Last Saturday afternoon, with snowflakes starting to beard Beijing, we made our way to the Hot Bean Cooperative 炒豆合作社. Opened by a group of young hipsters, it’s a snack bar (canba 餐吧) known for its many types of chicken wings. This concrete-walled joint is excruciatingly hip, with the walls scribbled over with chalk, slightly grimy around the corners in that way that betokens deliciousness. So we felt no compunctions about sitting down and ordering every wing on the menu, plus a large glass of grape-and-grapefruit hot tea to balance out the effects of chicken wing consumption. Beer would been better, but we were the first customers, it was 4pm, and it was very, very cold… READ MORE | 2 Comments