PKU student reproduces hometown flavor in Beijing

May. 22, 2014

It's graduation season again and while many students are busy taking job interviews and choosing between offers, Zhang Tianyi, a Peking University M.A. candidate has already entered the work mode.

At the pricey World Financial Center in Beijing, Zhang and three of his friends opened a 40-square meter rice noodle restaurant. The four of them make the entire crew of the restaurant, managing all businesses from cooking, waiting tables, book keeping to cleaning.

Zhang Tianyi's rice noodle restaurant in the World Financial Center in Beijing. (Photo/People.cn)

Zhang Tianyi serves customers at his restaurant.
“We’re post-90s,
We work for ourselves at the World Financial Center;
With the conscience of the intellectuals, we present you the taste of our hometown,” the poster reads. (Photo/People.cn)

Zhang Tianyi's rice noodle restaurant in the World Financial Center in Beijing. (Photo/People.cn)

Zhang and three of his friends make the entire crew of the restaurant, managing all businesses from cooking, waiting tables, book keeping to cleaning. (Photo/People.cn)