Modo introduces more Mediterranean options

After opening last year, Modo quickly became a go-to place for its creative dishes, wine selection and cozy yet modern ambiance.

Taishange: refreshing, authentic Thai at good prices

Those who ask recommendations for Thai restaurants will usually get the same two or three established restaurants that everyone knows.

High-class Australian beef for city’s highest restaurant

For those who crave beef, the special menu designed by David Blackmore featuring Wagyu beef at Grill 79 – available until December 15 – is not to be missed.

Salt your autumn

There’s a saying that salty is the flavor of autumn. Perhaps that explains the timing of Pie House’s latest dessert: the sea salt caramel pumpkin mousse.

The rebirth of Korean restaurant Saveurs de Coree

After five years in Nanluogu Xiang, Saveurs de Coree owner Chow King Tai, from Hong Kong, was forced to relocate due to a rent dispute. Four months ago, he reopened his restaurant in Xiang’er Hutong near Jiaodaokou South Street, not too far from its former location.

A wine fit for a festival

On the third Thursday of every November, France holds a special wine festival called Beaujolais Nouveau to celebrate a wine only produced in the Beaujolais region, which stretches from lower Burgundy to Lyon.

Cheap but good meals at Sanlitun

For all the improvements at Sanlitun, the majority of restaurants haven’t figured out how to offer a quality meal at a modest price.

Homemade Greek dishes ready to order (and make!)

Although many modern Greek women don’t cook as much as their parents, Stai said she loved cooking. “Cooking is a passion and cooking is creative,” she said, “like art and painting are also passions.”

New seasonal cocktails at Maison Boulud

Looking for a good cocktail? Posh places in Sanlitun and the central business district might immediately come to mind, but here’s an alternative that might be better, and for a similar price: Maison Boulud.

Picking wines right

Alice Chan, a popular Taiwanese cartoonist, sat in a hutong restaurant recently with friends and compared Beijing’s wine scene with Taiwan’s.