Hilton Beijing Wangfujing's Champagne brunch bubbles over with delicacies
Bad omens rarely come during calls to book a restaurant table. Not so at The Middle 8th, tucked back in a Sanlitun alley.
Milk teas and customized beverages are the stars at these chain stores.
The best part of the Jingshen Seafood market - Beijing's biggest purveyor of fish - is not only the great value, but also getting your oceanic victuals cooked right in front of you. That's right, any way you like - steamed, fried, pan-fried, stewed, boiled, you name it.
With handheld video players, iPhones or a fistful of lamb skewers, hungry diners prepared for the long wait at Wushan Roast Fish on a recent Wednesday evening. Two shelves of comic books provided further welcome distraction, as did the walls of prickly Astroturf.
An Olympic torch has pride of place in the middle of the room, photos line the walls and hundreds of notes cover the middle pillar of the Meihua Jiaren (Plum flower Family) Dumpling Restaurant. A small restaurant that is a must-go place for many young Korean girls visiting Beijing.
Restaurants kick off discount promotions for various reasons: the anniversary of an opening, the coming of festivals or Valentine's Day.
Take advantage of the chance to enjoy Vietnamese cuisine at Va Va Voom, with an authentic Vietnamese Chef behind the delicious creations that makes mouths water. Though the cold noodles some could do without.
Supermarket food safety is again in question after Greenpeace China claimed strawberries containing excessive levels of insecticide are on shelves at one of Beijing's Ito Yokado supermarkets.
Those so accustomed to living in China that retail prices actually begin to feel like retail prices can take heart: Beijing and its environs have a bounty of markets proffering almost any food items at wholesale prices.
Diners tired of the same old apples, oranges and watermelon after Chinese meals can venture to the south Fourth Ring Road to procure exotic fruits at wholesale prices.
For locals and foreign residents in the know culinary heaven can be found among the choice pickings at Xinyuanli shops.
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