Lunch at 1949 Hidden City - Duck De China

It's stated in the website that it is a French restaurant, but obviously it is not. Only the Peking Duck taste good, all other dishes are nothing compared to HK standard. It is one of my cheapest meal, all the above only cost about RMB300.

Dinner at Nobu, JW Mariott, Beijing

Delicious but very expensive, the above 2 dishes cost about RMB500+

Brunch and Dinner at Maison Boulud

Escargot

Duck confit

Duck confit

Foie gras

Foie gras

The ambience is really nice and the brunch is really value added. 4 course meal for only RMB298+15%. I will definitely try it again when I go back to Beijing. The dinner is really expensive, 3 course dinner cost me RMB690.

Address : No 23 Qianmen, Qian Men Dong Da Jie, Beijing
Tel : 86 10 6559 9200

http://www.danielnyc.com/maisonboulud.html

Dinner at Capital M, Beijing

This is really horrible, it spoiled my appetite, maybe because I don't like bean

The ambience in this restaurant is really nice, but I guess I ordered the wrong dishes....all does not taste delicious, especially the risotto... I will give this restaurant another try.

Price about RMB500.

Address : 3rd Floor, No 2 Qianmen Pedestrian Street, Beijing
Tel : 86 10 6702 2727

http://www.m-restaurantgroup.com/capitalm/home.html

Dinner at Aqua Beijing

Pan fried fresh shrimp with garlic - delicious

Cheese - expensive and not nice - RMB120

A la plancha sea bass - delicious

So so only

This restaurant has nice ambience, reasonable price among those that I visited ...although the above food cost about RMB480. Will visit this restaurant again....

Address : 4th Floor Nali Patio, 81 Sanlitun North Street, Beijing.
Tel : +86 0 10 5208 6188

http://www.aqua.com.hk/#/eng/global/beijing/agua/concept

Business Trip To Beijing

Stayed at China World Hotel for 10 days for my business trip. Had to travel to office for about 45 minutes each day. The air in Beijing is so polluted, that I feel like vomiting and giddy after breathing the air on my way back to hotel (yes, the taxi drivers here do not switch on air-cond, but wind down the window screen).

I would say it is really dangerous and not pleasant to stay here for long. I took the subway and there are old woman (beggars) that will touch you and follow you to ask you for money. When I exit from the subway, there was a man who offers fortune telling and when I ignored him, he followed me. When I went to Xidan and wanted to flag for a cab, there were cars stopping to act as taxi to offer you a ride. There was also people approaching you to offer you transportation and they will follow you even if you said you do not need the transportation. Finally when I got a cab and while I was waiting for the woman to get off the car, a man went in to the seat next to the driver seat (cut queue). Although this is very common in GZ, this is the first time I encountered this in Beijing. I ended up taking the subway.

I just get very irritated with all these incidents that I ended up staying in the hotel room in the weekend and gave up the idea of sightseeing in Beijing.

Lunch at Chesa, Peninsula Hong Kong

This taste funny too

Onion soup is not nice

The risotto is REALLY REALLY NICE!!!

Oh, really delicious....

The lunch set is much more worth it and cheaper than the dinner. I think I choose the wrong appetizer, it taste weird. However, the main course and the dessert is really nice, especially the Risotto. I will surely visit again.

Price HK$935 for 2.