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- The Box
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Events
Saturday, September 4
Grand reopening party: 20% discount on food all day; giveaway of 50 liters of Beer Lao dark and 50 liters of Dali Beer starting at 4pm.
Ongoing Events
Mondays
All pizzas 10% offTuesdays
Buy two imported beers get one freeWednesdays
All bottles of wine 20% offThursdays
1.5 liter margarita, mojito or daiquiri pitchers, 100 yuan
The Box
老夫子
69 Wenhua Xiang, Wenlin Jie, Kunming
昆明市文林街文化巷69号
Phone: (0871) 5362137
Website: www.saporeitalia.com.cn
Some people come in for a drink or two, others are practically part of the furniture. There's a group of people that show up about once a month to have really loud arguments about books, and there are those who have daily drunken conversations on the meaning of Life, the Universe and Everything.
Ever since we painted the wall red, we've noticed random strangers coming in. Occasionally there is someone chatting someone up in a corner, someone asking the fuwuyuan for the solutions to their Chinese homework, people talking business, or someone plugging in their ipod to put their new favourite song on.
Whereas some of these people insist on having the same pizza and a Dali every time, others are making their way through the entire selection of paninis and imported beers and above all imported wines. (Strangely enough, since we started having the Italian aperitif-buffet on Thursdays a few of the loyal Dali drinkers have now switched to Grappa). Hungry students barge in for the lunch specials, couples stop-by for a tiramisu, and another one, and one more, some others stop-by for a gelato on-the-go and locals are blown-away when they discover genuine Italian lasagna and red wine.
Whatever you want to eat, eat, whatever you want to drink, drink, whoever you want to meet, meet.
Live outside the box @ The Box.
SPECIALS:
Everything at The Box is self-made: gelato, tiramisu, lasagne and even bread for panini. We only use the best imported ingredients to fill our panini and to top our pizzas.
Also wine and beers are self-imported.
Every 10 scoops of gelato one is for free.
Every Tuesday to Friday breakfast is served with bottomless coffee from 10am to 12pm.
On Saturday and Sunday breakfast is served with bottomless coffee from 10am to 2pm.
Every day 11.30 am to 2.30 pm 10% discount on panini, lasagne and tiramisu.
One can of coke, fanta, sprite 4 rmb.
One piece of our chocolate cake 6 rmb.
Every day from 2 pm to 5 pm one piece of tiramisu + cup of espresso or american coffee 30 rmb; one piece of tiramisu + cappuccino 32 rmb; one piece of cheesecake + Vietnamese coffee 25 rmb.
Every Monday all pizzas 10% off
Every Tuesday buy two imported beers get one free
Every Wednesday all bottles of wine 20% off
Every Thursday 1.5 liter margarita, mojito or daiquiri pitchers, 100 yuan
Reviews
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fulan
July 30, 2010 -
ehm..."italian FOOD lovers", that's what I meant...
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fulan
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Bernie
July 30, 2010 -
... antipasto ....
;-(
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Bernie
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m18371
July 4, 2010 -
The lasagna is okay and quite tasty but the table is much too low and I have to bend my body to eat it.... It's a good for a bar but no good for a restaurant....
And they have no fapiao....
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m18371
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birdabroad
May 19, 2010 -
Oh how I love the Box. It's never crowded and all the food is awesome (well I've never actually had a panino but everything else is awesome).
Best pizza and lasagna in Kunming/the universe. Great gelato. A place where you can actually walk in, get an espresso at the counter, and walk out.
I ration my visits to the Box so that I don't OD on it, but otherwise basically I would go every day.
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birdabroad
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Ian_Kunming
March 18, 2010
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Ian_Kunming
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Daxian
December 11, 2009
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Daxian
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Runciter
December 10, 2009
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Runciter
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ohlson
November 8, 2009
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ohlson
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funkyreggae
October 22, 2009 -
Great pizza. Great people. Great place to spend a laze afternoon. If only the consistency for pizza timing could go up, I'd happily give 5 stars.
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funkyreggae
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Andorra
October 8, 2009
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Andorra
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texinchina
August 10, 2009 -
Quite a friendly staff, quite a nice place for chat, and yummy gelato...I'm well on my way to a freebie!
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texinchina
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invisible
July 7, 2009 -
Not a big place, but they managed to transform the lack of space into a comfy coziness. Music is ok, as is the drink menu, and the staff. One of the few places to use the internet for free for those you don't walk around and sleep with their laptop.
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invisible
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magentalisted
July 7, 2009 -
Just had a ginger tea here, which was nice and strong, although would have been even better with some tea leaves in addition to the ginger. Menu looked tempting, but alas, eating there wasn't meant to be this time. The visit would have been a lot more pleasant without the large, loud man sitting downstairs relaying his whole life story (in that slow, simplified English Hemingway once described) to what sounded like an unwitting victim next to him.
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magentalisted
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WeiXue
June 25, 2009 -
Good for hanging out, drinking, and snacking. Thin crust pizza and sangria. Sounds like a fun night to me! :)
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WeiXue
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wo jiao dong dong
April 10, 2009 -
wei wei wei, WAA.
wo jiao dong dong.
props to the box's latest resurrection, it has once again returned to its rightful status as a pillar of kunming's social, dining, and libation community--may it always thrive and prosper!
whehh. gei wo yi kuai qian. wo yao ke lao fu zay.
WAA.
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wo jiao dong dong
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hedgepig
April 9, 2009 -
this place goes from strength to strength. new menu items, new renovation, reasonably priced drinks.
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hedgepig
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Ishmael
March 22, 2008 -
HOME!
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Ishmael
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