American favorites

Chef Zachary Lewison of the Union Bar & Grille (优年美式餐厅) gave a cooking class recently inside the restaurant's kitchen. With his assistant he made a seared Ahi tuna salad, and char grilled a salmon, a rib-eye steak, as well as molten chocolate cake, a popular dessert.

The tuna sashimi was seared very briefly to get a golden edge and a different taste, while still fresh inside, along with a rocket and cucumber salad. Char-grilled salmon and rib-eye steak were both done to perfection in terms of taste and looks. The molten chocolate cake with liquid chocolate flowing out from the center was a cheerful, warming winner worth going back to.

According to the chef, American cuisine is a melting pot and has developed to have distinct characteristics of its own. Union Bar & Grill offers genuine American cuisine, combining its rich diversity with the best ingredients in Beijing. Apart from fresh local produce, it uses imported specialties such as Australian beef and Mongolian prime rib.