BEI is a northern-cuisine Asian restaurant whose concept centers on the idea of “the forest and the clearing”. Abstracted birds (lighting) both random and frozen in mid-flight, lend a sense of calm and serenity to the clearing, while white ‘houses’ (private dining rooms) can be seen tucked into the forest beyond. ...Collapse

Tucked away in a back corner of The Opposite House basement, BEI uses compression and release via a double-layer ‘forest’ of vertical wood members to both screen and open views into the restaurant. Guests feel coziness juxtaposed against the openness of neighboring Sureño. ...Collapse

Natural and accent lighting skims the plum colored rear wall. The color scheme is dramatic and thus makes a cultural reference, but also provides a sharp accent to the concrete, natural and ebonized woods, charcoal stone and swampy hides. The white private dining boxes (primitive huts) are tucked into the forest, where once inside, raw oak and images behind glass windows of urban domesticity remind diners of the society in which we live. Raw concrete American walnut Chinese slate Plaster board ...Collapse