Small bites

Beijing

A four-handed feast

The Ritz-Carlton Beijing welcomes Michelin-starred chef Pino Lavarra (right) from the hotel's sister restaurant in Hong Kong for an enticing week of Italian cuisine at Barolo on April 23-27. Lavarra and chef de cuisine Eugenio Iraci will team up to create a "Four-Hands Michelin Dinner" as well as special express lunch and brunch menus. Lavarra won national recognition at home when he opened The Dining Room with chef Paolo Simeoni, and his career also took him to Germany, England and Malaysia before winning his two Michelin stars and then moving to Hong Kong last year.

Barolo at the Ritz-Carlton Beijing, 83A Jian'gui Lu (Road), China Central Place, Beijing 010-5908-8942.

- Mike Peters