Hello Kitty Themed Restaurant in Beijing

Once upon a time, a female white Japanese bobtail cat was born and she’s name is Kitty White also known as Hello Kitty. She was first introduced in Japan in 1974 and brought to United States two years latter. Year after year, Hello Kitty products, such as pen sets, clothing, some computer equipments…even restaurants have spread globally. Girls, old ladies, all kinds of people love that kitty who always wearing pink.

Few hours ago, one of my friends in china told me that a Hello Kitty themed restaurant will open soon in Beijing, Sanlitun this Dec. That kind of news can make the pink cat’s fans crazy, I really mean it, oz I got a friends who loves all kind of Hello Kitty’s things even she is working at an agency now (don’t know her boss, but I can’t stand it, it’s just pink is not my thing~). Anyhow, I verified that news by searching online, right now seems like that is not officially announced, but the hiring thing is happening. If that’s true, that will be the first Hello Kitty themed restaurant in Asia. That is pretty big for fans in Asia, because they have product stores, dessert stores and café in South Korea, Japan and other places, but never a restaurant before; if that news is real…can’t imagine those young or all kind of fans can do, but two things for sure, the first one is their princess dream can dream come ture; the other one is sad for those boyfriends who need to go with their fairy tale princess. LOL



Number One Wang Jing

My friends in China always upload pictures about what they eat or where they go to renren (a facebook alike place), there’s one place they vote for the most popular restaurants recently is a place called “Number one Wang Jing”. Two days ago, one of my friends told me she will go to the legendary restaurant and she promise she will take some pics for me. Well, after such a long long time for waiting she uploads pictures took from there, here they are.

They eat a lot of good foods without me and that really makes me so jealous L

“Number One Wang Jing” is famous for “spicy, tasty and rich pepper flavors”defiantly a Sichuan cuisine restaurant. My friends told me that place is hard to find, because it located in a small aisle of WangJing area; but you can ask the near by people, they all know that place for sure. After you reach to the near places, you can defiantly smell the rich pepper and chill flavors, find the restaurant easily, just follow your nose. My friend said the taste of the foods are not that different with other Sichuan cuisine restaurant, the specialist”chicken in two ways” is ok, but the environment… a Beijing courtyard with birds on the big trees, flowers around…it’s just a dreamy place. Because of that, that place is not that cheap. However, that is definitely a place for hanging out with friends.

Address:

Chao Yang District, WangJing, Beijing.

Work:

11:00am to 11:00pm, 7 Days a week.

The Difference Between Hunan Cuisine and Sichuan Cuisine

Chinese food can be divided into eight distinct regional cuisines, for now, let's just focusing on two of them, Xiang cuisine and Sichuan cuisine.

So, what’s the difference between Hunan also known as Xiang Cuisine and Sichuan Cuisine? Both of them are spicy and use a lot of oil~ mostly, they all taste great! Well, they interact with each other recent years, so it’s kind of hard to separate those two cuisines if you are not a professional eater. The only different I can tell for now is Xiang cuisine tastes sour and spicy, and Chuan cuisine is more dry spicy.

Xiang cuisine also as Hunan cuisine is known for its liberal use of chili peppers, shallots and garlic. The steamed fish heads in chili sauce is the one everyone ordered if you are in the right Xiang cuisine restaurant. It is often spicier by pure chili content, contains a larger variety of fresh ingredients, and tends to be oilier.

Sichuan cuisine is known for its distinctive málà (hot and numbing) seasoning and other complex flavor combinations, frequently employ Sichuan peppercorns along with chilies which are often dried, and utilizes more dried or preserved ingredients and condiments.

Personal I like sichuna cuisne better, oz their well-known dishes are all my type. Such as kung pao chicken, tea smoked duck, twice cooked port, mapo tofu, sichuan hot pot, cicken with chili and dandan noodles…. Gosh, I can’t help myself!