What a Weekend: The Beijinger 2015 Pizza Cup Launch Event Goes Out With a Bang

If you don't hear from the Beijinger in the morning, it might be because we're sleeping off a food coma after the Beijinger 2015 Pizza Cup Launch Event. Too many awesome slices of pizza, too much draft beer, sangria, wine, fresh juice, and other goodies like gelato, sausages, French fries, and paella.

We're still calculating how many kilos of cheese, flour, and sauce, and liters of beer, wine, and soft drinks were consumed during the festival's two days. But we do know that 19 pizza vendors brought their A game to Galaxy SOHO, and thousands of people from around Beijing and beyond came to try them.

Along the way, there were pizza-throwing contests, pizza-spinning contests, and a performance by Violette and the Hunters. See all the photos from Day 2 below.

Special thanks from all of us at the Beijinger and True Run Media to all of our vendors: Tube Station, Bottega, Bocca Della Verita, Gung Ho! Gourmet Pizza Kitchen, Pie Squared, Pizza Express, Hutong Pizza, Pizza+, Haven, Whale's Pizza, Fly Pizza, iFresh Pizza, Loft Eatalicious, Q Mex, Yuppie Yummy (YY) Restaurant, Luga's, Andy's Craft Sausages, HA (High Altitude) Cafe, Saffron-to-Go, Vandergeeten, Fresh Juice, CHEERS, McCain Fries, and Vai Milano.

This year's Beijinger Pizza Cup Launch Party was also made possible with the help of Galaxy SOHO, Asian Express, Tube Station, Metro Radio 94.5, Violette and the Hunters, Leaves on Toast (from Harrow International School), Cousin Kippy, and Pizza Magazine Quarterly.

And thank you to you, our readers and all the other pizza fans that came out this weekend. It was great to meet so many of you in person.

Look for voting in the Beijinger 2015 Pizza Cup shortly. There's still time to try a few more before the competition begins!

Photos: Zeus/the Beijinger