P.S. We Ate You: October Edition

Robynne Tindall, Contributing Editor | Sep 29, 2015 9:00 am | Add a comment | 1520 reads

Every month, we like to shine a spotlight on the most delicious dishes we’ve stumbled upon recently. Chow down!

Sichuan spicy diced chicken
VIC, RMB 68
Unlike many hotel restaurants, the menu at Sofitel Wanda Beijing’s newly launched VIC Bistro doesn’t tiptoe around big flavors or spice. The Sichuan spicy diced chicken from the “Hutong Kitchen” section of the menu is as big and bold as you’d find at any hole-in-the-wall Sichuan joint, with the added bonus of boneless chicken.

Veal tenderloin, crayfish, seasonal vegetables
TRB Bites, RMB 158 (as part of a three-course, soft opening menu)
TRB may have gone casual with their latest concept but they are certainly anything but casual about packing flavor into their dishes. Veal and crayfish make for unusual bedfellows, but when combined with an intensely savory saffron jus they feel like a match made in heaven. Let’s hope this dish makes it off the soft opening menu and becomes a permanent fixture.

Cold green tea noodles with assorted tempura
Mai, RMB 128
Mai’s chilled, green tea-scented buckwheat noodles are accompanied by a tempting tower of tempura. If we were to pick faults, the tempura could be a bit crisper, but the prawns within the batter were so fresh that all is easily forgiven.

Ham and egg sandwich
Wagas, RMB 52
Yes, we are including a sandwich in P.S. We Ate You because this offering from Wagas manages to achieve that rare balance in a takeaway sandwich – complex enough to make it worth the price, but simple enough to be as comforting as a homemade version. We feel it’s the baby spinach and mustard mayo that takes it up a notch.

Modern tiramisu
The Cut, RMB 88
Forget what you know about tiramisu. The Cut’s ramped up version turns the dish on its head, featuring a base of vanilla panna cotta topped with hazelnut sponge, coffee ganache, and mascarpone ice cream, finished at the table with espresso syrup.