Tube Station Branches Out With Fantastic New Starters

Kyle Mullin | Oct 29, 2016 5:00 pm | 1 comment | 1573 reads

When Beijingers hear the name Tube Station, one thing springs to mind: vast, massive pizza pies coated with generous heaps of toppings.

However, the beloved local chain is also making serious new efforts to branch out with its latest appetizers and starters. Highlights include their clam chowder and vegetable beef soups, priced at RMB 18 per bowl. The latter (see the lead photo above) is deeply hearty thanks to its morsels of tender beef, and is rounded out by a smattering of veggies. The clam chowder, meanwhile, is quite creamy, flavorful and all but overflowing with seafood.

The restaurant's new salads aren't so much warm and nourishing, like the soups, but instead fiery fresh, at least if you order them with the newly available wasabi dressing, which gives the greens a deliciously distinctive flavor that's just spicy enough without ever becoming overpowering. The other dressing options are more standard, including thousand island dressing, balsamic, vinaigrette, ranch, and the prerequisite Caesar. They can all be added to several new salads like the egg salad (RMB 33), steak salad (RMB 42), tuna salad (RMB 45), grilled chicken (RMB 42), among others.

Other less healthy – but all the more satisfying – options include crispy, thick wedge sidewinder chips (RMB 26), and several flavorful chicken wing options like American spicy, barbecue, and buffalo (all RMB 34) along with special crispy and crispy southern wings (RMB 35 and 36, respectively, the latter sumptuously doused in Jack Daniels sauce).