This Week: Beijing Supper Club, Jean-Marc Boyer at TRB, and New Dishes at Plan B

This Week: Beijing Supper Club, Jean-Marc Boyer at TRB, New Dishes at Plan B

Robynne Tindall, Contributing Editor | Oct 21, 2014 3:00 pm | Add a comment | 1638 reads

There's a definite fine dining angle to most of this week's Capital Bites, but first let's start with something a little bit more casual. Plan B have added some pretty awesome sounding new dishes to their menu including something magical called (less poetically) "the poutine slopper": half a burger bun, a juicy Plan B burger patty, a slice of cheese, a pile of crisp fries, more mozzarella cheese, all drenched in roasted beef bone gravy and served with the other half of the bun to mop everything up. I predict a food coma. They also have poutine (for the Canadians), chips and gravy (for the Brits), their own hand-crafted japaleno and cheese sausages, and a pretty tasty looking beer-butt chicken. We'll be down to try them out soon.

If you're looking for something dining-related for mid-week, how about a three course dinner, in a secluded setting, prepared by one of Beijing's top chefs? Well that's exactly what you'll get if you nab one of the last spots available for the latest iteration of Beijing Supper Club this Wednesday at 7pm. We can't reveal the exact location, but the last dinner in August was in an incredible setting on the edge of Houhai (see below), so you can expect they'll be pulling out all the stops to recreate that magic. Rob Cunningham of Feast (Food by EAST) is stepping in this time to prepare a three course menu, including wines from La Crota, priced at RMB 350 per person (cash on arrival). Email beijingsupperclub@gmail.com now to check availability.

The latest Michelin-starred chef to grace the hallowed halls of TRB's kitchen is Jean-Marc Boyer from France's Les Puits du Tresor. This is Boyer's third time at TRB and as ever you can expect some extremely creative cooking from the one Michelin-starred chef. Catch him at lunch (RMB 588) on Friday October 24 and dinner (RMB 788) on Saturday October 25; both lunch and and dinner include a five course dinner plus wine pairings.

If that news from TRB doesn't get your blood pumping, then perhaps this will. How about a free lunch? Dine during the first sitting at TRB (5.30-6pm) on Fridays and Saturdays and that's just what you'll get: a voucher for a three course lunch.

Elsewhere in chef-related news, Prego in the Westin Beijing Financial Street has a new head chef, Domenico Cicchetti. Cicchetti is from the southern Italian region of Abruzzo, and has added a number of seafood dishes from his hometown to the menu, including an incredibly tender marinated octopus.

Head over to Aria this Saturday to savor a feast of wagyu beef, presented by their farmer from Northern Victoria, Australia. The nose-to-tail six course menu (RMB 588, RMB 888 with wine pairing) includes roasted bone marrow, short rib tea and an 8kg bone-in roasted rib eye to share.