By Jim Boyce | Elite Concepts, the team behind projects such as the 1949: The Hidden City complexes in Beijing, Eyebar in Hong Kong and Ye in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Taipei, is about to
Category: Bars
Bai Jove! | Pop-up FU in Epicured is UK’s first baijiu bar
The first UK baijiu bar has opened as a pop-up named FU Baijiu inside experimental food and drink venue Epicured. The FU menu includes shots, flights and infusions of China’s national spirit as well as themed cocktails and snacks. Fu
Beyond ‘ganbei!’ | Flights, shots & cocktails at En Vain in Beijing
(A version of this post first appeared on sibling blog Beijing Boyce.) In the global booze family, baijiu often seems like the hard kid to love–the black sheep–but the idiosyncrasies of this spirits category is what makes
Bars | A (Kind Of) New Baijiu Bar Opens in Beijing
I heard a baijiu bar opened in Sanlitun Soho, close to my apartment, so I moseyed over last night and found it in the same space that housed, well, another baijiu bar, Oriental Lounge, that
News | Baijiu bar Lumos opens in New York
I interviewed bartender Orson Salicetti here in March about the then-upcoming launch of baijiu bar Lumos in New York. He and partner Qifan Li officially opened the place last night. They also recently hosted an event called The Power of
News | SCMP Tags Mott 32 as Top Baijiu Venue in Hong Kong
A recent South China Morning Post article by Mischa Moselle and Charley Lanyon focused on the best high-end bars in Hong Kong for spirits and covered everything from gin and vodka to whisky and rum — to baijiu. When it comes
WBD 2015 | Peking Tavern in Los Angeles to Catch the Spirit
I posted last week about the baijiu cocktails at Peking Tavern in Los Angeles. Some good news: Peking Tavern says it will do something special for World Baijiu Day! Co-owner Andrew Chiu gave me a bit of background about
WBD 2015 | Beijing’s Jing-A to Make Qu Brew for World Baijiu Day
Capital Brewing, also known as Jing-A and a key part of the burgeoning Beijing craft beer scene, will create a unique beverage for this year’s World Baijiu Day. The brew crew will use qu, the fermentation
WBD 2015 | Capital Spirits in Beijing Stocks 50-Plus Baijius
[Note: Capital Spirits will participate in World Baijiu Day.] Capital Spirits, which bills itself as the “first full service baijiu bar in the world”, opened last fall in Beijing and has since attracted a steady stream
Drink | Baijiu cocktails at Peking Tavern in Los Angeles
Peking Tavern, which Los Angeles Magazine cites as one of two spots in the city with baijiu cocktails, lists three such drinks on the menu. This venue uses two kinds of baijiu: Red Star (Hongxing / 红星),