The Urban Edit
Can I drink the water in Beijing? The official answer is, yes you can. Our recommendation is, better to stick to bottled (or filtered) water. But you shouldn’t worry too much about brushing your teeth or showering with tap water, or eating fruits and vegetables that have been washed in tap water.
Wouldn’t you like to know? OK fine, we’ll tell you. Bespoke Beijing did take her shopping, after all – on our Signature Hidden Hutong Boutiques Tour.
Feiyue – you heard it here first, folks. That is, unless you are already down with this Chinese sneaker brand founded in Shanghai in the 1920s. Plenty of Chinese over a certain age will remember owning a pair of these in their youth– think of them as the Adidas Superstar / Converse All-Star / Dunlop Greenflash of the east. They rock.
This year, China is ushering in the Year of the Horse, the 4,711th New Year of the Chinese calendar, for all you number crunchers.
A shopping adventure to flea markets like Silk Street and Yashow is a Beijing rite of passage. Thousands of stalls bulging with counterfeit delights can be a whole lot of fun, but beware: the feisty, multi-lingual vendors are experts at parting buyers with their hard-earned cash. To avoid paying more than you should, check out our ten tips on how to bargain in Beijing Silk Market!
When you have 49 million Twitter followers and you’re worth a cool $39 million, a ‘quick trip to China’ can turn into a pretty big deal. This weekend megawatt pop star Katy Perry and her 30-strong entourage rolled into town, and boy did they ‘do’ Beijing.
With the help of Bespoke (naturally), the Dark Horse star managed to squeeze in trips to the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, Panjiayuan market, the Great Wall at Mutianyu, Bespoke Beijing’s Hidden Hutong Boutiques Shopping experience, dinners at TRB and Duck de Chine and drinks at Janes & Hooch!
