The world’s eye’s turn to Beijing this year with the Olympics as well as the emerging of the new China of the new century. And as all eye’s turn here, so are the stomachs pointed here as well. If you think there’s a lot of restaurants opening in Vegas, you haven’t seen Beijing lately.

That’s Beijing has a nice preview article on the Daniel Boulud restaurant here which has been being built the last several months and opens this spring: Maison Boulud à Pekin. Boulud’s plan for posh eatery?

“Brian [his assistant] has to find the best local ingredients,” says Boulud, who pointed out that half of the menu will be prepared with French ingredients, and the rest with local ingredients. Boulud, who calls Reimer daily, added that they plan to import beef from Australia or Japan and ducks from France, though that may change. “We are willing to find [local] farmers to grow poultry and goat cheese for us,” he says.

He said there will be no strange scropions nor sea cucumbers on the menu. Boulud also said he’s interesting to get the younger generation there interested in the food business.

{13 Mar 2008}