Blog Tag - Black Sesame Kitchen

Take Your Tastebuds On a Culinary Journey Along the Silk Road at Qianmen Kitchen by BSK
If you’ve always wanted to travel the Silk Road but can’t remember where you parked your camel, Qianmen Kitchen by BSK offers a caravan of dishes so...
5 Experiential Gift Ideas Unique to Beijing
Several studies have shown that people derive more happiness from experiences than material possessions. Part of that is because experiences can't be...
Black Sesame Kitchen Back Behind the Stove at The Orchid
When Black Sesame Kitchen was forced to move from its original Heizhima Hutong location earlier in 2014, we held our breath as to whether they would...
Black is Back: Black Sesame Kitchen Returns, This Time at Orchid Hotel
Great news: Black Sesame Kitchen, the highly-acclaimed hutong eatery known for its private cooking classes and intimate dining environment, is back:...
Black Sesame Kitchen Falls Prey to Landlord Issues
This just in: We've learned that Black Sesame Kitchen, one of our favorite culinary event organizers and the brainchild of published author Jen Lin-...
In Search of Spaghetti: Jen Lin-Liu's 'On the Noodle Road: From Beijing to Rome with Love and Pasta'
Where were noodles invented: China or Italy? If you mean a long, thin, spaghetti-like thing, then the correct answer is, neither. This and other...
The Cutting Edge: Knife Skills 101
I used to think I knew a lot about cooking. In fact, I was still of that opinion when I walked into the courtyard of the Black Sesame Kitchen for my...
Living La Vida Local: What’s Cooking This Spring?
Yes, the weekend is here at last, but thanks to Tomb Sweeping Day, many of us are stuck in the office on this lovely Saturday morning. At least we...
Fend For Yourself: Chinese Cooking Classes over Chunjie
With restaurants closing for Spring Festival, you may be left making your own meals during the week. Don’t know how to cook? Well now’s the perfect...
Feast on Lit: Capital M This Week
This week sees three delectable events on the Capital M Literary Festival schedule: get lost in a mother-daughter mystery framed around historical...
What Are Your Fondest Food Memories Of 2009?
As another year draws to a close, we asked some of Beijing’s dining VIPs to recount their culinary highlights of 2009. Here’s what they had to say...