Blog Tag - Guijie
Beijing is host to a vibrant mix of old and new, making it the kind of place that begets more questions every time we go in search of answers and...
Stretching a total of 1,422 meters all the way from Beixinqiao Station across to Dongzhimen Station this popular food street seems to have very...
It’s all too common for a shop or restaurant to open as a blatant effort to attract influencers and earn likes on the internet. But how many of them...
Come the warmer months, one sound in particular rings out from thousands of restaurants around Beijing: the swift cracking crayfish shells. Beijing...
When we talk about Guijie, what jumps to your mind? Spicy crawfish, hot and spicy hot pot, endless queues, or long bouts of streetside drinking? As...
Earlier today, crowds gathered on Guijie as a massive plume of smoke erupted from the roof of one of the Zai Zai Crayfish (仔仔小龙虾) restaurants,...
Commuting past Guijie on a daily basis it's evident that construction here is not done yet: many restaurants are still encased in scaffolding, last...
Legend has it that the first ever servings of hotpot were consumed in a tent by Genghis Khan’s army, after the tyrannical leader’s cook spontaneously...
The sledgehammers and bulldozers have arrived, and Guijie, also known as Ghost Street, is looking a little worse for wear.
The red-hot dining street...
Foodies used to making the 1,472-meter-long strip of spicy Chinese delicacies on Guijie their go-to spot beware: The western half of the street will...
Hey, it’s summer time, which means that the restaurants lining the gutter-oil ridden sidewalks of Gui Jie (also known as Ghost Street) have turned...
Hostel bars aren’t usually a place you’ll find yourself when trying to get your jollies off during your leisure time, but if there ever was one to...
In this semi-regular blog series we introduce the restaurants that are whipping up hype among locals in-the-know on China’s favorite review website:...
As a long-time resident of Beixinqiao, I have often bemoaned raucous, oil-slicked street Guijie, with its over-zealous sales people and cookie cutter...
Perhaps it’s my British upbringing (we are globally renowned for our queuing skills, after all), but since I arrived in Beijing, I have always been...