2013-01-26Among the vast number of restaurant kitchens in Beijing, there are many that merit both diner devotion and media attention.
2013-01-14The owners of Ninety-Nine Yurts work hard to provide a genuine Inner Mongolian life style to Beijing and their lamb from Inner Mongolia is among the best in the city.
2013-01-05It is cold and bone-chilling weather, and the rising steam from cooking dumplings mist up the little shop. Ellie Buchdahl finds comfort in feasting on Chinese dumplings in south London.
2013-01-05Cafes like L'Atelier only rarely appear in Beijing and when they do, it's a cause for celebration. Entering L'Atelier you feel like you've walked into a culinary heaven as you are greeted at the door by welcoming smiles and the warm fragrance of fresh-baked goods.
2012-12-22The winter solstice is upon us, and as the deepest winter nights fall, people in North China will be cooking dumplings. But, Fan Zhen and C.J. Henderson found a place where you can feast royally.
2012-12-02A whole suckling pig roasted to perfection is the Cantonese gourmet's idea of a piece of heaven.
2012-12-01As the temperature drops below zero, it gets harder for Beijing restaurants to attract diners out into the cold and wind, but they have come up with some certain winners to lure dedicated gourmets out of their warm cozy nests.
2012-11-11If you think chocolate lovers crave it because of its palate pleasing sweetness, stimulating caffeine content, and health-boosting antioxidants, you miss the point.
2012-10-21It is said that the first hotpot was invented when the Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan reputedly boiled some lamb in his helmet.
2012-10-20Yipin Huaiyang intends to live up to its name with a first class tribute to the cuisine that originates from regions along the Yangtze River such as Yangzhou, Zhenjiang and Huai'an, all in Jiangsu province and a famously beautiful area of China.
2012-10-13This is the house where the Empress Dowager lived as a girl before she married into the Forbidden Palace. But now it is home to just memories and fine cuisine, as Ye Jun discovers.
2012-09-29Some of China's most popular tourist destinations are also well-known for their treasured food traditions. Beijing and Xi'an, for example, both have strong Muslim communities with great lamb and beef dishes in their cuisines.
2012-09-29In September, Kerry's Kitchen at Kerry Hotel Beijing will introduce its new a la carte dinner menu.
2012-09-23Great traditions never die. Connoisseurs will always savor, harbor and reinvent, just like Chef Xu Chiping of the Peninsula Hotel in Beijing.
2012-09-22As far as the chef is concerned, there is no differentiation between French and Chinese cuisine. There is only good food, and bad food.