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Velvet by Verde: Raising the Bar with Gastrobotany

Posted: October 29th, 2015 | Author: LumDimSum | Filed under: Foodies & Dining Scene | Tags: Chef Alberto Becerril, Chilean Volcano Wagyu, Fideuà de Gandía, Gastrobotany, Let's Burger, Michelin Chef Rodrigo de la Calle, Migas, Nali Patio, Paella, Pan's Labyrinth, Sanlitun, Spanish food, Spanish wines, tapas, Velvet, Velvet Verde | 4 Comments »

Velvet: Creamy Baby Squid Rice with Black Ink Sauce and Desert Vegetables (RMB 220)

Velvet’s Showcases Rare Desert Vegetables in this Black Squid Ink Paella

Before reading this blogpost, you probably already had a bad impression of Velvet. First opened as a restaurant-patisserie with a lot of fancy-pantsy velvet chairs and a menu serving everything from Mediterranean “snacks” to Asian fusion dishes, everything about the concept seemed random, all-over-the-place and one of those restaurants that would be closed before I even got around to trying it.

Fast forward a few years later since it first opened in 2013, Velvet has had a major facelift. I don’t know when this facelift actually took place, but I think it’s relatively recent because the Head Chef I met has only been in Beijing for a few months.  Honestly, what I experienced just last week was a phenomenal dining experience and I can’t believe that no one seems to even realize that Velvet still exists and that it’s nothing like it was when it first opened.

First off, Velvet’s Head Chef Alberto Becerril takes the time to greet every table and shake each diners’ hand and personally ensures a hospitable and personable dining experience (the best kind!). He introduces each dish that comes to your table and maneuvers his way around the restaurant between all his guests flawlessly.

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Traitor Zhou’s 1st Annual Ugly Tomato Festival

Posted: August 4th, 2015 | Author: LumDimSum | Filed under: Foodies & Dining Scene, Upcoming Events | Tags: Bottle Boot & Cigar (BBC), Chi, Fiume, Jing-A Brewing Co., Migas, Mosto, Nobu, Okra 1949, The Taco Bar, tomatoes, Traitor Zhou's, TRB, Ugly Tomato Festival, Velvet Verde | 2 Comments »

Ugly Tomato Festival

Don’t Judge a Tomato Before You’ve Had a Taste

Are you guilty of buying only beautiful tomatoes? Quick to judge the taste of a tomato by its exterior appearance?

Traitor Zhou’s is about to blow your prior judgements of tomatoes out of the water with its 1st Annual Ugly Tomato Festival. They’re here to celebrate tomatoes that may be ugly on the outside but absolutely delicious on the inside. Collaborating with organic farm Little Willow Farm, Traitor Zhou’s will be providing ugly organic tomatoes of all sizes and varieties to 11 different restaurants and bars around Beijing throughout the months of August and September.

“Too often we jump to judge based on looks rather than what lies deep inside. We pick those perfectly round and firm ones that are around all year only to find out later that they have sucked our bank accounts dry and moved onto the burger. While that imperfect and a little soft and chubby (on certain scales!) gem is there for a short period each year, bursting with natural sugars and flavours for us.” – Traitor Zhou’s

Ugly Tomato Festival

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