To Try List: Italian at Houhai, Carbo Bread Bar Opens & More

Our To Try List covers new restaurants, dining deals, drinks discounts, food and drink fests, guest shifts, pop-ups and more foodie happenings in Beijing.

A hidden Italian restaurant by Houhai, Carbo opens a new branch, there's a burger pop-up at Beersmith, new offerings from Turkish Feast and Q MEX, and more on our To Try List this week. 

Italian Restaurant D'Addario Comes to Houhai

Tucked away behind Houhai, Italian restaurant D'Addario opened back in August, but it's only just come under our radar. The space has a warm and welcoming atmosphere with a pale yellow and blue color scheme, and the decor is kept to a minmum so that the food can be the star of the show. They have a relatively large, main dining area along with some private rooms for more intimate gatherings, plus a small deli section on the right hand side of the entrance.

On the menu, they have a range of delicious Italian offerings, including pasta, homemade pizza, appetizers, main courses and more. Some particular favorites of ours were the Lasagne (RMB 75), which was decadent, rich and cheesy, and the Prosciutto di Parma Black Truffle and Mushroom Pizza (RMB 108), which had the perfect balance of truffle sauce. Some other dishes to watch out for are the Rigatoni with Smoked Salmon and Cream Sauce (RMB 78), the Tomato and Fig Burrata Salad (RMB 90), the Seafood Risotto (RMB 88) and, of course, their signature Tiramisu (RMB 55).

D'Addario
2 Daxiangfeng Hutong, Xicheng District
西城区大翔凤胡同2号
Hours: 11.30am-9.30pm
Phone: 010 8222 9901; 132 2012 2506

Carbo Opens New Bread Bar in Liangma Courtyard

Earlier this year, Carbo opened up its first branch inside the new Friendship Store complex, and now they've opened up another spot in Linangma Courtyard. While their first location is all about pasta, this new location is all about bread and other baked goods, although they do still have a few pasta dishes on the menu here as well. Along with the numerous freshly baked goods such as croissants, sourdough, focaccia etc., they've got some great brunch options as well as tea, coffee, wine and other drinks. 

Carbo Bread Bar
105 Liangma Courtyard South Side, 48 Maizidian Jie, Chaoyang Distict
朝阳区麦子店街48号南侧亮马小院一层105室
Hours: 11am-9.30pm
Phone: 132 6939 6056

Fú Burger Pop-Up at Beersmith

Famous Tianjin burger joint Fú Burger is doing a special pop-up at Beersmith this weekend (Nov 14-16). There will be two of their signature burgers available: the Wild Mushroom Beef Burger and the Spice Honey Glazed Fried Chicken Burger. To pair with the burgers, Beersmith has picked out one of their brews for each. For the beef burger, it's the 2025 Double Chocolate Imperial Pastry Stout, and for the chicken burger, it's the Organic Malt IPA. If you want to try these burgers without going all the way to Tianjin, then this weekend is your chance!

Beersmith 
1/F, Hotel Jen Beijing, 1 Jianguomenwai Dajie, Chaoyang District
朝阳区建国门外大街1号新国贸饭店1层 
Hours: Sun-Thu, 11am-2am; Fri-Sat, 11am-3am 
Phone: 010 8647 1098

New Breakfast, Brunch and Lunch Sets at Turkish Feast 

Last week, Turkish Feast launched new breakfast, brunch and lunch sets at their JinShang Yuan and Huamao branches. On the breakfast front, they have a Turkish Classic Set for One (RMB 108) and Turkish Classic Set for Two (RMB 198). For brunch, they've got a Poached Egg with Homemade Bread Set (RMB 78) and Smoked Salmon with Homemade Bread Set (RMB 88). Then, they also have Turkish Lunch Sets (RMB 78-RMB 188) which include your choice of main from six options, a side dish and a drink. The sets are available Mon-Fri, from 11am to 2pm. You can read more about the new options here.

Turkish Feast (Jinshang Yuan branch)
115, 1/F, JinShang, 20 Xinyuan Xili, Chaoyang District
朝阳区新源西里20号金尚一层115号
Hours: 11am-midnight
Phone: 010 6468 8321

Turkish Feast (Huamao branch)
1/F, Bldg 15, North Area of China Central Place, 89 Jianguo Lu, Chaoyang District
朝阳区建国路89号华贸中心北区15号楼1层101
Hours: 11am-midnight
Phone: 010 8595 0949

Q MEX Launches New Tapas Sharing Menu

Q MEX recently introduced a new tapas-style sharing menu where you can get smaller portions of some of their classic dishes. It includes Tinga Chicken Taquitos (RMB 28), Chipotle Chicken Skewers (RMB 18), Jalapeño Garlic Wings (RMB 38) and Chili Cheese Fries (RMB 38), making them ideal for sharing with friends. The new tapas options are also the perfect accompaniment for O MEX's new free-flow deal, where you can get three hours of free-flow mojitos, sparkling margaritas, selected cocktails and beer for just RMB 98/person. 

Fierce Beer Tap Takeover at The Factory

Tomorrow (Nov 15) from 2pm, Scottish brewery Fierce Beer will be doing a tap takeover at The Factory. This is the first time that Fierce Beer's brews will be available in China, and they'll have four different beers on tap to choose from, which you can see in the poster below. They will also have cans of Iron Brew Beer Cooler, a special collab beer between Fierce Brew and the famous Scottish drink Irn-Bru. There are only 24 cans available, though, so you'd better get there early if you want to nab one! 

Along with the tap takeover, The Factory will also have a new cask beer on tap. Called the Scottish Wee Bit Heavy (8 percent ABV), the batch has been soaked in bourbon oak wood chips to give it a smooth and sweet belly-warming finish. You can read more about the tap takeover here.

The Factory
135 Gulou Dongdajie, Dongcheng District
东城区鼓楼工厂鼓楼东大街135号
Hours: Mon-Fri, 4pm-2am; Sat-Sun, 2pm-2am

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