Blog Tag - Just Desserts
Every now and then people “discover” that something that we used to eat happily and without conscience is actually terrible and should probably be...
Tucked away on the second floor of Shangdu Soho, GS is the brainchild of by Chinese-Japanese chef Yu Guangqian, who was born and raised in Japan and...
When it comes to food trends, we've seen it all. History repeats itself, and whether the trends are tacky, smelly, and dirty, such as the popular...
Ordering at Daoxiangcun, a time-honored Beijing local pastry shop, can be scary for expats – the indifferent staff, the bad-tempered customers behind...
If there’s a confectionary goddness, then she is a kindly one. After hearing our frequent complaints about the mediocre standard of Beijing’s sweet...
Let’s be clear, the newly opened Aoyama Lab is not a hospital inpatient unit even though it may look like one. Puke-green walls? Check. Shelves...
Spices have a magical power, an inherent force that tantalizes the consumer and lures them back over and over again. We readily admit to being such...
Beijingers always complain that the confectionary in this city is average, often when compared to the other megacities around the world. Ever since...
Sitting behind an unassuming whitewashed wall in Baiziyuan decorated with large metal gears sits what might just be Beijing's most luxurious café, ...
Large, sweet, and often abhorred for its repugnant smell, durian is the the great divider of the fruit world. Alongside the matcha trend sweeping...
Following a particularly strong need to satiate recent sugar cravings (perhaps on account of my recent less than admirable experience at Venchi), I...
Ever since Slow Boat Brewpub released its new brunch menu last November, Chef Clement Rol has kept himself busy with a whole bunch of new dishes,...
With almost every popular restaurants are releasing romantic meal for Valentine’s Day, The Rug (Sanlitun location) have jumped onboard with something...
Who would say no to a creamy dessert in a smoggy (read: depressing) late winter? The warm glow from Koka in the basement of Shangdu Soho is like a...
Every spring, there seems to be a Dessert God of sorts raining something delicious onto us and saying "congratulations on surviving another long and...
