EAT: Kopitiam Brunch at Mulu, Half-Price at Turkish Feast, Jing Yaa Tang's Festive Duck

EAT: Your bite-sized guide to the best eats to be had in Beijing this week.

Sat-Sun: Kopitiam in the hutongs at Mulu

When it comes to food, you can only say you have traveled to Southeast Asia if you have had coffee and a snack at a kopitiam. A kopitiam is a traditional coffee shop found everywhere in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, and Southern Thailand. The word kopi is a Malay term for coffee, while tiam is the Hokkien/Hakka/Hainanese term for shop (often run by ethnic Chinese). For the first time in many years, Mulu Hutong is offering weekend brunch again, bringing the feel of a kopitiam into their picturesque hutong courtyard. For RMB 100, eat your fill of dishes such as nasi lemak, Sarawak laksa, and kaya toast. Brunch is offered every Saturday and Sunday, with two seatings each day from 11.30am-12.30pm and 1.30-2.30pm (limited to 16 people per session).

Tue-Thu: Half-price daily specials at Turkish Feast

Turkish Feast, one of our favorite restaurant openings of 2019, has just given us another reason to head over to Xinyuanli to try some of their fine Turkish cuisine: a series of new daily half-price specials. Get half-price kebabs (our favorite from when we went to try the food – order the Adana kebab, a blend of beef and lamb), half-price pide on Tuesday, half-price beef ribs on Wednesday, and half-price rib-eye steak on Thursday. They dry-age their own beef in-house and it usually costs a pretty penny so the latter is a particularly good deal.

Dec 21: Tribe Annual Christmas Party

Tribe wants to heat up your Christmas with this year’s "hottest" Christmas party. On Dec 21, head to Tribe Solana for presents from Sexy Santa, a Secret Santa gift exchange, a lucky draw, Christmas cookies in support of the Migrant Children’s Foundation, and a special Christmas dinner set. The Christmas dinner set is priced at RMB 288 per person or RMB 520 per couple, including dishes like smoked salmon gravalax, roasted turkey with all the trimmings, and Christmas pudding with brandy sauce, as well as a glass of white or red wine. Visit this WeChat post for more information or to make a reservation.

Until Jan 5: Jing Yaa Tang launches new Western duck concept for Christmas

The Opposite House's Jing Yaa Tang has put a special festive spin on their usual duck offerings. From now until Jan 5, feast on a duck set for RMB 888 (which happily feeds three to four), which includes the usual duck and all the pancake trimmings; potatoes roasted in duck fat; fried minced Iberian pork with beansprouts, crispy rice, and Chinese baby cabbage; Southern-style preserved pork with brussels sprouts, and four apple meringue tarts to finish. If that's not enough then you can also choose from a selection of à la carte holiday specials.

Until Jan 5: Brotzeit fills the Christmas table German-style

Elsewhere, Brozeit is putting their own traditional German spin on Christmas. More than just the roast goose and apple stuffing, they also deck the tables with traditional German holiday proteins aplenty – venison and veal sausages, Chistmas chicken, duck confit, and beer-roasted pork. No shortage of German potato dumplings come with the meal as well, and a Christmas dessert medley tops it all off. All of the above is included in an eight-person meal (RMB 298 per person), but simpler packages are available for groups of two or four at RMB 188 and 228 respectively.

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Images: Shutterstock, Robynne Tindall, Mulu, Tribe, Tom Arnstein, Brotzeit