Blog Tag - Visitors Guide

Ten Dishes You Must Eat Before Leaving Beijing
Forget the Forbidden City, food is our favorite Beijing attraction. And with travel off the cards for the time being, there is no better time to...
6 Breakfast Items You Must Try in Beijing
Whether you're hiking the Great Wall or exploring the hutongs, starting your day with a good breakfast is essential when traveling in Beijing....
Beijing's Essential Bars for Visitors: Summer/Fall 2019 Edition
Gone are the days when drinking in Beijing meant a choice between pricey hotel bars or cheap-Qingdao-slinging dives. Beijing’s bar scene has exploded...
Beijing's Best Restaurants for Visitors and Tourists, 2019 Edition
Note: A version of this article was first published in April 2017. Following a slew of closures in the Beijing restaurant scene over the past couple...
Where to Take Your Parents: Beijing Hutong Dining on a Scale of Adventurousness
It's a common scenario: Your parents are coming to visit and their dining preferences are unadventurous, to say the least. So where on earth do you...
Not Just for Tourists: How to Make the Most of Beijing's Scenic Spots
Beijing’s scenic spots are often dismissed as touristy by those of us who have called this city home for longer than, say, six months. However, you...
DP Try These Five Traditional Beijing Desserts
Chinese cuisine may not be well known for its desserts (the Lucky Peach cookbook 101 Easy Asian Recipes famously includes just two dessert "recipes...
20 Bars That Should Be on Your Beijing Drinking Itinerary
Beijing’s bar scene has exploded over the past decade, with something to satisfy everything from sophisticated oenophiles to obsessive hopheads....
Chinese Shopping Market
Mandarin Monday is a weekly column where – similar to our Mandarin Month series earlier this year – we help you improve your Chinese by detailing fun...
DP The Ultimate Visitors' Guide to Beijing Restaurants
Beijing is blessed with a fast-paced, diverse restaurant scene home to everything from high-end Western fine dining to authentic regional Chinese...
What to do in Beijing until Sep 8: Welcome to Our City, Exiled G20 Hangzhou Compatriots
So, you've been exiled from Hangzhou, but don't worry, Beijing is a pretty decent alternative for big city livin'. We even have a pretty great lake...