Blog Author - Tom O’Malley

KFC China Moves into High Fashion
Kentucky Fried Chicken, long lauded for its dual skills of frying food and successfully tapping into the lifestyles...
A Steak & Eggs Christmas Story
Apologies to all you non-Christmas types … but ‘tis the season for festive goodwill, in the sentimental, snow-capped world of me,...
Ours of Meaty Fun
Like handlebar moustaches and the Catholic priesthood, grilling meat is a men-only pursuit....
Bread Carpet: Bagel Bites at Chaoyang Park
There’s a reason why the blue whale is the biggest creature we’ve got. It represents a biological tipping point – any larger and it...
Classy Drinks and Chuan'r Meet in Sanlitun
This 24-hour chuan’r dive has a drinks selection that would cause El Nido to do a drunken double-take. But when you discover it’s...
Grape and Grain: Beijing's British Gastropub
Toot toot! That, eaters, was a tiny trumpet, announcing with modest fanfare the opening of Beijing’s first British-style...
Perk Up Peking: Ocean Grounds Coffee Opens
At this rate, pretty soon they’ll be no tea drinkers left. Yes, another coffee shop has opened in Beijing, but this one’s a little different....
The Way to North Korea's Heart Isn't Through its Stomach
With North Korea’s “Dear Leader” Kim Jong-Il having looked at his last thing...
Market Horror: Glow in the Dark Pork Chops
In Tongzhou, no one can hear you scream. Well, they probably can (despite a lifetime’s firecracker abuse), but...