Flora Qi
Roller Coaster Roundup
Daredevil high school student Flora Qi surveys the city’s most exciting amusement park rides
Every spring, all the ninth graders at the German Embassy School of Beijing do a two-week internship for practical experience. We all look forward to getting involved in the real working world. Imagine my surprise when I got placed at tbjkids and discovered that my main assignment would be to hit up Beijing’s amusement parks! I love roller coasters and amusement parks, so I think this part of my internship was more like experiencing the dream working world than the real one.
Wangjing Wanderings
Shop, eat, play and primp
Pizza Bonanza
Pizzas don’t have wings, but you can still watch them fly at this newly opened Mr. Pizza joint. The restaurant’s big shop window lets you peer in at the pizza making process and watch staff in chef hats toss dough to astonishing heights. Once you’ve worked up an appetite, sit down for a hearty bite: a regular pizza costs about RMB 60, and a pie filled with cheese will set you back RMB 83.
Mr. Pizza
(A little English spoken; English menu with pictures.) Daily 11am-10pm. 1/F, Zonghe Lou, Area 4, Wangjing Xiyuan, Chaoyang District (8471 8486) 米斯特批萨, 朝阳区望京西园4区410综合楼一层
