Blog Author - Patrick Flanary

Eatalia Your heart out: Where Success via a ‘Carpe Diem’ Philosophy is a Daily Necessity
The partner and manager of the famed Forbidden City adjacent pizzeria serves up an inspiring story about dining, entrepreneurship and cultural...
Soul Vet Roy Ayers on the Power a Pair of Mallets Possesses
Ahead of his Oct 6 and 7 shows at Blue Note Beijing, soul music’s most famous mallet-man tells the Beijinger about his nearly six decades in the...
Two-time Champ Slow Boat Brewery Sails to Third Burger Cup Victory
Slow Boat Brewery’s ship has reached winning sho
Burger Cup Final Four: Top Seeds Reign Supreme, Newbie Side Street Fights for Crown
The heat is on as this year's top four Burger Cup seeds slide ever closer to the ultimate grilling for the Burger Cup crown, and it's all down to
Burger Cup Witnesses Three Fat Upsets as Top Seeds Slide into Elite Eight Round
Proving that there's often more bite than bark to underdogs, the two remaining Burger Cup newbies have secured their respective spots to battle it
Burger Cup Sweet 16: Five New Faces and One Seismic Ousting Defines the Pack
Our Burger Cup brackets just got that much sweeter. 
Beware the Newbies: Upsets as Burger Cup Sears Into Round of 32
Well done, burger lovers.
Voting in the 2018 Beijing Burger Cup Now Open!
Burgers are big business in Beijing, and the time has come to grill ’em all over again – with your votes.