The Source
Bob found Du Jiang Yuan (The Source) in a guide book. Located in Beijing's Dongcheng district on Bonchang Hutong (Bonchang Alley), it is actually a part of the 798 Dashanzi Art District, but located in Downtown Beijing and it was an amazing nouvelle Sichuan restaurant in what can only be described as Beijing's East Village.
You can't argue with a 13-dish meal that cost $40 per person that includes, and I'm not making this up: Saute' ed prawns with asparagus, steamed fish with chilies, BBQ'd pork ribs with chili sauce, preserved goose and fresh corn with green and red chilies, fried fish, tree fungus and cucumber soup (a chicken and ginger broth), saute' ed pea shoots, grilled beef and cucumbers in chili sauce, steamed ginger chicken served with soy and chili dipping sauces, chicken and noodles in spicy sauce, roast duck with soy sauce and yam cake and fresh honeydew and water melon. $40 per person. I kid you not.