When the gong sounds, almost every diner at Beijing restaurant Duck de Chine turns around. That’s because one of the city’s greatest culinary shows is about to begin – the slicing of a Peking duck.

BEIJING (Reuters) - At Home Plate BBQ, an American-style restaurant in Beijing, staff are reprinting menus. The U.S.-China trade war means American beef - once the star ingredient - will soon be off ...

As recently as the 1980s, Beijing had only a meager portion of privately-owned restaurants. Fast forward three decades and the capital of the world's most food-obsessed country is back on its A-game.