Just like my Grandmother's dishes

Diners at Shangri-La's Kerry Centre Hotel Beijing will find delectable Spanish tapas at the colorful, tempting Bento & Berries bakery, as well as typical Spanish specialties at Coffee Garden's daily buffet, paired with Spanish wines, until November 26.

Self-taught Spanish chef Joaquin Campos describes his own style as "healthy, grandmother cuisine", which applies the best ingredients to prepare simple, but attempting foods. The 34-year-old considers himself lucky to have worked in some of Spain's most exclusive hotels and restaurants, and learned his country's varied culinary styles.

He has a keen interest in "market cuisine", food prepared using only ingredients available each day at the local market. His passion helped him enjoy the Torres China program, which recently took him to 12 Chinese cities, including Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Xi'an and Changchun. In all those places he had to rely on local Chinese chefs to provide local ingredients, although it was not a problem at all in Beijing.