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‘We wanted a taste of what they had’: the Beijing restaurant dining out on Starmer visit

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Whatever the ins and outs of Westminster politics, Keir Starmer can take small comfort in the fact that there is one place where he is consistently popular. It just happens to be 5,000 miles away. In and Out, an upmarket restaurant in Beijing, has been fully booked since Starmer and his team dined there in January during the first visit by a British prime minister to China since 2018 . His visit, pictures of which were widely shared on Chinese social media, has caused such a buzz that diners can now order from a specially printed “prime minister’s menu”, which lists the dishes that Starmer ordered. They include mint leaves wrapped in thinly sliced beef, grilled asparagus with porcini, pork ribs in plum sauce, sweet pineapple rice and deep-fried shards of goat milk cheese. Beef rolls with mint was one of the dishes ordered by Starmer and his team.…

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