Sixteen graduates from China’s prestigious Peking and Tsinghua universities, including two doctors, started a barbecue restaurant named Lancet in downtown Beijing, gaining wide attention from the medical community, China Youth Daily reported on Oct. 10.

The small grill has been in operation since last April. Cheng Si and Wang Jian, two doctors graduating from Peking University, named it Lancet to honor the world’s oldest and best known general medical journal.

The editor-in-chief of The Lancet in the UK will reportedly come to China for an academic meeting and is likely to visit this special restaurant.

The doctor-themed restaurant takes food safety seriously. It aims to provide clean and safe barbecue for customers, most of whom are doctors. Since Sept. 21, a special discount can be given to peers who have published papers on influential citation indexes such as SCI, SSCI, and CSSCI in the past five years.

Running the grill is only a side job for the two young doctors, which helps them worry less about income so that they can be better doctors, said Wang Jian.

Now, Cheng and Wang are not only shop owners, but also editorial board members of a medical journal. Since this new business opened, Cheng has passed her PhD dissertation defense and Wang has been accredited as attending physician.

The side job shouldn’t have a negative impact on their work as doctors, said the two. And they practice this rule strictly.

As medical students and practitioners busy themselves with literature and papers, it’s hoped that the grill can provide support and comfort to peers, said Cheng.