Punk's not dead – it just retired, moved to Chaoyang, and started making Japanese food. At least that's certainly the case at Qimianting, on Maizidian’s Ichiban Street.
Replete with posters from Punk-O-Rama all-stars like Bad Religion, Rancid, The Descendents, and Dwarves, the aptly named, but charmingly low-key Chaos, and his business in partner, both busy punkers themselves in the Beijing scene, decided to open a little joint to escape the beer-drenched evenings of yore.
Drinks span your usual Japanese concoctions – high balls, whiskeys – as well as some more beverages such as matcha shochu and draft beer with tomato juice, if you’re into that kind of perverted nonsense.
As for food, the focus here is Japanese and Taiwanese soupless noodles, varieties including Taiwanese noodles, a saucy mix of minced pork, scallions, onions, seaweed, spice, garlic, and a raw egg yolk; preserved tuna noodles, mixed with gooey radish, fermented beans, and okra, pushing for the title of the gloopiest combination of ingredients in one dish; and dipping noodles.
Next time you’re in the area, preferably ravenous for bowl of thick noodles, a dose of buttery beef tongue, a side of punk, and some of the friendliest management around, Qimianting is there to pick you up off the mosh pit floor and fill your belly.
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