Originally Posted by
Peter_N-H
Agree entirely with the above. Eating Xiao Wang's dumbed-down-for-expats pan-China dishes is only borderline forgivable if taking visiting aged parents out for meal. But given the immense range and variety of real food of all regions available in Beijing, ought otherwise to be a criminal offence.
FWIW, I'm equally offended by the set of better-then-thou types that cast stones upon anyone who doesn't cream over braised sea slug and the like.