Might Need To Take Another Mortgage……If I Keep On Wanting To Relive My Beijing Days
Opportunities to go to lunch with friends keep coming my way; farewell lunches, old friend visit lunches, newcomers lunches, get-together lunches, etc, etc…
But I remember a time not so long ago where for the price of a sandwich in Stavanger I could lunch on a 3-course meal at one of Beijing best restaurant… life is so cruel some time!!
To top it off I read in one of the last RSS I receive from blog/magazines about China, this year Beijinger Restaurant Awards.
“Maison Boulud” won (Non-Chinese) Restaurant of the Year, Best French, Best Wine List, Best Romantic Meal, Best Service and Outstanding Décor.
A couple of my canteen restaurants (ie restaurants which were regularly on our weekly “Let’s Do Lunch” list) also won some of the awards: “Element Fresh” won Best American and outstanding Family Friendly and the Brunch award; “Mosto” won outstanding Wine List, Romantic Meal, Best Chef, Business lunch and Non-Chinese Restaurant of the Year (Salt being the 3rd prize). “Assagi” won outstanding Italian. “LAN” the restaurant decorated by Philippe Starck won not surprisingly Best Décor and outstanding For Impressing Visitor. In the twist of faith the 3 restaurants on the Best Business Lunch were some of our favorite (“Alameda” one of the first restaurant we tried and kept coming back, “Mosto” became one of our favorite (it was opened by one of the chef of Alameda) and “Salt”, a little out of our way and from the former owner of Alameda….I guess the 3 restaurants are kind of all linked to one another, and they sure know how to please the business wo/men!!). Some of our family favorite restaurants were also on the list: “Hatsune” (Sushi restaurant) won Best Japanese, and outstanding Décor. “Da Dong”, THE restaurant for Beijing KaoYa-北京烤鸭 (Peking Duck) won Best Chinese restaurant of the year, Contemporary Chinese and of course Best Beijing Duck and Best to Impress visitors (We preferred the less touristy “Duck de Chine” who won Outstanding Beijing Duck). Even Chloe’s favorite Hotpot (“Little Sheep”) and Vietnamese restaurant (“Va Va Voum”) won outstanding prize.
Quite an impressive list and not all our favorite restaurants are listed... We did have a lot of practice sampling restaurants in the 3 years we lived in Beijing!
But I remember a time not so long ago where for the price of a sandwich in Stavanger I could lunch on a 3-course meal at one of Beijing best restaurant… life is so cruel some time!!
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To top it off I read in one of the last RSS I receive from blog/magazines about China, this year Beijinger Restaurant Awards.
“Maison Boulud” won (Non-Chinese) Restaurant of the Year, Best French, Best Wine List, Best Romantic Meal, Best Service and Outstanding Décor.
A couple of my canteen restaurants (ie restaurants which were regularly on our weekly “Let’s Do Lunch” list) also won some of the awards: “Element Fresh” won Best American and outstanding Family Friendly and the Brunch award; “Mosto” won outstanding Wine List, Romantic Meal, Best Chef, Business lunch and Non-Chinese Restaurant of the Year (Salt being the 3rd prize). “Assagi” won outstanding Italian. “LAN” the restaurant decorated by Philippe Starck won not surprisingly Best Décor and outstanding For Impressing Visitor. In the twist of faith the 3 restaurants on the Best Business Lunch were some of our favorite (“Alameda” one of the first restaurant we tried and kept coming back, “Mosto” became one of our favorite (it was opened by one of the chef of Alameda) and “Salt”, a little out of our way and from the former owner of Alameda….I guess the 3 restaurants are kind of all linked to one another, and they sure know how to please the business wo/men!!). Some of our family favorite restaurants were also on the list: “Hatsune” (Sushi restaurant) won Best Japanese, and outstanding Décor. “Da Dong”, THE restaurant for Beijing KaoYa-北京烤鸭 (Peking Duck) won Best Chinese restaurant of the year, Contemporary Chinese and of course Best Beijing Duck and Best to Impress visitors (We preferred the less touristy “Duck de Chine” who won Outstanding Beijing Duck). Even Chloe’s favorite Hotpot (“Little Sheep”) and Vietnamese restaurant (“Va Va Voum”) won outstanding prize.
Quite an impressive list and not all our favorite restaurants are listed... We did have a lot of practice sampling restaurants in the 3 years we lived in Beijing!
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