Good Value Dim Sum Buffet and Incredible Sunset Cocktails at New World Hotel

Tracy Wang, Senior Editor | Oct 18, 2016 5:30 pm | 1 comment | 3357 reads

After showing your friends and family around the Forbidden City, Tian’anmen Square, the National Museum, and the Temple of Heaven this summer, end your strenuous day around Beijing’s center with a fine meal to suit the historical mood. 8 Qi Nian at New World Beijing, is a stone’s throw from the latter caters to the must-do Peking duck crowd as well as those looking to broaden their palate with a little with dim sum.

8 Qi Nian has an elegant and comfortable atmosphere that is combined with traditional Chinese elements (think faux antiques and tea pots on fancy wooden displays). The menu is compiled of higher-end dishes such as the aforementioned roast duck, deep-fried marinated pork ribs with rock sugar and black vinegar glaze, snowflake beef, double-boiled conch with mushrooms and goji berry soup, and grilled lamb with leeks. As if that wasn’t indulgent enough, they’ve also recently launched a menu dedicated to black truffles.

While those dishes may dazzle, we’re a big fan of the dim sum here and the kitchen offers a great deal for those looking to get stuffed: all-you-can-eat for RMB 98 (not including service charge) from 11.30am-2.30pm and 5.30pm-10.30pm. This might be the best value dim sum feast among Beijing’s high-end hotels, and most importantly, the quality of the dim sum far exceeds the price. The menu includes everything Cantonese food-lovers would want – shrimp dumplings, pork ribs, barbecue pork buns, turnip cakes, beef rolls, stir-fried rice noodles, and desserts such as the compulsory egg tarts, all created by their Hong Kong-born Executive Chinese Chef Yuen Yiu Fat.

To round off the experience, head upstairs to Yin on 12, Editor’s Pick for Best Outdoor Hotel Bar in our 2016 Bar & Club Awards, for sunset cocktails. Featuring a wide selection of champagnes, wines, single malt whiskeys, cocktails, and beers, the menu here will quench your thirst while you soak in the remaining light (and live music) across the ancient heart of Beijing.

If you are looking to double up on a good deal, on Monday’s and Tuesday’s it’s RMB 100 off any bottle of whisky after 9pm, served with two complimentary snack platters. On Wednesday and Thursday you can get two bottles of selected wine for RMB 400, and on Sunday beer lovers can get buy-six-get-six-free beers.

Daily 11.30am-2.30pm, 5.30-10.30pm (8 Qi Nian), Daily 6pm-1.30am (Yin on 12). New World Beijing, 8 Qinian Dajie, Chongwenmen, Dongcheng District (5960 8888)
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