EAT: Tube Station Gongti Closes for Renovation, Sichuan Recipe Boxes, New All-Day Brunch in Shunyi

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Tube Station Gongti closes for renovations ahead of 2023 AFC Asian Cup

Tube Station’s Gongti branch has closed amidst renovations in the area ahead of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup. According to a post on their WeChat, the current location will actually become an entrance to the new Gongti subway station (the irony), with Tube Station moving into a brand new location in a few years' time. Likewise, you can expect these renovations to affect other venues in the Gongti compound, though details on who will be affected or when have not been released. However, Sanlitun pizza fans won’t have to go too long without their Tube Station fix, as the chain is set to open a new location in the nearby Topwin Center around the end of August, which we hear will even have a terrace. 

New Restaurant My Crib offers all-day brunch in Shunyi 

If you’re the kind of person who believes that brunch is a lifestyle and not just a hybrid breakfast-lunch meal, then you’re going to love Shunyi's newest restaurant My Crib. My Crib is a self-styled all-day brunch restaurant with a menu that is heavy on eggs (poached eggs on rye toast with smashed avocado, RMB 68, for example), crepes, and pancakes, alongside creative smoothies and coffee drinks. We’re keen to try their take on yuenyeung coffee with tea, which features rooibos tea, Ethiopian coffee, candied melon, and milk. The restaurant is located on the first floor of EuroPlaza, near the Starbucks by the southeast gate. Look out for our full review soon. 

Lost Plate launches Sichuan recipe boxes

Are you stuck outside of China craving Sichuan food but just can’t find the right ingredients? Or maybe you’re looking to buy the perfect gift for a spice-loving friend? Enter Lost Plate with their new Sichuan recipe box. The box is stacked with ingredients like chili bean paste (doubanjiang), black vinegar, dried dan dan noodles, whole Sichuan peppercorns, and dried Sichuan chilis, which are enough to make four classic Sichuan recipes multiple times, including dan dan noodles, mapo tofu, kungpao chicken, and mala xiangguo. A link with step-by-step recipes straight from the Lost Plate team in China is provided too (their founder, Ruixi, is from Chengdu so expect authentic levels of spice!). The boxes are priced at USD 69, including shipping and handling to anywhere in the lower 48 US States and everywhere in mainland China, as well as HK, Macau, and Taiwan. Find out more and place your order on their website.

Trade your step count for burgers at Side Street

Always topping your WeRun ranking on WeChat? On Tuesdays and Thursdays, you can trade in all that hard work for burgers and beer at Side Street. 15,000 steps gets you a free beer and 20,000 steps gets you a free burger. Free burgers and beer are on a first-come, first-served basis, but they’ll give you a free shot as consolation if you don’t make it.

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Images: Lost Plate, Tube Station, My Crib