Eel wizard

Amaster grill chef makes his specialty sing at a quiet Japanese restaurant in Beijing.

Tucked in a quiet street in the north of Beijing's embassy area, a small Japanese restaurant called Missi Missi has recently climbed onto local foodies' bucket lists.

Missi Missi could have been dwarfed amid the myriad fancy upscale Japanese restaurants in the capital, but its unagi (freshwater eel) and an elderly Japanese master chef behind the grill quickly have made the restaurant a hot ticket.