EAT: Have Your Cake and Eat it at Comptoirs and Vai Milano
Comptoirs de France has teamed up with well-known Beijing chef Brian McKenna to create a set of four special dessert creations. The creations include BMK's Ultimate Macaroon (RMB 52), filled with raspberry, chocolate and pistachio; the Matcha Tea and Azuki Bean Pyramid (RMB 42), finished with crunchy almonds; the Chocolate and Orange (RMB 52), a polished dome filled with 70 percent cocoa chocolate cake and mousse, and caramelized mandarin oranges; and the Tiramisune (RMB 62), a green tea tiramisu created for Hatsune restaurant group. The cakes are available at all Comptoirs de France locations.
Elsewhere in the work of cake, Vai Milano is now selling cakes from popular local bakery (Outstanding Cakes, Cookies and Pastries in the 2015 the Beijinger Reader Restaurant Awards) Sweet Tooth at their Indigo store. A slice of red velvet or classic chocolate cake will set you back RMB 32, with the option to add a scoop of gelato for RMB 6.
Vai also have two new gelato flavors coming out in time for summer: passion fruit and mango yoghurt gelato, and sea salt caramel gelato (available at all locations).
Taco fans note that Taco Bar will be closed all this week for renovations, opening back up at 5.30pm on Saturday night. In their words, expect: "new patio, new booze, new food, new brunch, new kind of hangover."
More unmissable dining events and promotions this week:
- Ni's Beijing Brunch Week is still going on this weekend, with deals and special menus at 10 restaurants around town.
- Get 50 percent off Paulaner's signature brews and enjoy them on their terrace every day between 3-5pm.
- The French are coming to Conrad Beijing, when two Michelin-starred chefs will be joining Conrad's Executive Chef Yannick Ehrsam in the kitchen for a week of special promotions.
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