BEIJING: A Beijing restaurant owner congratulated her “old friend” and former customer Joe Biden on Monday after the US Democratic candidate emerged victorious in a tight US presidential election, inviting him to taste some liver. pork.
The publicity that followed Biden’s visit nine years ago boosted the business for quite some time, with many customers coming in and asking for the “Biden set,” owner Yao Yan, 66, said.
Biden had eaten noodles and steamed buns for lunch in August 2011 at Yaoji Chaogan restaurant in the Drum Tower district of the Chinese capital, during an official visit to Beijing as vice president of the United States.
His victory in the 2020 election gave his restaurant another boost, and one of Monday’s clients, 58-year-old lawyer Shi Longmin, admitted he decided to “cross this place off the list” after learning of the previous visit. of Biden.
Meanwhile, Yao hoped Biden could promote “friendly” relations between the United States and China, currently at their lowest point in decades, during his tenure.
But he also wanted the president-elect of the United States to return to his restaurant to try some of the foods he had missed the first time, such as his signature dish: stewed pork liver.
“There are many delicious flavors awaiting your arrival,” said Yao.
