Blog Tag - Breakfast

R Fast Food Watch: Yoshinoya Tries to Tempt Early Risers With French Toast Options
It looks like Yoshinoya is trying to make us forget all about the Egg McMuffin or our favorite street-side jianbing stands. Although the Japanese...
We Put Beijing's Dunkin Donuts to the Test: Which of Their 18 Varieties is the Best?
[Update 2/24: DD's first shop, in Pinnacle Plaza in Shunyi, opens Feb 25] With Dunkin Donuts on the brink of making its triumphant return to Beijing...
Extolling the Virtues Millet Magic and Why You Too Should Congee
Every day, it’s on our table. Every meal. My mother-in-law swears by it. I have come to accept its glutinous, tasteless presence as simply “part of...
Rich and Creamy: Recipes for Making Breakfast Polenta
Growing up in Ireland we had bread and potatoes. Rice and pasta when my mother tried her hand at international food. I was in my teens before I...
Soul Bowls Pop-Up at The Bookworm Dishes Out Filling Hearty Sweet and Savory Bowls
The creators of popular Peruvian pop-up Buena Onda are back with a new concept: Soul Bowls, located in The Bookworm, aiming to get us all healthy...
Rise and Shine: Flour-Free, Sugar-Free Pancake Recipes
Given the title, you may be thinking, "What's the point, then?" But each of these recipes is delicious and easy to follow. They offer a healthier way...
Rise, Shine, and Stay Warm with These Bircher Muesli Recipes
I totally overdid it on oatmeal last year, having it repeatedly for breakfast almost everyday. Inevitably, I burnt out on hot porridge, and have no...
EAT: Obentos Launch Breakfast, Buena Onda Long Sunday Lunch
Obentos has long been one of our favorite healthy restaurants in Beijing and now they are extending that healthy aesthetic to breakfast. Starting...
Breakfast Dishes From Around the World: International Morning Adventures in the Capital
Beijing is an international city, but we bet that most of you haven’t thought past making your breakfast the way you did at home, or those steaming...
Fast Food Watch: Mickey D’s New Take on a Chinese Breakfast Classic is Enough to Ruin Your Day
Why, oh why McDonald’s, do I keep giving you another chance? Is it the addictive power of your delicious cuisine? Is it the loving care put into the...
First Glance: Rager Pie, Andingmen
Now that Two Guys and Pie are no longer a thing, in shop form at least, Rager Pie has stepped up to the mark, opening their storefront on Fensiting...
JoySeed Brings Breakfast to Your Desk
Help is at hand for those who are too lazy to eat breakfast, let alone make it themselves. New start up JoySeed will bring breakfast right to your...
Miss Muesli: Breakfast, Customized
In China the saying “breakfast is the most important meal of the day” is taken pretty seriously. From youtiao to baozi to congee, a Chinese-style...
EAT: New breakfast Options
Seems like a couple of places around town are keen to make breakfast the most important meal of the day.  First off, Gongti restaurant Tribe Organic...
Streetside Breakfast Treats Contain Excess Aluminum, Journos Discover
In another blow to one of the sacred breakfast street foods of Beijing, intrepid journalists at The Beijing News arranged to have 10 youtiao (fried...