restaurants

www.lostlaowai.com — For many in China, “fast food” means McDonalds and KFC. To the average laowai, a visit to the nearest burger joint (or a phone call to the bicycle delivery man) is a periodic necessity for those craving a reminder of life back home and a break from their usual Chinese diet of rice and noodles. But Western fast food restaurants in China have long been outnumbered by native competitors.

www.chengduliving.com — Sichuan Cuisine has a hold on me. There was a time when I wasn't sure why I wanted to eat Beef slices and bamboo shoots in a spicy, peppercorn broth. But those times are over. I know now that it's all about the love.

blogs.citypages.com — Menus around China are popping up with variations of an interesting food item: Wikipedia.

www.chengduliving.com — Most of us have had a situation where we’d like to try some new dishes but can’t read everything on the menu. To fix this problem and learn some new Chinese, we’ve translated the menu of a local restaurant in Chengdu, Sichuan’s capital city. If you find yourself always ordering the same dishes because you can’t read the menu entirely, start learning this vocabulary and try these dishes out!

abcnews.go.com — Slated for demolition, China restaurant hires live-in protester, a new twist as evictions rise
When the managers of a Beijing restaurant marked for demolition were too busy to fight it, they posted an Internet ad and hired a stranger to stay there around the clock. The job seems to be a first for China, where frenzied urban construction has led to violent evictions, protests and even suicide.