Souk will re-launch tomorrow as Souk Lounge with Kiss vodka cocktails, Tsingtao draft, and bottled Stella offered for free from 8 PM to 10 PM, says Glenn Phelan, who has been working on the new theme. He says Souk Lounge has a new color scheme, a better bar, and an improved layout, while retaining a [...]
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After nearly two years of anticipation, it looks like ROOM, the brainchild of former Blu Lobster chef Brian McKenna, is on its way to becoming a reality in the Yin Tai Centre. With the likes of Xiu, China Grill, Aria, and LAN already in the area, and Grill 79 and Atmosphere slated to open in [...]
I am glad the resolutions I made for 2009 did not include going to bed early because I would have broken that one about a dozen times already. The past two weeks have been a whirlwind of taking visitors on pub crawls, test-driving the new-to-Beijing “social media” vehicle foursquare.com, cranking out a few dozen favors, [...]
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The foods of the world have not fared well in China View since it opened a few years ago. Countries falling by the wayside include Norway (66 North), Italy (Alba), and Thailand (Rupa and Purple Haze, though the latter due to the landlord more than anything else), with the United States (Hooters) the only one [...]
No post on watching The Super Bowl in our fair city is complete without links to The Sweater Game that saw one of our fellow citizens cost the New England Patriots a perfect season and, for the gourmands, to some wine and beer pairings for wings and other football food. Done and done. The game [...]
In the far west of Qinghai Province, Golmud is perched at 3,000 m in the forlorn Tibetan plateau. The only sizable city for several hundred miles, it is the second largest city in the Qinghai province after Xining, with a largely Han Chinese population. Today, it acts mainly as a transit point between Xining, Dunhuang, [...]
A large industrial city and Gansu Province’s capital, Lanzhou has for long been the key transport link between the Chinese heartlands and the Northwest. It was an important stop on the Silk Road at the beginning of the Hexi Corridor, and is thus culturally closer to the Northwest than to Central China. The Yellow River [...]
Mount Wudang is located in Danjiangkou City of Hubei Province of China. It is said Taoism was founded by Zhang San Feng here. The graceful scenery and grandiose Taoism palace form unique Mount Wudang Tourist Attraction.
Xuanyue Gate Memorial Archway
Entering the Mount Wudang, you are able to see the Xuanyue Gate Memorial Archway. It was carved [...]
Mount Taishan is located in the middle of Shandong Province of China. A lot of emperors came to Mount Tai to offer sacrifices to Heaven in ancient times, so this improved the status of Mount Taishan.
Lection Stone Valley
On a stretch of stones ground, carved Diamond Sutra of more than 1000 words. There is a stone [...]
Grand Mount Tianshan is located in Xinjiang of China. The climate here is cold, so Mount Tianshan is covered by the ice and snow throughout the year. Moreover, here is the biggest glacier area in China. The peaks liking sharp sword pierce into the sky.
Tianchi, Mount Tianshan
Snow melt forms Tianchi. Tianchi tourist attractions regards Tianchi [...]