Veg-Jing Out: Your semi-regular guide to a guilt-free lifestyle in the capital.
Kakikopi gets two new vegan dishes, with more planned for the near future
Over the past few months, Beijing’s plant-based community has enjoyed a veritable deluge of new options, from pizzas to fast food and traditional Chinese cuisine to desserts. Now, we can add Southeast Asia’s street food scene to the mix as Kakikopi – the
kopitiam diner by Mulu’s Jasmine Kho – recently teamed up with Beyond Meat for a number of new dishes. There is, however, one small problem: Due to production issues, a few of the dishes that were originally planned to be launched this month including a Beyond Chicken Curry, Beyond Beef
JM Cafe Serves Up Homey Vibes and Quality Coffee Outside Chez Gérard May 16, 2021 11:30 am | Add a comment | 15 reads
In what appears to be an ongoing conquest to become the street with the highest concentration of coffee shops in the capital, earlier this month Beiluoguxiang welcomed
JM Cafe to its ranks. Located just outside Chez Gérard in the former digs of the cafe-cum-library 天堂时光
tiāntáng shíguāng Heaven Times, JM Cafe is a bright and airy space that evokes some serious “living room” vibes.
The main area features four delightfully plush – albeit slightly low – chairs, as well as a somewhat inexplicable installation (maybe you can call it that) of white cages filled with gray and white plastic balls, a black cello sitting silently in the corner, and a splash of color courtesy of some Be@rbricks figurines behind the counter. Adding to those homey aesthetics is a record player and a small collection of vinyl
Zrou x La Pizza: Hearty Italian Cooking From the Old Country, With a Vegan Twist Apr 30, 2021 2:00 pm | 1 comment | 39 reads |
Much to the delight of vegans everywhere, gone are the days when telling someone you have a plant-based diet is met with everything from snide remarks about rabbit food to sheer incredulity and disbelief. Likewise, no longer are vegans and vegetarians relegated to a few items on any given menu, eating at the same restaurants day after day, or having to cook every meal at home. Nay, over the past few years the plant-based revolution has taken the world by storm, and here in China, that revolution is being led by Shanghai-based company Zrou.