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Apr 20

Hello Spring!

Lumdimsum Cherry Blossoms!

Cherry Blossoms up on the Wall ~ Kristen Lum

Spring is here! That glorious time when our gallant delivery team strip off their heavy black winter jackets and let their glorious pink t-shirts shine forth like a light unto the darkness, er, beige-ness.

Also not unlike… a cherry blossom. (Segueway!) Check out these amazing pics courtesy of girl-about-town (and countryside) Kristen Lum on here awesome blog Lumdimsum.

If you’re of a similar outdoorsy bent, then you could do far worse than hooking up with the Beijing Hikers, pictured below doing something mental way outside our delivery zone. Flip over to their website for hiking schedules and amazing pics of the Chinese Outdoors. In their own words:

Beijing Hikers practices eco-friendly tourism, using the “take only photographs, leave only footprints” approach to hiking, and employing local guides to assist us, aiming to have a positive effect in the areas that we hike in.

And apparently when hiking with them there is no need to worry that you’ll be taken on a detour to shop for jade ornaments. No internet and no shopping?

Gung Ho! Hikers!

Apr 20

Happy April Fools Day

Congrats, not.

Fool me once…

Haha! Sorry, this is just our idea of a good time. The astute may have recognized Nicole from the Titanic English Class video, the Holmes-ian among you realized that July and Ben stand for Jiao Ban, the Chinese name of our company.

On another note, when did flowers get so expensive?

Gung Ho! fans July Wang and Ben Li tied the knot at the Lido branch yesterday. July and Ben met at the Sanlitun branch a year ago and promptly fell in love with the pizza, and each other. When Ben finally proposed, they decided they wanted to do something different – so July thought they’d have the wedding at the place they met! The ceremony was performed by Gung Ho! intern Pieter Van Herck, who registered as a marriage officiant online for the occasion.

After the wedding it was home on the GHP bikes and then off to the airport for a tour of the world’s most famous pizza landmarks, from the birthplace of laobing in China’s north-east, Napoli, Italy and the leaning tower of Piza, and Des Moines Iowa, where they invented the stuffed cheese crust.

They have no plans yet to start a family, but they’re already thinking about it. Says Ben, “if it’s a boy, we’re going to name him Li Jiao Ban”.

Happy April Fools Day :)

 

Mar 30

Yao Yang from Saffron’s Spring Salad

Saffron Owner/Head Chef Yao Yang

Meet Gung Ho’s Spring Celebrity Chef Yao Yang!

Yao Yang is a very busy man. Not only is he the star of hit TV show “Yao Yang in my Kitchen”, he’s also the owner and head chef of hip hutong hotspot Saffron in Wudaoying and a talented guitarist to boot! Somehow he managed to find the time to help us come up with some new items for our Spring menu including a new signature salad! In his own words:

“For the Spring salad, I just thought about the colors changing and it came to me. I used red radish and courgette flowers to give it a colorful Spring feel. It’s an Asian-fusion style salad, dressed with a red wine and soy sauce vinaigrette. I hope everyone likes it!”

Follow Yao Yang at: weibo.com/yaoyangkitchen

Moar!

Yao Yang also helped us with a new Cantonese-style BBQ sauce for our wings and a great Gourmet Pita Platter, featuring homemade hummus, pesto and duck liver pate dips! We also have a BBQ chicken pizza coming and… ribs! Mmm… ribs.

Gung Ho’s new Spring menu launches this Friday!

Yao Yang's Gung Ho! Spring Salad

Mar 29

WAB Idol goes Gung Ho!

Ashley Cheng, winner of the 2012 WAB Idol!

Congratulations to Ashley Cheng, winner of the 2012 WAB Idol (and Gung Ho! fan), for her rendition of Adele’s “Someone Like You”

Entering it’s 7th year (!), the Western Academy of Beijing’s annual WAB Idol is a combined middle school/high school talent show completely organized by student run organization ‘Friday Night Lites”.

This year’s event was held on campus last Friday the 23rd of March, and was co-sponsored (for the second year on a row) by Gung Ho! Pizza! Maybe next year we’ll get a team together and enter!

For more information on the awesome WAB school, check out their website here. They also have a media page, so hopefully they’ll stick up Ashley’s winning performance there so we can all check it out!

Below is awesome Gung Ho! Girl Clara handing out pizzas at WAB with a couple of very well-dressed students.

Gung Ho! Pizza at WAB

Mar 27

TBJ 2012 Restaurant Award Wrapup!

Marketing Manager Sammi and I at the TBJ Awards

Marketing Manager Sammi and I at the TBJ Awards

Hey Gung Ho! Guys and Girls, thank you so much for your support! We ended up taking home Outstanding nods for not only pizza but salad too. Though of course we’re super proud of both awards, we’re extra proud of the latter award, representing as it does a massive change in how you guys think of us. We’re not just a pizza store! We’re passionate about delivering great healthy food and these awards were just the next step.

