Hungry? You will be soon. With news on a promising new pizza restaurant, a hot new Indian restaurant, hot dogs in Sanlitun Village, desserts to die for in China World Hotel and the latest whereabouts of all-star chefs Max Levy and Zach Lewison, here's a quick roundup of the latest Beijing restaurant news ...

A few hours later than normal – lots going on this week – here's your weekly check-in on what's making the news in Beijing's bars.

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For one of China’s most well-known contemporary artists, Lin Tianmiao certainly is cagey about her artistic process. When I sat down with her at her home studio in Songzhuang and began asking about her new exhibit at the Beijing Center for the Arts (BCA), entitled “The Same,” she claimed that she “just came up with a title” after finishing her works, simply because “every exhibit needs one.” Whether she’s being coy or just evasive, this comment clashes with the BCA’s own website, which explains that the name is meant to remind us how “everything looks the same if you watch at a distance; and nothing may be the same if you get closer.”

Enjoying the holiday? Fireworks were pretty spectacular on Sunday. They looked better than ever after a dozen glasses of Great Leap beer. It’s a quiet time for news, unsurprisingly. Between Sunday night and Monday morning, 5,000 intrepid sanitation workers cleaned up 170 tons of fireworks debris – so well done, guys. Good job. There’s still quite a bit bunched up in the corners on my alley though, so if you could send a couple of your peeps over, that would be great.