Blog Tag - Yonghegong

With Laba Festivities Canceled, Why Not Learn How to Make Porridge at Home?
As you're already aware, the recent spike in COVID-19 cases in nearby Hebei means that Beijing has once again tightened travel restrictions as well...
Au Revoir For Now: Street Renovations Close Café de la Poste
Only a day after ominous scaffolding cropped up on Yonghegong Dajie one of the street’s most popular bars and restaurants, Café de la Poste (CDLP)...
Despite Tragic Loss, Touring, and Making Music is "Still a Buzz" for Welsh-Alt Rockers Feeder
While scoring a slew of hits in their early 2000’s heyday – most famously with their UK top single “Buck Rogers” in 2001 –  Welsh alt-rockers Feeder...
DP Baby Faced Old Souls Backspace Talk Socially Conscious New LP Ahead of Aug 31 School Bar Gig
Zheng Dong peered out the window of his Haidian apartment and contemplated the sea of gleaming lights from other windows staring back at him. The...
Patron Details "Awkward" and Excessive Number of Police Officers at Recent Cafe de la Poste Raid
Police raids on expat catering bars and restaurants are by no means a rare occurrence in Beijing these days, what with patrons at Side Street being...
Yonghegong Brickening
The Great Brickening of 2017, which laid to waste vast stretches of hutongs and streets from Chaoyang to Haidian, is back for another summer of dust...
Trinkets and Sweet Teas Make Shiyu Vintage Feel Like Yonghegong's Most Lived In Café
Is it tea time, or time for antiquing? You'll be hard pressed to tell at Shiyu Vintage, a recently opened, trinket-laden café located in a hutong...
Queenie's Sandwiches & Bar: A New and Wonderful Place for Sandwiches and Drinks in Beixinqiao
If you’re like us and enjoy living in Beixinqiao but are tired of the only options for sandwiches being those sad egg and ham slabs on white bread at...
Yonghegong Dajie to Close to Vehicular Traffic on Monday
Traditional big crowds heading for the Lama Temple to pray for blessings on the first day of the Year of the Monkey will see the northernmost section...
The Beijing Bucket List: Lama Temple
In my five-plus years in Beijing, I'd somehow never gotten around to visiting the Lama Temple (Yonghegong). Maybe it was because I lived in the...
First Glance: Xiao Sushi
Located close to Cafe de la Poste on the east side of Yonghegong Dajie is a relatively new branch of the sushi chain Xiao Sushi. It's easy to miss...
Sanyouting: Udon Know What You're Missing
Nestled around the evasive exit D of Yonghegong Station just south of King’s Joy is a new Japanese eatery, a boon for an area seriously lacking in...
First Glance: Sanyouting, Yonghegong
Nestled near the evasive exit D of Yonghegong Station, just south of King’s Joy, Sanyouting is a much-needed new Japanese eatery in an area seriously...
New York Times Gives a 36 Hour Showcase of Beijing
The New York Times has published their own round-up of Beijing showing how to get the most out of visiting with very limited time. In their ongoing...
Candy Monster's Labor of Love
Candy Monster's debut is like the offspring of a dainty demon. The EP laid dormant in the depths of record label limbo for three long, bloated years...