Blog Tag - Sanlitun

DP Pickering's Seafood and Gin Bar: Beijing’s Most Inventive New Bar
The record spins. The old-timey music plays. And what of your glass of gin and vermouth sitting in the middle of the phonograph? Why, it’s stirred at...
Cheese Home Provides Cheesecakes to the Cinema at Yoolee Plaza
What do you like to munch and slurp on at the movies? Would it be the old go-to, popcorn and a large cup of coke? How about a bottle of ice cold beer...
Aoyama Lab, Where Sweets are Served in Petri Dishes
Let’s be clear, the newly opened Aoyama Lab is not a hospital inpatient unit even though it may look like one. Puke-green walls? Check. Shelves...
Xiaohe Replaces Japanese Pan-Fried Dumplings with Tempura in Topwin Center
With such a large consumer base of workers in Sanlitun, bosses of food and beverage businesses must constantly be racking their brains to keep up...
Old Beijing Is Dead, Long Live the New Mojito Man
There’s no greater sign of gentrification in Beijing than Mojito Man opening a semi-respectable bar. You read that right: Mojito Man, the gritty...
Old China Hand: New Bookworm Manager David Cantalupo Looks Back on His 30 Years in China
David Cantalupo hasn’t been in Beijing so long as to have taken a slow boat to China, but he did in fact once take one back to the US. Decades before...
DP David Beckham spotted at Adidas Reopening in Taikooli
Legendary football star David Beckham quietly popped by Beijing last week, playing a fun match of footie with a children’s team, stopping by a...
DP This Sanlitun SOHO Shop Is Vying to Become Your New Wine Haven
Part wine shop, wine bar, and restaurant, Alan's newly opened Sanlitun Soho location aims to serve all the needs for your next semi-formal date night...
Sanlian Taofen 24-Hour Bookstore Wants to Make Dirty Bar Street Clean Again
Amid the settling dust of Sanlitun’s neutered Dirty Bar Street, once the center of nefarious deeds in the capital, there’s a learned streak arising...
Rock-Hard Buns: Hulu Hopes to Woo You With its Cutesy Sliders
In the lead-up to our 2018 Beijing Burger Festival on Jun 16-17 at Galaxy Soho, our Rock-Hard Buns series will whet your appetite by taking a look at...
Eat Greens for Cheap at Sanlitun's Mixgarden aka the Subway of Salads
We can never get enough salad here at the Beijinger offices, and apparently neither can the health-loving Chinese public. In the lead up to the...
Posh Gansu Noodles at Sun Chase, We only Wish the Portion Was Larger
Opened on May 9 on the fifth floor of Sanlitun Soho, Sun Chase reminds us of Bei 27 Hao at Nali Patio. Both specialize in Gansu cuisine, and both...
So Long, Sureño: Opposite House Restaurant to Offer Its Last Dinner Service May 31
After a decade of serving elegant eats at the sunken garden of The Opposite House, Sureño is set to shut down. The Mediterranean style restaurant...
Luckin Coffee Launches Cashless Café in Beijing
Beijing slowly marches on toward its self-service future, and for those who don't have a smartphone but do require immediate cafeination, the launch...
Xiao Ming, Beijing's Reigning Cocktail King, Adds New Xingfuercun DNA Bar to His Empire
Some superheroes have DNA that gives them the ability to fly or leap over tall buildings in a single bound. Xiao Ming’s cellular structure instead...