Nibbles and Sips, September Edition: La Cevicheria, Carnivore's Club, Obentos Breakfast, and More

Migas is capitalizing on the last days of summer with La Cevichería, a pop-up ceviche bar serving faithful renditions of traditional Peruvian dishes like tiraditos (sliced raw fish in a spicy fruit-based sauce), ceviche (cubed fish “cooked” in a sour marinade), and causa (mashed potato dumplings with a variety of toppings). Get a taste for yourself from 6-10pm, Wednesday to Saturday.

Ceviche aside, we’ve also been eking out the remainder of the summer with Comptoirs de France’s new menu, which alongside a selection of new salads (we love the kale and avocado salad, served with dressing on the side) and ice cream cakes, includes perhaps our favorite croque madame in Beijing.

Throughout the rest of August and September, Traitor Zhou’s are organizing their first “Ugly Tomato Festival,” a festival celebrating the unsightly, odd-shaped, bruised tomatoes that don’t make it onto supermarket shelves despite still tasting fantastic. Some of our favorite restaurants around town, including Migas, TRB, and Okra 1949 will be preparing some of their signature dishes, as well as new ones, with ugly tomatoes. 

For the latest iteration of the Carnivore’s Club, Feast is teaming up with Swire’s other Beijing property, The Opposite House. For the event on September 17, Chefs Rob Cunningham and Li Dong have come up with a menu that celebrates everything that makes Beijing’s favorite bird – duck – delicious, including sweet and sour duck soup, and twice-cooked duck leg.

Explore the importance of rice in three very different cuisines at Niajo's "The World of Rice" six course, wine-paired dinner, featuring offerings from Niajo (Spain), Mercante (Italy), and Sake Manzo (Japan). With all the dishes created exclusively for this one off dinner, this is one not to miss. 

Obentos are extending their celebrated healthy aesthetic to breakfast, which is now available in-store from 8am (9am on weekends). Dishes include the breakfast bento, featuring Japanese omelet, a brown rice ball, mixed fruit, homemade muesli, natural yogurt, and organic honey or oyaku congee with kale and avocado, that also comes with the option to add salmon.

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Photos: Robynne Tindall, courtesy of Niajo