Monday, March 19 The Beijinger's annual Reader Restaurant Awards took place for a ninth year at the Beijing Hilton where the reader's choices were announced. This year there were fifty categories that included old favorites such as, Best New Restaurant (Chinese and non-Chinese), Best Pizza and Restaurant of the Year as well as new categories like Best Steak and Restaurant Personality of the Year. Congratulations to all the winners and a special thanks to all our sponsors: Hilton Beijing, Sherpa's Food deliver service, CWS ( China wine and Spirits), Vandergeeten, SwissBread, Sweet Tooth, YAHALAGOURMENT, Grand Marnier, TONI&Guy and Parador by Opera. To see the full list of award winners, check out our posts here and here.

Photos: Judy Zhou, Nature Zhang, Sui, Suzanne Hazelzet and Albert Louis Albaladejo