EAT: Your bite-sized guide to the best eats to be had in Beijing this week.
If you have never ventured over to Wudaoying Hutong to try Mexican restaurant Pebbles, then now is your chance to try their food in an even more central location as they head to Moka Bros at The Place for a festive pop-up event this Wed, Dec 23. Pebbles Chef Ray will be in the kitchen whipping up black cod al pastor and birria (roasted lamb leg in adobo) tacos, which you can wash down with a warming Mexican spicy hot chocolate, a cinnamon horchata margarita, or even a couple of shots of premium tequila or mezcal (Ray recently got into the tequila/mezcal distribution business) for sipping.
2020 Year in Review: 12 Restaurant Openings That Tickled Our Taste Buds This Year Dec 11, 2020 8:30 am | Add a comment | 494 reads
The 20th year of this millennium has been the longest yet, and boy are we ready to say goodbye. But hey, if we had to spend it anywhere, then Beijing ain t a half shabby place to do so. In 2020 Year in Review, we re taking a look back at all the happenings in this city that somehow managed to keep us sane while the world went crazy.
2020 has been particularly hard on the restaurant industry, with forced closures and stay-at-home orders taking a toll on formerly bustling venues in cities across the world. However, despite a shaky start to the year, Beijing s F&B scene has remained steadfast, and new venues have sprung up all over the city, to the extent that we have even struggled to keep up with them! Below are just a few of the new restaurants that caught our eye over the past year.