Roasted mullet roe served with turnip and leek slices, 98 yuan
Traditional greek salad, 48 yuan
Eight-treasure glutinous rice with red crab, 168 yuan per crab
By Annie Wei
Restaurants are gearing up for the cold season with warm, winter offerings. Beijing Today checked out two places with great menu deals.
By Annie Wei
Food and drinks at The Opposite House in Sanlitun do not come cheap, so it’s welcome news that the hotel’s cafe, The Village Cafe, has launched a lunch promo.ere’s the deal: 48 yuan for one course, 68 yuan for two and 88 yuan for three. No extra charges. And a different menu every week.Beef rendang, served with pickled vegetables and steamed rice (48 yuan), is an Indonesian and Malaysian favorite that’s prepared with dry red curry and blue ginger. Blue ginger is an aged, harder and spiier ginger that helps tenderize meat. The dish is sprinkled with dry coconut, which gives it a strong tropical flavor. Some of The Village Cafe’s European diners eat beef rendang with bread instead of rice. For people looking for hot soup to ward off the winter chills, the cafe’s Malaysian Chinese chef, Lee Keong Ga, recommends butternut pumpkin soup (48 yuan) and prawn wonton soup (48 yuan).
To make the butternut pumpkin soup, Lee starts with a roast butternut squash to intensify the soup’s aroma. Prawn wonton soup, a popular Cantonese dish, uses minced prawn and pork for the wonton filling.
For dessert, there’s mango trffle (48 yuan). Lee only uses Australian mangoes – big ones with red and orange skin – which are sweeter than the local variety. The truffle has three layers: chocolate sponge cake is at the bottom, followed by diced mao with cream, then a covering of passion fruit sauce. The truffle has a sweet and sour taste, and comes in a generous serving.
