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… Read more ›
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… Read more ›
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… Read more ›
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… Read more ›
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… Read more ›
This past saturday, after failing to locate the no-longer-there Dunhuang Shifu, I rerouted the troops towards the Kashgar Representative Office Restaurant 喀什饭庄 (map) as they had never been there. That was all the excuse I needed to get my hands… Read more ›
I’ve been walking by this sign on Gulou Dong Da Jie, not too far away from the north entrance of Nan Luo Gu Xiang for a while now and never had the time to actually check it out until a… Read more ›
My appreciation for all things Xinjiang and especially the cuisine is quite well documented on this blog as well as other places in the wild wild web and I never turn down an opportunity to stuff my face with sizzling… Read more ›