In-house haute cuisine

Many of Beijing’s finest restaurants are still found within its top hotels, writes Mark Graham

For all the excitement generated by the flurry of new, freestanding restaurants in Beijing, many of the dining destinations set within the city’s long-established hotels continue to thrive, maintaining their reputations by tweaking, rather than changing, their classic menus. The following selection are more often than not solidly booked every night – and for good reason. (Prices in brackets show the average cost of a meal for two people, without alcohol.) Two of the veteran players, Made in China in Grand Hyatt Beijing (beijing.grand.hyatt.com, RMB700/US$102) and Paulaner Brauhaus in the Kempinksi Hotel, Beijing Lufthansa Center (kempinski.com, RMB800/US$116), were there at the very dawn of the Beijing culinary boom two decades ago, a time when a meal in a restaurant was considered an extra-special treat for the capital’s residents. Not any more:…

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Business Traveller Asia-Pacific Edition (Digital) - 1 Issue, June 2017

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