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1 NOV/DEC 2017 旗下出版物 A Publication of DINING HALL OF FAME PINGYAO VINTAGE SHOPPING BOMBINO 出版发行: 云南出版集团 AS THE DUST 云南科技出版社有限责任公司 SETTLES A YEAR IN F&B DEFINED BY 地址: 云南省昆明市环城西路609号, BRICKS, RESILIENCE, AND RESURRECTION 云南新闻出版大楼2306室 责任编辑: 欧阳鹏, 张磊 书号: 978-7-900747-88-4 Since 2001 | 2001年创刊 thebeijinger.com A Publication of 广告代理: 北京爱见达广告有限公司 地址: 北京市朝阳区关东店北街核桃园30号 孚兴写字楼C座5层, 100020 Advertising Hotline/广告热线: 5941 0368, [email protected] Since 2006 | 2006年创刊 Beijing-kids.com Managing Editor Tom Arnstein Editors Kyle Mullin, Tracy Wang Copy Editor Mary Kate White Contributors Jeremiah Jenne, Andrew Killeen, Robynne Tindall 国际教育 · 家庭生活 · 社区活动 True Run Media Founder & CEO Michael Wester 学校里的造梦工厂 High School Student Clubs Owner & Co-Founder Toni Ma Art Director Susu Luo Designer Vila Wu Production Manager Joey Guo Content Marketing Manager Robynne Tindall Marketing Director Lareina Yang Events & Brand Manager Mu Yu Marketing Team Helen Liu, Cindy Zhang 封面故事 我们是校园记者 Head of HR & Admin Tobal Loyola Student Journalists Take Over 2016年11月刊 1 HR & Admin Officer Cao Zheng Finance Manager Judy Zhao Since 2012 | 2012年创刊 Jingkids.com Accountant Vicky Cui Digital Development Director Alexandre Froger IT Support Specialist Yan Wen Photographer Uni You Sales Director Sheena Hu 国际教育·家庭生活·都市资讯 Account Managers Winter Liu, Wilson Barrie, Olesya Sedysheva, 华裔男孩养成记 Veronica Wu, Sharon Shang, Fangfang Wang How to Raise Chinese Boys Sales Supporting Manager Gladys Tang Sales Coordinator Serena Du General inquiries: 5941 5387 Editorial inquiries: [email protected] Event listing submissions: [email protected] Sales inquiries: [email protected] Digital & content marketing inquiries: [email protected] 封面故事 2017新校探校记 Marketing inquiries: [email protected] Newly Opened Schools 2017 Distribution inquiries: [email protected] Since 2014 | 2014年创刊 Jingkids.com 2 NOV/DEC 2017 What’s Happening: The most important dates this month 04 CITY SCENE Stat: China’s growing Christian trend Best of the Blog: The most popular stories from theBeijinger.com Scene & Heard: Take a look at yourselves, you beautiful people Take a look back at Beijing’s year in flux as we talk to historians, 12 COVER FEATURE preservationists, and venue owners to try and make sense of why The Brickening happened and where the city’s F&B businesses are headed next. Dining Hall of Fame: The venues and people inducted into this year’s Dining Hall of Fame Nibbles and Sips 22 FOOD & DrinK What’s New Restaurants: Ramo, Lievito Prov Gov: Qinghai Provincial Government Restaurant Wokipedia: Y What’s New Bars & Clubs: Jing-A Brewpub Xingfucun, Zhao Dai Back for More: Karaiya Spice House P.S. We Ate You Just Desserts: Art de Sweets Maovember Pizza Cup Champions: Pie Squared Advertorial: InfraRouge Feature: Revisiting Thirsty Ghosts 37 GO Get Out: Pingyao Get Out: Luang Prabang Feature: 2017 Gallery Roundup Feature: Vintage Shopping Guide 48 Playlist: Alice Tingting of Borderless MEET Interview: Bombino A Drink With: Ethan Liu of Proof and Company Old China Hand: Moto Uchiyama of Mokihi 56 REAR vieW Testin’ times Cover photograph taken DINING HALL OF FAME PINGYAO VINTAGE SHOPPING BOMBINO DAILY UPDates, by Dave’s Studio. Design by Tom Arnstein. AS THE DUST SETTLES A YEAR IN F&B DEFINED BY events, anD BRICKS, RESILIENCE, AND RESURRECTION CLassifieDS on THEBeiJinger. com facebook the_beijinger www.issuu.com/thebeijinger www.facebook.com/theBeijinger twitter theBeijinger WeChat theBeijinger instagram @the_beijinger 3 NOV/DEC 2017 The most important upcoming dates WHAT’S HAPPENING NOV 18 Loreli 2ndAnniversary The Loreli crew celebrate two years of art, interviews, sardonic wit, and of course, drunken poetry at their default home (read: the only people that will have them): Temple Bar. Head on down for all of the above, plus bands, DJs, and some supervised coloring to keep things light. NOV 25 T.A.U.M. Indoor Festival Techno + Advance + United + Massive is a three-day united showcase of Chinese techno labels from various cities (prajnasonic (Beijing), 4x4x4x4 (Shanghai), rom303 (Shanghai), atmen (Chengdu), and Konekt Asia). The Nov 25 party at Dada Beijing will focus on powerful live and DJ sets from these talented local producers. PHOTOS COURTESY OF LORE COURTESY PHOTOS DEC 10 Hutong Winter Fayre Though this beloved annual Christmas bazaar L was almost canceled – due to neighborhood OF COURTESY THE HUTONG, OF I, COURTESY demolitions that claimed parts of the venue’s terrace – the Hutong’s staff soldier on regardless. Drop by for Christmas wares and a mug of mulled wine to wish them the best for the new year. P DEC 16-JAN 28 RAJNASONIC, Cirque du Soleil’s Kooza The famed acrobatic company is back in China after making its debut a decade ago, and this time P RESIDENTMOMMY.COM it’s here to stay. Yes, Cirque du Soleil will bring a new show to China every year, kicking things off this winter with Kooza, the story of a young clown who delves into the world of magic. Visit theBeijinger.com for even more events and details. 