International Foodie Weekend

Date: Aug 13 - 11 am

Venue: Sanlitun Soho

Price: 30-45 yuan

Bring an appetite! Because on Aug 13-14 flags will be festooned and senses indulged (perhaps more than just taste), as the Beijinger pries open the gates to foodie paradise. That's right folks, the International Foodie Weekend is back, and this time it'll be held right in the very mecca of Beijing's food scene: Sanlitun. With foodie passports in tow, festival goers will be set upon a culinary journey: Bite-sized delicacies representing cuisines from over 20 different countries and regions will be on offer. Get your passport stamped after each food sample, and see if you have the mettle (and, of course, the stomach) to call yourself a bona fide foodie!

Contact: 010-5878-8888

Fengwu Liangcang

Date: 10 am to 10 pm

Venue: Fengwu Liangcang, No 6-2006, AB Building Vantone Center, Chaoyangmenwai Street, Beijing

Price: 30 yuan average

Fengwu Liangcang, a new bakery in Beijing's CBD, is to elevate Beijing diners' love for bakery, with a top Taiwan baker Wu Wu-Xian as its brand director. Most of the breads in the bakery are European soft breads that appeal to Asian palate, and all the offerings are freshly handmade every day, using natural yeast. The shop claims it never uses frozen bread dough or artificial butter.

Contact: 010-5907 3540

Tous Les Jours

Date: Aug 11 to Sep 18

Venue: Tous Les Jours

Price: 188/288/388 yuan

As the Mid-autumn day is to fall on Sept 15 this year, South Korean bakery chain Tous Les Jours has launched new series of moon cakes with three types of gift packages. Each package contains some classics of Cantonese and Yunnan-style moon cakes, which are among the most popular four types of moon cakes in China, as well as innovative moon cakes the bakery recently developed, such as moon cakes stuffing with matsutake and Xuanwei ham.

Sports

2016 China Open

Date: Sept 25-Oct 9

Venue: National Tennis Centre

Don't want to miss the Big 3 in October. Come join them at China Open. As a combined ATP/WTA event, the 2016 China Open also features a star-studded lady's lineup - all top 50 WTA players including Grand Slam champions Serena Williams, Petra Kvitova, Angelique Kerber and Ana Ivonavic are coming to Beijing for the last Premier Mandatory event of the year. See you all in Beijing.

Contact: 400-610-3721