EAT: Tribe WF Central Closes, Legends of Pizza at Bottega, Pizza Deals at Jing-A, Win a SH Staycation
EAT: Your bite-sized guide to the best eats to be had in Beijing this week.
Tribe closes its WF Central Store
After two years in the business, Tribe has announced the closure of its store at the WF Central mall in Wangfujing. You can still get your Tribe fix at their Sanlitun and Solana locations and if you happened to have been a member at the WF Central location, you can continue to use your card at their other locations with an additional 15 percent discount until the end of the year. Read full details of the closure here.
Two-for-one pizza Mondays and new winter dishes at Jing-A
Hot off the heels of their strong debut in this year's Pizza Cup, Jing-A is offering a new two-for-one deal on all sourdough pizzas at their Longfusi Taproom on Mondays (check out our recent review of the new venue here). The offer is valid from 5pm onwards with the purchase of one alcoholic drink per pizza.
If pizza isn't your thing, they also have a bunch of new wintery seasonal dishes. Get your five-a-day in with the winter grilled salad (available at both locations), featuring roasted cauliflower, spiced pears, red onion, red cabbage, walnuts, feta, and grilled chicken, with pomegranate dressing. Over at their Xingfucun Brewpub, they've swapped their barbecue pulled pork for a slow-smoked, beer-braised lamb leg (pictured above) and they've also brought back their popular fried Brussels sprouts, tossed with lime, chili, garlic, and fish sauce.
Nov 28: Legends of Pizza at Bottega
On Thursday, Nov 28, Bottega welcomes two legends of Neapolitan pizza, Salvatore Grasso and Antonio Starita, into their kitchen to showcase their pizza creations for one day only. Salvatore Grasso was born in Naples in 1946, the fourth generation of a pizza-making family that began making pies in the mid-1800s. In 2003, he took over his family's historic restaurant Gorizia, founded by his grandfather in 1916, saving it from bankruptcy. Antonio Starita, meanwhile, got his hands into pizza dough at just 12 years old. Now a third-generation pizza-maker and owner of one of Naples’ oldest and most revered pizzerias, Starita is carrying his family’s Neapolitan tradition into the next generation.
Bottega will be a serving a Montanara pizza created by Starita (RMB 68), featuring a deep-fried crust topped with San Marzano tomatoes, smoked cheese, Pecorino cheese, oregano, and fresh basil, while Grasso will be putting his stamp on a classic Margherita (RMB 78). Head to Bottega Xinyuanli and lunchtime and Bottega Sanlitun in the evening to sample the pizzas.
Win a Foodie Staycation in Shanghai
Naked拿颗酱 (formerly Naked Nut Butters) and UnTours have teamed up to give one lucky winner (and their plus one) a weekend in the foodie paradise of Shanghai. The contest includes two round trip train tickets to Shanghai (from Beijing or equivalent), a weekend night at the Puli Hotel, an UnTour Shanghai night eats food tour for two, a 12-month Naked拿颗酱 nut butter subscription, a UnTours jianbing blanket, and a gift certificate for two for UnTour’s Beijing hutong breakfast tour.
For a chance to win, follow the Naked拿颗酱's official account (ID: NAKEDnutbutters拿颗酱), and stay tuned on Friday as they drop all the details about how to enter.
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