the Beijinger - April 2011: The 2011 Reader Restaurant Awards

Now that the funny business that plagues the first morning of April is past us we can get on with the serious business of our 2011 Reader Restaurant Awards. We sought out your opinion and asked you to tell us what you thought of the dining options in the city. We asked for your recommendations in over 40 categories and here's where we let you know what your peers have decided.

Not to be outdone by you, the reader, we also canvassed our panel of 13 dining experts and you'll find their picks in the April issue. You'll also be able to see the categories that were voted on solely by our team of dining editors - they didn't want to be outshone too much by readers and experts. It's all in our bumper recommendation-packed Cover Feature.

We don't want you to feel overawed by all of this awards talk so we've also packed the rest of the issue with the content that you expect. Our Ecology Feature is about the plight of the Yunnan Golden Monkey and the man doing everything he can to save them. We've a Dining Feature on skewers just as it warms up enough to enjoy them outside and a cheesecake taste-off, be warned, it gets messy. We also highlight the man who shoots supermodels, Peter Lindbergh, the upcoming Caochangdi Photospring and musician Joseph Arthur shares a few rhyming couplets with us.

As if that wasn't enough, Inside the magazine (or in those handy PDFs below if you prefer), you'll also find the usual mix of the best events, new bars, restaurants and shops plus all of your old favorites like Ich Bin Ein Beijinger plus the chance to win even more things then before. Get a copy of the April issue while you can or download the PDFs below. Get a copy now - you can dine out on all the restaurant knowledge you'll get.