Lush beats Maison Boulud in Round 1, time to vote in Round 2!

Posted by Josh on Aug 11, 2011 in Editorial, Food, Lush | 0 comments

Round 2, fight!

Lush won against Maison Boulud in the first round of The Beijinger’s Burger Cup, but now we need your help to win the next round. Please click the link and vote for Lush! (Round 2 voting ends on Monday morning!)

In Round 2, Lush faces a new brand of competitor. Home Plate is a fairly new restaurant, but being new, they have a shiny, baby-fresh reputation and the popularity that comes with being the new kids on the block. Lush has been servin’ up burgers for almost 8 years, and almost everyone who’s come through Wudaokou has created memories, partied it up, and partaken of our awesome food at some point in their Beijing careers. So help us out, Love the Wu and click the link above or below and Vote Lush!

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You guys are the best!

Pyro phone lines are still down! (August 11th)

Posted by Josh on Aug 11, 2011 in Editorial, Food, Pyro | 0 comments

Hey guys, so sorry to have to post this message, but the Pyro phone lines are still down today. The telephone company has scheduled Friday morning to repair the phone lines, so if all goes to plan, we’ll have our delivery guys on their bikes delivering piping hot pizzas to you by tomorrow afternoon. Again, very sorry for the inconvenience!

Thanks for your understanding.

Pyro phone lines are down tonight (August 9th, 2011)

Posted by Josh on Aug 9, 2011 in Editorial, Food, Pyro | 0 comments

Hey hungry pizza people!

Our sincere apologies, but there was a fire in a restaurant located in the same complex as Pyro Pizza that took out the phone lines for the entire building! The telephone lines were supposed to be repaired this evening so we could get pizzas out to all our hungry fans, but then Beijing decided to pour down torrential rains – so the telephone repair people haven’t completed the task yet. If you feel like making the trek down to visit us, we’re still making pizzas, and we definitely want to make those deliveries, but for now the only way to make that happen is to order in person.  We’re very sorry for the bizarre combination of circumstances, but we’ll get it fixed as soon as we can!

Thanks for your understanding!!

Vote for Lush for The Beijinger’s Burger Cup!

Posted by Josh on Aug 8, 2011 in Editorial, Food, Lush | 0 comments

Hey all you amazing Lush-ies? Lush-in-knights? Lush-ese? Lush-ians? How about this… Wudaokou Warriors, unite!

As you may or may not know, The Beijinger magazine is throwing a contest for Beijing’s favorite burger, called aptly, the Burger Cup,<— click and vote for Lush, if you think we’re better than the competition!

Lush beat out La Bamba in the preliminary rounds to get seated in the First Round against one of Beijing’s top restaurants, Maison Boulud. While they admittedly make an amazing burger, we’d like to think our in-house, ground beef in our homemade buns, with customizable toppings for (less than 1/3) the price of MB’s burger is quite an amazing deal to be had in our humble little city. So we’re asking for your vote! If you’ve had our burger and think its something to be proud of (I know we do!), and moreover – think its better than the one at Maison Boulud, then hop over to TheBeijinger.com, follow the link to the burger cup, (or click the link above) and vote Lush! You also have a chance to vote for all your other favorite places that serve great burgers in the city. “hehehehehe, you can’t eat all those hamburgers. -Peter Griffin”

Hope you guys are having an amazing time, wherever you may be!

Beijinger Bar & Club Awards (We Won!)

Posted by Josh on May 25, 2011 in Uncategorized | 2 comments

First and foremost, Thank you to each and every one of you who voted, and thanks to those of you who have been a part of what makes Lush, Pyro Pizza, and Wudaokou such fantastic places to live, work, study, and most of all, eat, drink, and party!

Lush crushed the awards this year thanks to all our wonderful supporters! Best Student Hangout for the 7th year in a row!! Also, we count ourselves very lucky to have come home with Best Non-Sanlitun Bar, considering all the amazing bars Beijing has to offer throughout the city. Outstanding Bar Food was also a welcomed surprise in a very, very competitive category. Finally, Best Pub Quiz was a personal dream of mine, and I’m so humbled to have Lush win the top slot, especially since I know all the other quizmasters, and they’re all fantastic guys and excellent hosts.

Overall, from all of us at Lush and Pyro Pizza, we again just want to express our appreciation for all your support and help in keeping us one of the best hangouts in the city! And as always, shoot us an email, post a comment, or just fill out a comment card when you’re in the store, and let us know how we can continue to be counted amongst the best in the city! Thanks so much!

Pub Quiz Recap (May 18th, 2011)

Posted by Josh on May 22, 2011 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

Categories – Who/what/where/when/how, World Politics/Leaders, Clause & Arno’s Germany Round, China’r, and Music

Winners – Coming out of nowhere, and I’m pretty sure it was the result of a supernova that brought together the cosmic forces of multiple teams into a new-found super team called The Seaword, they rocked the pub quiz with stellar forces and locked in a solid win for the bottle of Jack Daniels. Holding strong onto second place, Boobies on the Brink performed admirably, and Kidneys Come and Go took their first top 3 win in over a month.

Sample Question – Who was the only Chinese leader to be named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year twice?

Last Week’s Answer – Robert Englund

Leaderboard -Updated finally! Tied in first/second place with a 20 point lead on third, Southbound Pachyderm and Boobies on the Brink both have rung up 50 points in the past 9 weeks, which is an amazing performance from both teams. Rocking behind them with 30 points, and no slackers themselves, Pleasant Goat, despite missing a few weeks, and changing their names and forcing me to keep up with the changes. Just behind Pleasant Goat, and totally capable of stealing third, Quiz in my Pants have secured a solid score of 28 points. With 24 points, and still capable of coming into a tie for 3rd provided Pleasant Goat and Quiz in my Pants pull an awful performance next week, Kidneys Come and Go and Tongzhimen both have a chance to cause some damage.

Ok, so I’ve been a bit awful at updating the weekly recaps. And, even though I just went through and updated the recaps for the last month, they don’t have the same flair that they do when I write them hungover on the Thursday after the quiz, when my ears are still ringing from the previous nights party, and the beer from the night before is seeping out of the pores in my skin. Let’s just say We/I’ve been busy winning awards and stuff. Booyah!

Pub Quiz Recap (May 11th, 2011)

Posted by Josh on May 12, 2011 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

Categories – Entertainment, Famous Chinese People, Laura’s Medical Round, Political Scandals, Music

Winners – Pleasant Goat creams the competition with their 2 point victory over Southbound Pachyderm for the deeleeshurse bottle of Jack Daniels and the first place ribbons! Southbound in turn, edges out Boobies on the Brink and wins the option for a pitcher of mixed drinks, and Boobies (which always seems to be winners), still gets to share a nice bucket of ice cold Tsingdaos.

Sample Question -What is the name of the actor who played Freddy Krueger in the Nightmare on Elm Street Series?

Last Week’s Answer – Felipe Calderon