I had an enjoyable day at Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) today. It’s a great lab — and part of the reason I’m so psyched to work for Microsoft. It really is a global company with global resources.
Coincidentally, Nick Craswell, from MSR - Cambridge (MSRC), and Josh Goodman from MSR were also visiting MSRA. So that night, some of the senior folks at the lab treated us to a dinner at South Beauty, which from the URL is probably really pronounced qiao jiang nan.. We were treated to a number of specialties… no, not fresh-killed snake (which apparently is quite the dish), but a couple other interesting plates. The weirdest name was literally translated as “husband wife lung slice” — which is named after a husband & wife restaurant owner who made the dish up. Essentially, it’s thinly slices ox tongue in a spicy broth, and surprisingly good. There was also a fish dish (and the live fish was brought out for us to see) that was amazing, and a host of others that I can’t at all remember. Oh, and we had South Beauty Stout — mmmm…. dark beer! The restaurant was also gorgeous to see… a koi pond indoors and lotsof greenery (fake, but still looked cool). Good stuff.
Hi There,
I am reading your article from web by accident, I am so happy you were enjoying the food in our restaurant as you were in China. In fact South Beauty Goup is chain restaurants,so far there are Eleven branches in Beijing,and Five branches in Shanghai, and there is One in Chengdu as well. hope you could enjoy our restaurants food again when you visit to China in next time.Anyway it’s so happy to read your words. Good Luck!!!
A Reader Jill