Fancy some sushi? Wash it down with a cup of sake
A glass of wine can lift up a meal, and alcohol always helps when friends are gathered talking about the good old days.
French-German tongue twister
This is a grape that would be schizophrenic were it human. It was born and bred in Italy, given a German name and found fame as a French vintage.
Big and beefy
A Danish restaurant owner is willing to wager that few can wolf down his mammoth burger. It's free if you can polish it off in one sitting. Xu Junqian sizes it up.
Creative cooking
A well-known chef is serving up some artistic plates at his new restaurant. Ye Jun takes a sampler.
Best sashimi in town
JIN Japanese Restaurant seats just 20-plus people, but a recent tasting at the restaurant near Wangfujing Bookstore was a rare treat, thanks to a young, talented chef.
Family-owned wines show off their character
Sometimes serendipity and wine tasting go well together. Serendipity refers to unexpected yet pleasant discoveries, and that is precisely what happened when I attended the most recent meeting of my local wine club.
Beijing's Greek streak
Coming across Hellenic fare in Beijing - usually a somewhat tricky task - is about to get a whole lot easier, with the Meet the Greeks festival starting next month.
A veal surprise in store
Kunlun Hotel and Shine's Group, an enterprise dealing with veal production, have opened the Western-style Crystal Shine's Veal Restaurant. .
Mushroom bounty
As the summer heat recedes and �72elents, the first signs of another season are already sprouting. Pauline D Loh shares an autumn harvest.
Chynna (The Hilton Wangfujing Hotel, Beijing)
I have never had a bad experience at a Hilton restaurant. The caliber has always been above and beyond expectations, with elegant and sometimes ostentatious dishes that are hard to forget.
Ganges (Sanlitun Village branch)
We Brits have rather high expectations when it comes to Indian cuisine, so I must admit that I arrived at the newest Ganges branch in Sanlitun Village wondering whether it would be able to match the UK’s finest.
Learning at home and away
A pair of Spanish chefs are as similar as they are different, Shi Yingying reports.
On the hunt for a delicious meal
Some of Shanghai's best eateries are hidden away, but are well worth the hunt, Xu Junqian tracks them down.
French fast food chain expands its halal-only outlets
A French fast food chain announced on Tuesday it would almost triple its line of halal hamburger restaurants because sales had doubled in a trial that sparked a heated debate about the integration of Muslims.
Get to know real China through its terrific food
Food is a very funny thing; few items in the world consist of such a wide array of ingredients or cause such a wide array of reactions.
