Winter offers chilly prospects for most restaurants, as the inclement weather often keeps their regular patrons at home.
Qianmachang Hutong, a quiet alley just off Jiu Gulou Dajie in Beijing's historic Gulou neighborhood, isn't like most hutong in the area.
The winter solstice is upon us. People in North China will be cooking dumplings. But Fan Zhen and C.J. Henderson found a place where you can feast royally.
There is the Tokyo school, and there is the Osaka school in Japanese cuisine, but what is served at Roka is more like cosmopolitan contemporary.Festive discovery
Happy cows give the best meat, and in Australia's arid Channel Country, the free-roaming animals choose their own diet.
Hung Hom has long been one of my favorite areas in Hong Kong for the good eats. Chic sushi
White truffles differ from black truffles in that they cannot be cultivated. Biangbiang Shaanxi street food Chocolate charms
Discovery Bay in Hong Kong used to be far from the maddening Hong Kong crowds.
Innovation is the chef's prerogative, and when a dish is tried and tested, it goes on to become culinary legend. Calm the soul, clear the broth Nabe at nobu
As the temperature drops below zero, it gets harder for Beijing restaurants to attract diners out into the cold and wind.
The Beijing winter gets misty with the steam of hotpots cooking all over the city, but there is one style that is very different from the others.
It is simply called the Nobu Flower Pot, and it's made from charcoal. Bamboo charcoal.