2011 Reader Restaurant Awards: Middle Eastern, American, Mexican/Tex Mex, Russian
You’ve seen the results of our 2011 Reader Restaurant Awards – now let’s take a closer look at the winners. In each of this series of posts, we’ll cover the winners in a group of categories, with comments from theBeijinger.com’s User Reviews flagged up to indicate just why readers like them, and links to each venue’s Directory listing on our website.
This time we’re covering the multitude of countries that are represented in our city. Whether you’re craving Middle Eastern hummus, modern American cooking, spicy Mexican enchiladas or luscious Russian borscht, our next categories show off the best Beijing has to offer.
Middle Eastern
Best: Biteapitta "After my first time at Biteapitta, I was in love! They're falafel is hot, savory and served in a big pitta that can satisfy any of those pre or post going out hunger pains"
Outstanding: Rumi "good quality meat and interesting stews with good veggie options, great flavours, a little different to the average middle-eastern"
Outstanding: 1001 Nights "Some excellent dolmadas and lamb and vegetable dishes. Great decor and atmosphere and we love it!"
American
Best: Element Fresh "Walking into Element Fresh was like a return to America"
Outstanding: Blue Frog "I have never had a bad experience at the Blue Frog. I love the atmosphere, menu and the staff are always friendly"
Outstanding: Chef Too "The food at Chef Too is really good, some classic American fare mixed in with traditional brunch foods"
Mexican/Tex-Mex
Best: Saddle Cantina "The Burritos were big and tasty and the tacos were filling. The Nachos were excellent which is always a huge plus in my book"
Outstanding: Peter’s Tex-Mex Grill "I love their burritos, fajitas and caesar salads... They also have a spongy and delicious chocolate cake"
Outstanding: Luga’s Villa "always a fun place to go for burritos, enchiladas and fajitas with a few pints"
Russian
Best: Traktirr Pushkin "Cozy atmosphere with cool decor and painted walls and a lot of good Russian food AND imported Russian beers to choose from"
Outstanding: Elephant "Good Russian food, especially the appetizers (i.e. stuffed mushroom caps), borscht, Ukranian stew and Elephant Fish (both recommended). The floorshow is akin to Eastern Bloc Lakers’ girls wriggling out to Shakira"
Outstanding: White Nights "very reasonably priced hearty Russian fare in warm, unpretentious surrounds"
