In response to Hiketsu, our listings section is offered free of charge to local businesses... also, only one of the 40 candidates for a Best of Kunming Award is a paid advertiser on this site.
Hiketsu is correct in saying that many of the candidates are concentrated in one part of the city. It seems that only 14 of the 40 candidates (just over one-third) are more than a kilometer from Yunda, but that is not so surprising as the Yunda/Cuihu area is well known for its food and drink options and it is not so easy for new restaurants or bars to survive far from the center of the city.
Yuquanzhai (www.gokunming.com/en/listings/item.php?listing_id=287) - the restaurant Ahmet is referring to in the above post - has recently moved across Yuantong Jie and is now just a few meters east of Yuantong Temple. In addition to the main restaurant, it has a small noodle shop and vegetarian grocery store.
There is also Green Mountain Vegetarian Restaurant (www.gokunming.com/en/listings/item.php?listing_id=111) an Indonesian/Chinese vegetarian restaurant in Guanshang near the airport, which offers a more Southeast Asian menu and does some rather convincing fake meat. A bit of a journey for most people in Kunming, but it's a good way to get off the beaten path and try something different.
Moonlight Corner Thai Restaurant (www.gokunming.com/en/listings/item.php?listing_id=100) in the Expo Gardens near the Golden Temple in northeast Kunming is not a vegetarian restaurant, but its Thai cooks are very accommodating to vegetarians. They are happy to make virtually any dish on their extensive menu without meat, except for obvious ones like grilled chicken or fish. Their green and red veggie curries are as authentic as you'll find anywhere in China.
Check out the calendar, there's plenty of English corners coming up at TCG Nordica... also I believe there's an English corner across from Green Lake Hotel at Cuihu Park on Thursday evenings...
GoKunming and Kunming Information Hub have had a good relationship over the years... we've even stopped by to share our thoughts on how they can make their site more useful to foreign readers:
The use of the word "Chinglish" was not derogatory in any way, for me the word simply suggests English that is often translated too literally from Chinese. It was not meant as an insult, and I don't believe it was taken that way, it was merely intended as a reminder to the staff at en.kunming.cn that hiring one native English speaker to go over their articles prior to publishing would greatly raise the quality of their content... something I mentioned when we met with them back in 2009.
I have much admiration for the young and bright crew at en.kunming.cn, we link to their content and they frequently run ours. Their team is just as small as ours, but they're publishing in a second language. Respect!
Once again, good to see haters chipping in. Feel free to share your band's douban link joe, I'm sure you guys keep it real.
Went to the show tonight and the band couldn't have shown more respect to the audience, despite people getting up on stage and acting like tourists while the band was trying to perform.
Can't get enough of people criticizing others for doing things that make people enjoy their lives. Kunming would be so much better if no bands passed through at all!
My favorite Tengchong-style restaurant in Kunming. Their ersi and erkuai are trucked over from Tengchong and are the real deal — Kunming ersi and erkuai do not compare.
The restaurant itself is a bit jumbled, but there are a couple of tables outside in the courtyard that are nice to sit at when the weather's pleasant.
Don't believe them when they say they don't have lufu.
Kunming launches forum site for foreigners
发布者@Becoming Liz: Invitation accepted, I'd be happy to stop by soon!
Kunming launches forum site for foreigners
发布者GoKunming and Kunming Information Hub have had a good relationship over the years... we've even stopped by to share our thoughts on how they can make their site more useful to foreign readers:
bbs.clzg.cn/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=114342 (please forgive my five o'clock shadow, 2009 was a rough year!)
The use of the word "Chinglish" was not derogatory in any way, for me the word simply suggests English that is often translated too literally from Chinese. It was not meant as an insult, and I don't believe it was taken that way, it was merely intended as a reminder to the staff at en.kunming.cn that hiring one native English speaker to go over their articles prior to publishing would greatly raise the quality of their content... something I mentioned when we met with them back in 2009.
I have much admiration for the young and bright crew at en.kunming.cn, we link to their content and they frequently run ours. Their team is just as small as ours, but they're publishing in a second language. Respect!
Interview: Cao Pu & Fu Han
发布者Once again, good to see haters chipping in. Feel free to share your band's douban link joe, I'm sure you guys keep it real.
Went to the show tonight and the band couldn't have shown more respect to the audience, despite people getting up on stage and acting like tourists while the band was trying to perform.
Can't get enough of people criticizing others for doing things that make people enjoy their lives. Kunming would be so much better if no bands passed through at all!
Interview: Wu Hao and Kang Mao
发布者Let the haters hate, last night's show fucking ROCKED!
Book Review: Where the Dragon Meets the Angry River
发布者Ed was kind enough to provide us with a copy for review.
There's an Amazon link in the first mention of the book's title... hopefully it will be available around town soon.