With another New Year – this time of the Lunar variety – looming at the end of this month, Check-in Asia looks back on some of our favourite projects undertaken during the Year of the Monkey. In the first of a three-part series, we recall destination reports for some of the world’s leading publishers…
The editorial team at Travel + Leisure commissioned us to research and curate a comprehensive Beijing destination feature featuring the sleekest new stores, galleries, restaurants and bars, and interview local personalities, such as fashion designer Liu Lu. Among our fave Chinese capital finds: TRB Bites fringing the Forbidden City moat; FNJI, a chic homeware boutique in a restored siheyuan dwelling; and Long Jing, a teahouse that transforms into a ‘tea-themed cocktail bar by night. Oolong Old Fashioned, anyone?
Image courtesy of internchina.com
Hengqin Island for make Architects
We admit, Hengqin Island hadn’t crossed our radar too often until make Architects, an international architecture practice headquartered in London, asked us to prepare a report about the strategically-placed isle between Macau and the Chinese mainland. The world will be hearing much more about Hengqin, however, as it transforms from a forgotten fishing village to key tourism and business player in the Pearl River Delta. You read it here first!
Image courtesy of MO
Starry Shanghai Dining for MO Magazine
As Shanghai welcomed mainland China’s first Michelin Guide, the world’s media salivated over a newly-minted ‘foodie destination’. We caught up with Shanghai-born chef Tony Lu, who scooped three Michelin stars for two restaurants, for a profile cover story in MO Magazine, the international travel magazine of Mandarin Oriental Hotels & Resorts. Chef Lu took us around a local wet market explaining the importance of seasonality in Shanghainese cuisine, and discussed how he elevates local dining to new realms of refinement at his Michelin-starred restaurants Yong Yi Ting (at Mandarin Oriental Pudong, Shanghai) and Buddhist vegetarian restaurant Fu He Hui.
Image courtesy of Wanda Reign on the Bund
Hot China Hotels for DestinAsian’s Luxe List
At Check-in Asia, we’re often asked to nominate, judge and share our favourite new hotels in the destinations we cover. Among our top five picks for 2016 in China are: Wanda Reign on the Bund, Alila Anji, CHAO Beijing, Park Hyatt Hangzhou and The Parisian Macao. Read more about these winning properties on the DestinAsian Luxe List.
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