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More on Mike Naessens' Asian project
Last week, we noticed Eulogy/Beneluxx owner Mike Naessens sharing an interesting Chinese/Teutonic sketch via Facebook. Today, Naessens shared a bit more about his pending project, also located in Old City.
More on Mike Naessens' Asian project
Last week, we noticed Eulogy/Beneluxx owner Mike Naessens sharing an interesting Chinese/Teutonic sketch (right) via Facebook. Today, Naessens shared a bit more about his pending project, also located in Old City — he's taking over Old City Asian Bistro (206 Market St.) to open Tsingtau Lokal, a concept inspired by Qingdao, the Chinese port city held by the Germans, in a similar fashion to Great Britain's control of Hong Kong, until World War I.
The space will continue operating as the Bistro until a new liquor license Naessens has applied for goes live, which ideally will be sometime in the next six months. When it switches over, the kitchen (Naessens is retaining as many OCAB staffers as possible) will begin cranking out Asian/Euro specialties pushing the boundaries and traditions of Teutonic cuisine. (No chef to name just yet, but Naessens says he's in talks with several.) OCAB's sushi and bento box selection, popular with the lunch crowd, will stay. There are plans to install a draft system with 20 or more beers on tap; there will also be two beer engines and a 300-option bottle list. The décor will change — "It'll look like an old German pub that's started to have some infiltration of Chinese influence," says Naessens — but there won't be any dramatic construction overhauls.
Though we speculated last week that Han Chiang of Han Dynasty (108 Chestnut St.) might be involved with Tsingtau Lokal, Naessens says he's not partnered up at this time.
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