From Forbes Magazine to Hong Kong star Chow Yun-Fat, Din Tai Fung can count many famous names amongst its list of supporters. In fact many of the the popular Taiwanese chain's locations around the world devote entire walls to plaques signed by superstars that have dined there.
Originally appearing in 2014 on beijingkids and inspired by The Huffington Post's “25 Foods You Have To Eat Before You Die,” this list was created to inspire you to get out and try some of the many foods Beijing has to offer. Some you may have tried and liked, others you may have sworn off forever, and many probably received a contorted WTF face before making anywhere near your mouth, but as they say, you won't know until you try it.
The nearly 300 nominees in the Beijinger's 2015 Reader Restaurant Awards are awaiting your opinion -- you've got til March 8 to cast it! Over 3,000 votes have been cast already, but almost all of the 50 races remain surprisingly competitive, with many locked in dead heats.
The broth bubbles at each table, steam rising in the air. Families crowd around their designated cauldrons, gleefully scooping up spicy boiled bits of veggies and mutton. There isn't a single open seat, and throngs of customers await tables, the restaurant brimming as much as the hot pots.
A commercial real estate service firm, CBRE, has completed a study on office space prices around the world, with two of Beijing’s prime real estate areas taking third and fourth spot: Finance Street and the Central Business District (CBD), CBN News reports.
How cool is it to be from Brazil right now, between hosting the World Cup and the Olympics?
With all that going on there, why are you here in Beijing? I left Brazil eight years ago. Since then I only go back to visit. It doesn’t look like I’m going back to live there anytime soon. I am happy for my country to be hosting these events. I would love to be there but I can’t, my life is here now.
Juicy, juicy drama is unfolding in the Chinese film industry! Famous Chinese directors complain that low quality movies will be detrimental to the Chinese film industry, and have taken Running Man as an example.
March in the northern hemisphere can be the worst month of the year: it’s 31 days, winter hasn’t ended and spring hasn’t really begun. But in Beijing we’re lucky, as two of the best multi-day events of the year take place during the month: the annual JUE Music + Art Festival, and The Bookworm International Literary Festival, for a few doses of world-class culture.
We here at the Beijinger love ourselves a listicle, particularly when said listicle involves Beijing. This time its the Daily Meal and their just-released list of 150 Best Bars Outside the United States, which features Janes and Hooch (#124), Bottle Boot & Cigar (#96), Jing-A Taproom (#73) and Great Leap Brewing (at #65) in the their expert-picked rankings.
Wang Xu slapped a ribeye on the grill and waited for it to sizzle. As The Local's chef readied the steak’s seasoning and sauce, owner Kenn Bermel popped into the kitchen and began a bit of his own good-natured ribbing.
“Wang’s a bigger guy. I am too, but you don’t see a lot of Chinese guys who are very portly,” Bermel says about his head chef. “I was joking with Wang about that one day and he said: ‘Kenn, why would you trust a skinny chef?' He really enjoys making western food, and it shows.”
