Sweet FA School Us in Good Pizza: Fissler Academy Café, Shinkong Place

Fissler Academy, having made their China debut in Shanghai earlier this year, have now established themselves in Beijing as FA Café, located in the higher levels of Shinkong Place. Make your way to the edge of the mall where the sterile marble tiles stop abruptly to be replaced by matte black steel frames, deep brown wood floors, and frosted glass separators. Large windows cast light over long group tables, and little pod-type areas for those with a more intimate meeting in mind. A large circular space filled with kitchen appliances hints at the prospect of culinary classes soon to take place.

Chefs are well trained in the art of heat, slinging dough in and out of the imported oven with ease. Their Napoli pizza (RMB 118) was delicately thin but didn’t crumble as we pulled the slices towards our plates. Cheese lazily followed and strung itself out to its full, melted, glory before being cut from its base and twirled into mouths. The tomato base bit back playfully and kept this pizza heavily invested in Italian flavors. A dish of penne with mushroom ragout and seared beef tenderloin (RMB 88) was lackluster with watery liquid in place of sauce, but the Milanese salad (RMB 58) redeemed the table with one of the more vibrant vinaigrettes we’ve encountered. 

Coffees are priced in the range we’ve come to expect from Beijing, but for a standard delivery of one cappuccino (RMB 35), overly expressed flavors need a bit of reigning in.

Fissler Academy Café
Daily 10am-10pm. D5093, 5/F, Shinkong Place, Chaoyang District (5738 2680)
朝阳区新光天地5层D5093号

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