Four signs you’re an incurable foodie:
1. You consider a local market in a foreign country to be a tourist attraction.
Bespoke Beijing Is Hiring!
If you are a bright young thing with experience in the travel industry, we want to hear from you! Bespoke Beijing is hiring, and currently looking for:
*A native Beijinger to join our Operations team as a Travel Specialist/Itinerary Designer
Brian McKenna @ The Courtyard
Back in 2005, when your reviewer first arrived in Beijing, the city had just two upmarket Western restaurants: Aria (in the China World Hotel) and The Courtyard.
The latter was in all the guidebooks. Not only because it was the well-heeled traveller’s ‘treat’ after days of eating Chinese food they weren’t used to, but because it was situated beside that most special of locations: the Forbidden City.
We ❤ Beijing Winters (Yes really)
This may come as a surprise, but winter is one of our favourite times to be in Beijing. There are a number of things you can only enjoy once the temperature drops. So here’s our pick of the best to remind you why visiting Beijing in Winter rocks.
The Truth About Beijing’s Pollution
We all know there’s been a lot of fuss about Beijing’s pollution recently, but what’s the truth? Should you cancel your trip? Bespoke Beijing puts some facts out there to set the record straight. Now it’s going to get a bit scientific in places, so sit up straight and pay attention.
Does Beijing have the world’s worst air pollution?
Janes and Hooch: Beijing’s Own New York Speakeasy
Leon Lee (Apothecary) and Warren Pang (d Lounge) are the city’s undisputed cocktail kings, having created two of the most successful bars ever to grace our fair city. So it was with great joy (and a small, high-pitched whoot) that we discovered the pair have come together to form a dream team – and a dream bar.