Blog Tag - Alan Wong

Feel the Burn: Q&A With Hatsune's Alan Wong Ahead of the Hot & Spicy Festival, Apr 14-15
In the lead up to our inaugural Hot & Spicy Festival on Apr 14-15 at Galaxy Soho, we'll Feel the Burn with a few of the vendors to see what fiery...
DP Skip the Online Reviews, Try These Five Restaurants Recommended by Hatsune's Alan Wong
Five star rankings, enthused reviews, and other such online mainstays mean very little to Alan Wong whenever he goes out to eat dinner. Instead, the...
California Dreaming, Beijing Innovating: Alan Wong's Journey From Waiter to Sushi King
Today, Alan Wong is known as Beijing’s sushi king. But there was a time, long before he founded the wildly popular Japanese restaurant Hatsune, that...
Visionary Cuisine: Owner Alan Wong Talks About the Future of Hatsune
Like a seasoned sushi chef readying a California roll, Alan Wong just keeps adding one tantalizing layer after another to every facet of Hatsune....
Alan Wong: The Californication of Beijing's F&B Industry
Alan Wong is really, really crazy about sushi. Before my interview, I thought he might like sushi as much as I, which is already quite a lot. But no...
Industry Insiders Elect Inagural Class of the Beijinger's Dining Hall of Fame
The winners of the Beijinger's 2015 Reader Restaurant Awards gathered on Monday at the Conrad Hotel to celebrate their victories as well as to vote...
Hatsune: Rolling With the Times
This article originally appeared in the January 2016 issue of the Beijinger as part of our series profiling the inaugural class of the Beijinger's ...
Capital Bites: Q Mex Opening Party, Wagas on June 25 and Awfully Chocolate's Awfully Closed
The excitement over new restaurant openings this summer is palpable. With Q Mex opening this week, Bar Veloce in soft open and Luga's new Taps up...
A Decade in Sushi: Hatsune Turns Ten Tonight
This evening, Hatsune hits a milestone achieved by very few non-Chinese restaurants in Beijing, as it celebrates its tenth anniversary. The original...
What Would Be Your Last Meal in Beijing? Alan Wong
Every month, we ask noteworthy Beijingers to imagine their final meal before leaving the city for good. This month’s host: Alan Wong of Hatsune,...
Get Your Munch On! Competitive Eating Bonanza This June
The second half of June is set to be a bumper month for fans of competitive eating (we believe there are some), with Nathan's Famous hunting down...