is a small, one-room hutong eatery that offers (basically) one thing on the menu: grilled cheese sandwiches. There's a bunch of variations on the item itself, but (basically) that's all they do: grilled cheese sandwiches. It's just a guy, a counter, a fryer, and iron, a bag of bread, and some cheese. Yes, correct, this is a fantastic idea. So here's the menu. It's broken down into a few categories and pricing sections. Starting from the "(A) Fangjia Melt", that's your standard, ghetto grilled cheese sandwich -- white bread and cheddar slapped together and grilled, like you're just trying to make it over the finish line to payday. Breezing thought the options, you've got different kinds of condiments, meats, and cheeses, before getting to the "(E) Das Gulou" section, and the Pastrami and Sauerkraut Melt -- the Rolls Royce of grilled cheeses -- clocking in at 35rmb. The operation is a husband-and-wife business (mom and pop?), opened by a couple of long-time Beijingers. The great thing about this city is that people are doing things like this -- opening their own simple small businesses and restaurants that seem borne out of some tipsy barroom conversation. Feels like the character of this city (or at least a part of it) is defined by people taking their great and wonderful ideas way too far. Reeeespect. Anyway, the sammiches. I got the Pastrami and Sauerkraut Melt because I'm a high roller. For ingredients, they're using imported meats and cheeses when they need to and bread is just the Bimbo brand wholemeal white bread from the local supermarket. In the run up to their opening, they did a lot of taste-testing to decide on the the best bread. Bimbo bread was the best. Go figure. Absolutely delicious. Tasted like staying home from school and watching cartoons and game shows all day. Tasted like pulling the blankets up over your head and reading Calvin & Hobbes with a flashlight. Tasted like rolling around in your panamas on your living room floor, surrounded by Christmas presents, wondering which ones to play with first. K, maybe that a little hyperbolic but it's a pretty damn good grilled cheese. The serve it with a handful of Fritos or Kettle Chips, and for an extra 10rmb, you can get a paper cup of Campbell's Tomato Soup for dipping. Don't be a fool, man. Get the soup. It's for dipping. So! A few extras. Pickles. Cauliflowers. ...Which engender the possibility of the Pickle Back: Drink of Kings. The Corner Melt has a whiskey and a tequila pickle back, both are priced at 30rmb and go real well with grilled cheese. Actually, everything goes well with a grilled cheese. Getting hit in the face with a hammer is probably alright with a side grilled cheese action. Here's some soup. DRINKS. They don't have. Meiyou. Besides the whiskey shots. The Corner Melt is leasing their space from hutong bar Cellar Door next door, and so you should pop by there to get your beer. They have lots of different types of beer at competitive prices. That's it. The Corner Melt is right next to Cellar Door, which is in between el Nido and Hot Cat in Fangjia Hutong. Given that the owners have been in Beijing for a little bit, the place is usually buzzing with friends and well-wishers, in addition to passing grilled cheese enthusiasts. The Corner Melt is right beside Cellar Door at 55 Fangjia Hutong. They're open Wednesday to Sunday, 9pm to 2am.