One of the best parts about living in Beijing is the ease with which you can travel to other parts of Asia and indulge in their cultures, traditions, and that most veritable combination of the two, their food! Unfortunately, due to hectic work and school schedules, we don’t always get the chance to travel as much as we’d like. Thankfully though, our proximity to these fascinating places means that if we can’t go to them, they will inevitably come to us.
Such is the joy of MULU WFC in Wangfujing, which brings together a litany of diverse and unique flavors from all over Southeast Asia, including Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippine, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. In the run up to the opening of their new restaurant, Laksa Queen, MULU WFC’s lunch menu will be taken over by their Street Food Fiesta. From Monday through Friday, 11am-2pm, diners can sink their teeth into regional favorites like Nasi Goreng Jakarta, Singapore Hainan Chicken Rice, Penang Char Kway Teow, Sarawak Laksa, Vietnamese Pho Bo, and Khao Gai Yang for RMB 38 each.
As if the food wasn’t enough, the ambience of MULU WFC also seeks to capture the grandeur and magnificence of Southeast Asian cultures. Home to the largest cave in the world, Gunung Mulu National Park was used as the inspiration for the restaurant’s interior design, which includes a large granite boulder which is home to a white marble statue of the restaurant’s logo, Shammy. The bar counter stands in for the jagged karst pinnacles, and a skylight off in the distance, at the very end of the restaurant, is suggestive of the national park’s cave system, all of which is illuminated by an abstract lighting fixture made up of 1,380 bat-inspired decorations.
Of their new project, Laksa Queen, the restaurateurs explain: “The diverse flavorful street food makes Southeast Asia a truly food paradise. While MULU WFC hopes to redefine Southeast Asian cuisine by showcasing its trend-forward, multicultural side by preparing dishes according to traditional recipes given a new life with modern technologies and plating, Laksa Queen sets to preserve street food culture, which is slowly diminishing in tastes with progressive development in the region, by offering customers the opportunity to taste Southeast Asian delicacies at affordable prices like in Southeast Asia, right here in Beijing.”
MULU WFC is located at 4F, WF Central, Wangfujing Street. Though not open yet, Laksa Queen will be located in Sanlitun.
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