Pop On Over to Beijing’s New Pop-Up Brunch ft. Photo Exhibition by Helen Couchman

If you love food made from scratch, sangria and bright, airy spaces, check out the new POP-UP BRUNCH concept every Sunday at Amilana/ALUSS Art Photography Space.

I brunched with the usual suspects this past Sunday and we were crazy for their homemade baked goods (muffins, bagels and waffles!).

For only RMB 50, you can have your choice of 2 courses from the following:

1st Course:

• Cold, savory gazpacho with almond base
• Homemade blackberry muffin with seasonal garniture
• Seasonal fruit salad with homemade creme fraiche

2nd Course:

• Bacon & leek quiche with fresh salad (vegetarian option available)
• Homemade BAGELS from Hegel’s Bagels with salmon, creme cheese, red onions and capers
• Homemade lemon and cucumber ice cream with fresh waffles

To make the deal even better, just add another RMB 25 for a cup of coffee, tea or glass of sangria!

With each option sounding so delicious, we couldn’t help but try it all!

LumDimSum Snapshots of the Brunch Dishes:

Cold Gazpacho Soup / Homemade Blackberry Muffin

Seasonal Fruit Salad / Bacon & Leek Quiche

Homemade Hegel’s Bagel with Smoked Salmon / Fresh Waffles with Homemade Ice Cream

LumDimSum Snapshots of the Second Edition Pop-Up Brunch:

Event Details:

• Date: Every Sunday until the end of July
• Time: 10:00AM-3:00PM
• Location: AMILANA/Aluss Art and Photography Space
• Address:  Across the street from North gate of Nanluoguxiang: 141 GULOUDONGDAJIE
• RSVP: Text – 13371673102 or 18210138655 or email: popupbrunchbj@gmail.com

On a related note, from now until July 9th, friend and very talented photographer Helen Couchman will be holding a photo exhibition in the same space (a big added bonus to your next pop-up brunch experience!).

“Couchman has headed out into the streets armed with a camera and three mirrors. The mirrors are used to fuse the different elements of the photographed scenes, both material and immaterial.  The result is not the illusion of a cityscape but rather an intimate yet distant exploration of the fabric, and texture of a city whose detail as well as vistas are in flux.”

LumDimSum Snapshots of Helen Couchman’s Exhibition of New Work:

This new photographic series seeks the texture and the vistas of the hutongs that have undergone this process of destruction. As Couchman says, the project aims, “to explore what I can see of the land – literally the earth and fabric of the city. It has a performative angle: process, construction, dirt, proximity and distance are all evident in these images. This is what I am working with.”

Helen Couchman Exhibition Details:

• Dates: From 19th June – 9 July, 2011
• Time: 4pm-late
• Location: Aluss Art Photography Space
• Address: 2nd Floor, 141 Gulou Dongdajie, Beijing
• Tel: 8400-2628
• Website: www.helencouchman.com