Go Gung Ho!

Mar 12

GHP Kidz Pizza School

Go Go Power Rang- I mean, Gung Ho!

Kids + Pizza = Happy!

What kid doesn’t like pizza? Let us entertain you (and your kids) at your next childrens’ party or event with a Gung Ho! pizza making class! Each kid will get to make their very own mini pizza – and eat it too!

The kids will watch as we prepare the bases and then put together their own pizza with a selection of yummy pizza toppings! We’ll take care of the dough, sauces and the cooking – no mess, no fuss and no kids near the pizza oven!

Classes are 80rmb per child and include:

  • A 60 minute pizza making class for 6-12 kids ages 5 and up at Gung Ho! Pizza: Lido
  • A Chinese-speaking or bi-lingual teacher
  • One special “Kid Size” pizza base per person with a selection of toppings
  • We handle the dough, sauce and cooking! No worries about safety and mess!
  • Up to 3 adults will receive a soft drink

Classes must be booked at least a week in advance; classes are available anytime between 2pm to 5pm Tuesday to Thursday and Saturdays. If you’re interested contact us at: johnandjade@gunghopizza.com!

Mar 9

TBJ Reader Restaurant Awards!

Vote Gung Ho!

Super Tuesday!

Please don’t forget to vote for Gung Ho! in the Beijinger’s Reader Restaurant Awards! You can vote here.

Voting ends this Tuesday!

Mar 7

Women’s Day Tomorrow!

Happy Women’s Day!

So for Women’s Day we wanted to make another video but Sammi and Clara decided  they would exercise their Women’s Day Free Pass and… not. So Wynn and I had to do it instead. If anything is going to make you appreciate the amazing women in our lives this Women’s Day, this video certainly will.

Women’s Day Special!

Be a woman and order a pizza, salad or pasta this Women’s Day (March 8) and get two egg tarts free! (Limit one per order)

Gung Ho loves all the ladies of the world

Mar 2

Weekly Wrapup

Verne Harnish at Gung Ho HQ

Left to Right: Skott Taylor from New Seed Creative Consulting, Verne Harnish “The Growth Guy”, Josh Lally from our sister company Lush/Pyro, John O and myself from Gung Ho!

Verne Harnish, the “Growth Guy” and author of the Rockefeller Habits has been in town this week to give another seminar. After the show, Michael Wester, Grand Poobah of the Entrepreneurs Organization’s Beijing Chapter (and CEO of The Beijinger) managed to hijack his car and bring him (along with the rest of the EO guys) to Gung Ho HQ for a looksee. Verne Harnish has been a great inspiration to our company – he’s a bloody marvel on stage –  and it was great to show him how many of his tools we put to use.

You can’t tell because I Photoshopped the hell out of myself but I’m quite drunk. Cheers to Campbell Thompson from the Wine Republic! And thanks for Dominic from Plastered 8 for the custom tees!! Caption: “That’s just the light bleed!”

Free Pizza Upsizes!

From last Monday order any medium pizza Monday to Friday between 2pm to 4pm and upsize it free! That’s any large pizza for the price of a medium!

Youku Killed The Video Star

Video: Check out extreme fixie fanatic Ines Brunn school the Gung Ho! Boys on how to really ride.

GHP-TV: The Gung Ho! Girls Trilogy!

Check out the three episodes of the Gung Ho! Girls on the GHP Youku channel! Due to fanboy pressure, there may or may not be a secret fourth installment – not unlike Firefly.

Swing the Vote!

We’ve been nominated for Best Pizza and Best Salad in the Beijinger Reader Restaurant Awards! If you have a minute please vote for us here!

Also, the Time Out Readers’ Choice award is wide open! If you have a second, yes! give us a good nudge!

Mar 2

The Hutong & Gung Ho! Pizza Making Competition

The Hutong and Gung Ho Join Forces!

Go ‘Beyond the Mediterranean’ with the Hutong Kitchen!

Let me CTRL+V you…

“Gung Ho! Pizza – Beijing’s premiere pizzeria (Aw! -Ed.) – and The Hutong Kitchen – Beijing’s premiere cooking school – are teaming up to bring you a culinary competition that promises to take the meaning of pizza to a whole new level. On Friday, March 23, we invite you to roll up your sleeves and transform into master chefs, bringing us beyond the land of pizza – beyond its olive groves, sun glistening seas and blue skies that stretch into forever – to the contemporary pizza creations that have transformed the tradition of pizza making into a gourmet art form.

Our Beyond The Mediterranean pizza-making competition is limited to 12 teams of 2 participants each. You will create your own pizza, with access to Gung Ho’s signature-secret-recipe dough, as well as the customary list of veggies, meats, cheeses, and pizza condiments. BUT, each team will have to bring their own secret ingredients, and will be expected to move past the Margherita…”

Check out their www.thehutongkitchen.com for details!

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