Blog Tag - street eats
After last year's crackdown on Beijing's streetside businesses and low maintenance vendors, one of the biggest casualties has been simple, affordable...
Good news Baijiazhuangers, Pho Fun has opened its doors right next door to one of our go-to Shaanxi noodle and chuan’r places Pingwa Sanbao. This new...
Personally, I’m not a big fan of dining in a shopping mall, but where else is there to go as the small mom and pop shops continue to get closed in...
Those health geeks are a funny bunch. After the craze for coconut, guess what they're into now? Yogurt. Or to put it another way, yogurt has elbowed...
Think Beijing is unbearably hot in the summer? Quit whining, and try spending July in Hunan – or better yet, chow down on the irresistible eats that...
Hate waiting in line at HeyTea? Us too, so we opted instead to forego the crowds and head to Beihuan in Sanlitun Soho in order to satiate our milk...
If you're a conscientious eater then you've surely noticed how trendy coconut has become as of late. We're already guzzling coconut water, coconut...
Beijing's most unusual food trends can often be downright inscrutable. If anyone could, for instance, de-code the popularity of cheesy toast, dirty...
As a food writer, the most important (and frequent) query I'm asked is: "What food is your hangover cure?” As you might imagine, we have different...
Are there any cheap eats left for us thrifty Beijingers? Recent gentrification and crackdowns have caused many a jianbing stand to vanish. Fewer late...
Originating from Shaanxi province, liangpi (凉皮), literally cold noodles, have won people’s hearts ever since they were invented two millennia ago...
Our fair capital isn't exactly known as a dessert haven. Indeed, if you were to ask the average Beijinger on the street what an apple tart is, they’...
The cheese tea trend has yet to peak, what with the lines in front of popular venues still running long. Though it seems most brands are from...
Opened on May 9 on the fifth floor of Sanlitun Soho, Sun Chase reminds us of Bei 27 Hao at Nali Patio. Both specialize in Gansu cuisine, and both...
If you love munching on “dirty buns” — those chocolate dusted desserts prompting long queues at Bad Farmers Our Bakery, your local 7-Eleven, and...