Best business card ever--wish I still had it.

"Contact [name] for stuff."
"[phone number]"

Got it from African guy handing them out on the sly on Gongti Lu, west of Yashow.

Doubt wisely; in strange way / To stand inquiring right is not to stray; / To sleep, or run wrong, is. (Donne, Satire III)

Further Correction: The film Four Ways to Die is being screened on March 17 as originally listed in the March issue of the Beijinger. Please disregard the miscorrection "Four Ways is being shown on March 15 not 4," which originally appeared in the blog above.

Nick Richards, Arts & Culture Editor

Guitarist, The Beijing Dead

This bakery is AMAZING! I cannot sing enough praises for the time, love and true dedication that Jennifer puts into her Boulangerie. I am an expat from Canada, teaching in Shunyi since August, 2012. I am a big foodie and do my "homework" thoroughly prior to selecting a shopping venue or restaurant. I stumbled upon Nanda's one day and since then I have only bought my baked goods from here. I can only hope that more of these quality style bakeries will follow suit.
A few of my favourites: Oat bran honey loaf (a hearty yet light bread); walnut loaf (crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside); cinnamon raisin bagels (yummy toasted with cream cheese)!

Monte

come on people, did you look at the list? There's top 50 restaurants in Columbo, Mumbai and Hangzhou and not Beijing? Please. They just didn't have a correspondent that made it this far.

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Sure there are some good places in Beijing, Admin mentioned some, but imagine these restaurants in Singapore, NY, London, Paris, they would do okay maybe but not real competition. Home Plate is a good example, sure maybe the best American burger place in town, but nothing unique, not outstanding, like wow I went to Beijing to have a burger at Home Plate. This city has a long way to go when it comes to dining. I think all the buzz about eating out in Beijing is that most expats dont know what else to do and are too lazy to cook and it is cheap. As soon as a restaurant is doing okay the corner cutting starts as owners have to cash in before the landlord beefs up the rent. Sure there are some beacons of good service out there but exeptional mind-reading servers I never found in this city.

"Next time a student punches me in the balls, I'm going to line up all the other kids in the class and have them take turns punching him in the balls."
"Haha, hope his parents don't want grandchildren."
"You mean grandCHILD.."
"Haha, I mean grandSON"
"Rather, you hope his parents weren't looking forward to eating their granddaughter."
"..."
"... when did we become this racist?"

No doubt that Kraftwerk is more known for their pioneering electronic music than their days as a rock band but they were a direct influence on many latter day Krautrock bands - check out their song "Heavy Metal Kids" - sounds like Black Sabbath.

Anyway, would be great to see them in Beijing - The Guardian ran a great feature on them recently and their show at the Tate Modern sold out in minutes.

Jerry Chan, Digital Marketing & Content Strategy Director

Yes, those are all awesome. But they're awesome in the environment in which they find themselves. I realize when I visit back home or another country that my tastes have really been downgraded living here. Not that Maison Boulud isn't awesome. Just in comparison to awesome restaurants abroad, it would be "good", not "Top 50".

Doubt wisely; in strange way / To stand inquiring right is not to stray; / To sleep, or run wrong, is. (Donne, Satire III)