Transcript: Zagat Guide a Sign of Beijing's Gastronomic Rise

MELISSA BLOCK
NPR All Things Considered
05-06-2008
Zagat Guide a Sign of Beijing's Gastronomic Rise

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From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block.

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Just a generation ago, visitors to Beijing found a city with few restaurants, where idle and surly wait-staff issued a standard retort, which translated to roughly: we don't have any. How much can change in a generation? As of today, China's capital has its own Zagat guide to dining, hotels and other attractions.

As NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports from Beijing, it's a telling sign of the city's gastronomic rise ...

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