What's New Restaurants: Yuppie Yummie

Xiushui Nanjie, the quiet street in the Ritan Park area that runs parallel to Jianguomen Waidajie, has played home to a host of American-styled restaurants over the years. The latest to try its luck is Yuppie Yummie (hereafter YY, since I refuse to type the word “yummie” again), an oddly titled restaurant serving up huge portions of classic Americana dishes – burgers, ribs, and steaks.

Hong Kong Airlines Offers Roundtrip Hong Kong Flights for as Low as HKD 1,150

Rejoice, fans of Hong Kong travel. Hong Kong Airlines is celebrating its ninth anniversary, and lower fares seem to be on the offer as a result.

Beginning with the weekend of October 30-November 1, and continuing until at least the weekend of December 18-20, one can bounce to Hong Kong and back for as low as HKD 1,150 including tax and fees (about RMB 946). That may be the lowest fare we've seen. Other dates may work, we only input (long) weekends.

Gigs of the Week: Lifafa, Deecracks, Ran Live Vol. 1, Nite Fields

Break that weekly grind with some exceptional musical offerings around the city this week. Plenty of out-of-towners and locals will be performing around Beijing this weekend, providing sounds ranging from punk, Bollywood informed experiments, and live hip-hop.
 

The Final Four Have Flipped!: The Local Makes the Cut, Blue Frog Falls

After one huge party and over 20 days of cut-throat voting between 64 of the capital's top patty slingers, here we have it, the Final Four masters of meat in our 2015 Burger Cup competition.

The Job Hunt: Creative Director, Senior Events Designer, English Editor, Report Writer

Finding a new job isn’t easy, but that’s where our Classifieds section comes in to save the day. As always, there are a bunch of interesting jobs waiting to be taken and in order to give you just that little bit extra motivation needed to find something new, we've rounded up the best!

What's New Restaurants: The Smokeyard, Sanlitun

Picture The Smokeyard. As a restaurant name it conjures up visions of a thrusting, masculine barbecue joint in somewhere like Missouri. Our Beijing version, located a stone’s throw from the bedlam of Sanlitun, could not be further from that vision, a bright and boisterous two story space with lots of bare brickwork and primary colors.