Craft Food

Delicious organic food is grown and served at this hydroponic garden and restaurant.

Former factory and Sichuan restaurant transformed into a multi-storey incubator for our city’s emerging food and beverage entrepreneurs. Includes the likes to Fromager a Pekin, Carne, Mex Max, The King of Crayfish, Mr Shi's Noodle Shop, Jing-A, Vivi Dolce, Naked Nut Butters, and more.

Tiny store making handcrafted yogurt in several natural flavors.

Chef Reshma Khan makes seasonal fruit chutneys (RMB 80) with a touch of Indian spicing. We especially love her curry pastes – only available in Korma at the moment, but with a full range coming soon.

Chutneys can be purchased at Farm to Neighbors and various craft fairs around town as well as by emailing parwaazscr@yahoo.com.

Caroline Nath makes fresh jams and chutneys (RMB 80) that draw on flavors from her multicultural background and make use of the freshest seasonal ingredients from the market nearby her house.

Chutneys can be bought from Farm to Neighbors or buy emailing carolinenath@yahoo.com.

After winning The Hutong’s Cookie Monster Bake Off last year, Jon Ellis decided to take his passion for baking a step further with Big bear Baked Goods. Don’t miss his signature Mud & Snow cookie – a dark chocolate chunk base sprinkled with sea salt. Cookies can be purchased from The Corner Melt or at bigbearbakedgoods.com.

Newcomers Sweet Tart are starting out small with a home-baked operation. They specialize in beautiful hand-painted cookies, but their larger cakes and pies are pure Americana –sweet and oh so sinful.

Email ordering only for now - sweetartbakery@outlook.com.

Started by a Czech expat, Be Yogurt is made to a traditional recipe using a starter specially imported from the Czech Republic. In addition to the well-balanced plain yogurt (RMB 14.5), they also have flavors such as honey and chocolate.

Be Yogurt can be purchased from April Gourmet, Chez Gerard, and Café Zarah.

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Liu Yang is a veteran of Beijing’s craft food scene, having set up Le Fromager de Pékin back in 2009. Trained in Corsica, he makes a range of French-style cheeses, including renditions of Camembert and fromage blanc (from RMB 28). Le Fromager de Pékin can be purchased from April Gourmet, Chez Gerard, and Beijing Organic Farmers’ Market (Country Fair).

Fromager got its very own brick and mortar store at the end of 2016.

French-Chinese foodie Camille Reynaud makes a range of super traditional French-style pâtés, including foie gras with Port wine and our personal favorite, rillettes de porc (thinly shredded pork mixed with pork fat, RMB 50).

Recette Tradition par Camille can be found at the weekly Farm to Neighbors market or ordered by email - reynaud.ca@gmail.com.