Fusion - Trader Vics
Beijingers now have a place to indulge their exotic culinary fantasies as this popular, Oakland-based restaurtant chain makes its way to Beijing, bringing with it the sights and sounds of the South Pacific. Amidst hand-crafted tikis, Polynesian prints and live music we happily sipped our Trader Vics ... Read More
Fusion - Olio
Olio’s clean lines and open, inviting seating arrangement advertise a streamlined, relaxed dining experience. This design ethic extends even to the attractive appearance of the menu, whose contents skip nimbly across countries and regions. Upon first glance such a dizzyingly diverse variety of dishes and flavors looks ... Read More
Fusion - Amigo
Bottom line: Amigo is a relaxing comfortable environment with good, fresh food, but it’s the wines that will keep us coming back. Inside, its soothing colors and soft chairs provide an ideal venue to sample a bottle or two. The wine list is overwhelming, with a huge ... Read More
Fashionable, Wallet-Friendly Pho
Pho Lemon’s first foray into Beijing embodies the brand’s Hong Kong upbringing, capably meeting the upscale design, ambiance and service expectations of any China Central Place shopper. Bebel Gilberto’s smooth bossa accompanies attentive–but not pushy–servers in the Alice in Wonderland-esque setting of ... Read More
The Apple Falls
Nearby the Tree is a two-storey complex with a Tree-like bar on the first floor and an un-Tree-like bistro on the second with stylish decor, alluring couches and a whole new menu. This newbie strikes a different chord, serving up pasta instead of The Tree’s ... Read More
Worth Its Salt
Combining the talents of Gaby Alves (ex-owner/manager of Alameda) with Chef Daniel Urdaneta (formerly of Garden of Delights), makes SALT one of this year’s most anticipated restaurants. The modern, bright dining area houses an open kitchen with a row of stools for those who like ... Read More
Lounging Towards Perfection
When a restaurant lists the calorie content of its food on the menu, provides hairstyling products in its bathroom, and asks how “vogue” it is on its customer survey, it’s a sure bet that there’s now yet another restaurant stalking Beijing’s moneyed swish set ... Read More
Hawking Dragon Ale
The Drunken Master’s mantra in his move from global megastar to pushing joe is “Chinese coffee for Chinese people.” Best we can tell, this means aping Starbucks, but with more photos of Jackie Chan. As far as imitations go though, this isn’t too bad a ... Read More
Olek Borelli, Italy: Marketing Manager, FoneVillage
I like Apertivo in Sanlitun. I’m Italian. All my friends are there eventually. It's a meeting point for us. The environment there is great too. It’s casual. You know, there are all kinds of crowds there. Professionals, regulars, everything. The best ... Read More
Food courts have come a long way, and actress Gao Yuanyuan has taken the concept to the next level with her new Guizhou restaurant, Honey Honey. Sure it’s in a mall and decorated with stuff from Ikea, but the place is cozy, sporting silver drapes and purple velvet chairs ... Read More
Awana, with a sister restaurant in London, adds a bit of Malaysian charm to the massive neon placards that have come to define Nuren Jie. In a city where well-made drinks are hard to come by, their Dato’s special (¥40), a frothy blend of fruit juices (and a splash ... Read More
Foodies, rejoice! Beijing now has a Chinese restaurant that is emphatically “destination dining.” Shanghai’s Whampoa Club has long had critics salivating and now the chef has come north, setting up shop in one of the few siheyuans left on Financial Street. Restaurateur Jereme Leung is intent on reinventing local ... Read More
It seems Americans always like to have more: more fun, more excitement, more food and more atmosphere. So it makes perfect sense that Tim Hilbert of Tim's Texas BBQ fame should open another venue to keep expat Yanks entertained. Décor wise there are more stirrups, saddles and cowboy hats ... Read More
That restaurateur Cho is good at what he does is irrefutable. His new restaurant, Sambal Urban, features the same dishes as Café Sambal, like the Vietnamese roll (¥25) paired with an authentic and delectable peanut sauce, the subtle yet impressive rojak (¥40), the succulent and perfectly marinated satay chicken (¥50 ... Read More
“It’s the best Italian food I have had in Beijing” we were told by one Italian who was willing to put his honor on the line for this restaurant, and on our first visit to La Fattoria we were pleasantly surprised that we agreed.
La Fattoria is the second ... Read More
The highly-anticipated reincarnation of the old Sanlitun favorite is immediately inviting, with its great view, crème-colored stucco walls, burnt red accents and massive candelabras. The curved, floor to ceiling glass wine case is stunning, and overall it seemed as though Med had successfully made the transition from cozy restaurant to ... Read More
This cozy little coffee shop serves up a small selection of espresso drinks, basic cocktails, homemade pastries and gelato from Gustomenta and despite Ikea furnishings, it feels mom'n'pop. There's no air conditioning, but the place is comfortable, the perfect respite from the two hot spots it sits ... Read More
Anyone who has held a copy of the Makan Sutra in their hands knows that if Singaporeans like it, it must be good. With this in mind, we were curious to see if Crystal Jade, a chain restaurant with outlets scattered throughout Asia, could bring its health conscious modern cuisine ... Read More
“This place must have multiple
menu disorder,” mumbled my
dining companion as we clumsily
leafed through a profusion
of paper. For the indecisive,
Wasabi Ya is your dream come
true－or your worst nightmare.
Euphemistically calling itself
a “fusion” restaurant, it serves
up German, Italian and Japanese
fare. That’s ... Read More
Good things are hard to find and
Haiqing Heyan, tucked away in a small
hutong, is worth the effort. There are
only four rooms－themed flower, bird,
fish and insect－and the chef steps up
to the Teppanyaki plate dressed to a
tee. Although they recommend the set
meals (RMB388-2088 ... Read More
High-ceilings, leather chairs and
high prices characterize this extravagant
experience in European
dining. Dazzling white floors lead
into a sleek, well-stocked bar
and an expansive indoor dining
area, all arranged around a small
stage that features Tahitian dancing
(complete with grass skirts
and coconut bras) on weekends,
When there’s ... Read More
Anticipations have been high for restaurateur Alan Wong’s latest creation, Haiku, and it was clear from the start that we were in not just for dinner, but for an experience. Waitresses wrapped in white glide through the five dining areas decorated in light oak and white, while black-clad sushi ... Read More
Offering family dining in a formal setting, Euro Diner is a welcome addition to Shunyi. Part of a chain of restaurants running from New York to Beijing, Euro Diner offers a menu sampling the best of European cuisine. A non-smoking environment and playhouse on the first floor keep the kiddies ... Read More
Located in the Songlei Hotel on the south Third Ring Road, Butterflies offers up an ornately themed dining experience, based on the musical “Butterflies” coming soon to China.
A plethora of purple attacks the eyes as you’re seated in wing-shaped seats among enlarged butterflies. Yet amidst the purple haze ... Read More
The deal with hotpot is: We serve delicious food, but you have to cook it yourself. Hotpot is hot and organic hotpot is even hotter. Unlike the usually oily, spicy, sweaty, tongue-burning, stomach-attacking Sichuan hotpot, the Hong Kong alternative is light, stylish and healthy–fresh seafood combined with organic veggies ... Read More
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