4 NOV/DEC 2017 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR nd just like that, another year in Beijing is coming to a close, except this time we’re left to piece together Awhat’s left of the city after having the planning equivalent of a brick upside the ol’ noggin’. In total, 2017’s “beautification” onslaught brought F&B business in the hutongs, as well as in a number of other notable hubs, to a messy and frustrating end. But the effect has been bittersweet, with many of those affected having since started looking elsewhere for new opportunities or already settling into new digs, bringing great food and drink to new communities. We’ve decided to make that resilience the focus of our cover feature this issue, taking a deeper look at what is left as the dust settles, and interviewing those who were unlucky enough to be in the line of concrete fire. Elsewhere in the issue, Jeremiah Jenne frames the recent renovations within the context of Beijing’s former commercial hub, Dashilan. We also honor those venues and individuals that have demonstrated their staying power prowess via our annual industry-insider balloted Dining Hall of Fame awards. In contrast, Tracy Wang gives us a look at Beijing’s newest contenders on the scene, including Jing-A’s Xingfucun Brewpub and the almost-too-pretty-to-eat cakes of Art de Sweets. There’s also Lievito, Ramo, and a first look at what promises to be a jolt to Beijing’s underground club scene in the form of Zhao Dai. In our Get Out section, I’ll guide you through China’s (if not the world’s) best-preserved walled city, Pingyao; Robynne Tindall details what to see, eat, and do in Laos’ UNESCO Heritage city of Luang Prabang; and Tautvile Daugelaite rummages around Beijing to bring you the city’s best vintage shopping opportunities. Finally, in Meet, Kyle Mullin speaks to the incredible Nigerien troubadour Bombino before his show at Yugong Yishan on Dec 12, as well as Mokihi’s effortlessly cool proprietor, Moto Uchiyama. With that, we here at the Beijinger would like to say thank you to all of you that made 2017 special for us and we can’t wait to continue bringing you the best of Beijing come 2018. Tom Arnstein Managing Editor 5 NOV/DEC 2017 CITYSTAT // BEST OF THE BLOG SCENE // SCENE & HEARD 70 MILLION he approximate number of practicing to this day. Christians in China today, accounting for 5 However, a third, and increasingly powerful Tpercent of the population. Not a huge fraction element has come into play in the battle between of China’s 1.3 billion citizens, you might say, but government, people, and religion: money. China’s proselytisation is on the rise and some estimates powerhouses of commerce have a vested interest decree that China will be home to the world’s in making Christmas just as successful as the other PHOT largest Christian population by 2025, overtaking holiday-centric orgies of consumerism – think O C America’s 240 million (where, in contrast, Christians Alibaba’s own and unabashed Double 12 (Dec O UR T now account for 70 percent of the population 12), and Singles’ Day (Nov 11), the biggest day for ESY O compared to 86 percent in 1990). e-commerce on the planet. F H O Subscription to such ideologies presents a Regardless of whether China’s Christian TRANSFIGURA LY complex problem for the Chinese government, population and a general taste for Christmas which is officially atheist, and sees religion as continues on its ascent or is forced further something to be monitored, controlled, and underground by tightening of policies, one thing is T I O counterintuitive to their own staunch political for sure: bible makers are also cashing in, big-time, N M agenda. However, as varying beliefs are tolerated O with the Nanjing-based Amity Printing Company NAS rather than banished outright, symbols of worship, producing its 150 millionth copy last year, half of T ERY ERY including 56,000 churches, exist across the country which were sold in China. 6 NOV/DEC 2017 7 NOV/DEC 2017 BEST OF THE BLOG BEST OF THE BLOG Every issue, we tally the hits from theBeijinger.com and bring you the most-viewed blogs from our website. 2. Two Divers Missing at Underwater Section of the Great Wall Two scuba divers went missing in early September while exploring a little-known underwater section of the Great Wall in Hebei province. The two divers, identified as Denovo Xu and Sun Hao, failed to surface and after four days missing, underwater searches were suspended. 1. Beijing Bans Airbnb Bookings, Forces Clubs and Bars to Shut, and Boosts Security in Advance of 19th Plenum Demonstrating how important the 19th Party Plenum was for the future of China, weeks of disruptions and inconveniences were prepared for Beijing residents.