Starmermania in China sees places beleagured PM visits sell out fast

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Rommie Analytics

 Friday January 30, 2026.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer during a visit to Yuyuan Gardens in Shanghai, China. (Picture: PA)

Sir Keir Starmer may not be flavour of the month for some in the UK, but his taste has aroused passions thousands of miles away.

A Beijing restaurant has reported being fully booked since the prime minister dined there during his visit to the Chinese capital in January.

Yi zuo yi wang, known in English as In and Out is a hot spot for delicacies from Yunnan, a southwestern Chinese province.

Located in the city’s trendy Sanlitun area, the restaurant also has an unusual specialism for serving up hallucinogenic mushrooms.

An entourage of around 140 officials, business and press figures ate at the unique restaurant, chosen by Starmer on recommendation by the UK amb...

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