Chuan Ban gets a lot of press all around Beijing as far as the authenticity and quality of their Sichuanese fare! As official representative of Sichuan, they do an amazing job bearing the flag. However, they are not the sole carrier! usually forgotten and overshadowed by its bigger brother, Shudu Binguan, in the Chengdu representative [...]
Hidden in the outskirts of Beijing lie many a restaurant that most of us have never heard of, places so weird and strange that might blow your mind away.. if only we could take the time to go scout them and get there. A few sundays ago, while i was preparing for a relaxed afternoon [...]
Tags: inner mongolian, restaurants, roast lamb, tongzhou
According to dianping, Beijing is home to 3036 Sichuan restaurant vs. 831 Xinjiang eateries (as of 2010-6-3)! It sure doesn’t feel that way because I see a lot more of the latter than the former but that might just be my own bias and the areas where i go to. It’s also easier to spot [...]
Tags: lido, silkroad restaurant, xinjiang food
I finish work quite late usually which makes it a bit inconvenient to catch a proper meal before heading to shows. So, over the past year, I’ve made my little list of convenient, easy to get to and easy on the wallet eateries next to each of the major concert venues i frequent.. Jianghu Jiu [...]
Tags: chuan'r, jianghu jiu ba
I’ve been hearing rumors of this Chairman Mao memorabilia/tribute restaurant for a while and while i might have considered going there in the past, all thoughts of it vanished rather quickly at some point… until now that is! I ended up at The East is Red 红色经典(map) a few days ago with a few artsy [...]
Since my last taste of Beggar’s Chicken, I have been trying to locate other establishments in town that offered this lovely fare so that i could have a basis for comparison and this has proven harder than i expected. My only frame of reference was the Last Chinese Chef by Nicole Mones in which she [...]
Tags: beggar's chicken, favorite restaurants, Feng Sao Zhe Ren, zhejiang food, 风骚浙人
I love eating, I love eating great food and I love it even more when it doesn’t break the bank! Enter City Weekend and their Gourmet Month (April 1-30) which provides Beijing diners with an amazing array of choices and values all around the city. Basically, each of the participating restaurants picks a set menu [...]
Tags: city weekend, gourmet month, great deals
What once started as my personal ramblings has morphed into the number one collective resource about underground live music in Beijing and China. All bands, all music, all Rock n Roll, all the time with a little side of eclectic topics.. best of all, it's still as BIASED as ever
