust, I get [...]
There have been many debates amongst Beijing’s twitterati earlier this year as to who has the best La Zi Ji 辣子鸡 with many names pushed forward including the ever reliable Chuan Ban but I think I’ve gotten acquainted with the crown jewel of la zi ji over two trips within a few weeks to Gui [...]
Tags: chuan'r, gui jie, kao yu, laziji, xiao yu shan
For some reason, a few weeks ago, I just started developing a craving for noodles, and not just any noodles… I wanted Shaanxi style Yangrou Paomou 羊肉泡沫 and I kept trying them in various establishments until i got tired of average quality and decided to head for the Shaanxi Provincial Restaurant in Beijing: 陕西省驻京办. I [...]
I’ve said it before and I’ll start this by saying it again: I’d much rather go to a mid-high end Chinese restaurant in Beijing than one of the 1000 mediocre and sorry excuses for a western restaurant pretending to be the best thing since sliced bread! Na Jia Xiao Guan 那家小馆 is a one of [...]
Tags: manchurian, na jia xiao guan
Between flying around continents, going to shows and just generally being too busy to get stuff done, I haven’t had time to spend time going around checking out restaurants, much less writing about them.. until last week that is when a few out-of-towners came around. A healthy craving for chuan’r and not enough time to [...]
Tags: chuan'r, Crescent Moon, xinjiang food
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