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Forums > Food & Drink > Cacao closed?

I went to Cacao twice this week, on Monday and Tuesday and it appeared to be closed on both occasions. Has Kunming lost this fine place of international cuisine?

After Sandra closed, this place was my favorite western restaurant. But maybe to good to be true. Kunming might not have been ready for a nice place like this. The Chinese too conservative food wise and the foreigners too conservative money wise. I never thought this place was too expensive like many people here on Gokunming. I think paying a little extra for quality is more than reasonable, especially in China.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > This site is ridiculous

I couldn't agree more with abcdabcd, that review of Cacao by Billdan is over the line. I hope he will not come back and I think it would be best if the Gokunming management deletes the review. It's really unfair, plus he admits that he didn't have any of the food. Because it was a 100 kuai. In a high class place. I really get the itches of people here complaining about the "high prices".

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Forums > Living in Kunming > teachers visa without degree

Great. So I could work in my schools and get away with a story carrying a business visa that I acquired in some kind of outside agency. Talking about it, is getting a business visa without some kind of major monetary investment possible?

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Forums > Living in Kunming > teachers visa without degree

Great info, thanks! I'm a self-taught teacher, without any piece of paper but loads of experience. I teach toddlers and use my background in clowning and theater to develop my own teaching methods. Those are very successful, results are great and both the kids and myself are greatly enjoying the lessons. But the problem is I don't have a working visa and never quite figured out what would be the best in my situation. I'm pretty high-profile so I at least need to make it a little bit more legitimate. I'm working in a few schools around Kunming and I guess none of them has an official licence to employ foreign teachers. But I guess I can subscribe as an administrator or something. That at least would take some pressure off. Do I need a degree for getting such a visa? What are the requirements?

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Great article indeed. It is always the first thing I try to communicate to our guests when they arrive in Yunnan. The depth of the historic relevance of the Tea Horse Road is unmatched. Funny that the mainstream tourism industry decided to use it as an umbrella and then promptly started to simplify it as some sort of static movement in which you can almost imagine a single caravan hauling their tea straight to Lhasa, and bringing back horses, unregarding during which season. Not only the actual movement but also the influence is so much underestimated and not given the attention it deserves. Your article makes my legs itch to pack up some mules and GO!

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Really interesting, I'm really fascinated by the life and achievements of Forrest!

Brendan, is there a lot of info on his life in the coffee table book? I'd LOVE to read it but can't get it anywhere, seems like an expensive collector's item.

Peter, that is so interesting that you actually tried to locate his grave! Wow. I can't find the story on the Geographical Society Bulletin, do you have a link or website? Thanks!

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I helped out covering some big bullfights over Torch Festival in Luliang for the Wall Street Journal. Very similar experience. Thanks Jim for all the extra background on all the fascinating minority dresses and garments.

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Great article, thank you, Gokunming! I will definitely check out this hotel when I get to town next time.

And yes, at a time when half the province was high on opium, and Kunming was a huge market for this specific good, which came from the west, it is funny to think that the richest family was actually exporting a milk-papaya snack along that same route. Maybe it was milk of the poppy? :-)

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This place is without doubt my favorite restaurant in Kunming. It is truly Simao-style, but adds its own unique touch. The ingredients vary per week and the ingredients are all carefully sourced in specific markets or brought straight from the mountains. Their wild vegetables are always sweeter than other places in Kunming. There are plaques on the wall that say: "we don't feel the need to enhance the flavor with weijing or jijing, we do our best to source the best natural foods for you". You will not see any grease after finishing the plate, not even with the deep fried dishes. They are very flexible with ordering combinations and the super-friendly owner-chef will be happy to step out of the kitchen and give you some great advice. If he has time, because this place is crowded on most evenings. Service is friendly and attentive (but it is still Kunming). You get free home-made kimchi and apple vinegar with all meals. They have cold Fenghuaxueyue beer. Without doubt a safe Chinese eatery, really delicious food, friendly people who are passionate about their product. A true gem, in my opinion.

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I heard Richland Hospital has proper testing material.

I think the medical staff is of the same level as other Kunming healthcare facilities. I needed to translate some specifics of a medical report I got in another specialized hospital. I wanted to do this by letting the Richland doctor have a phone call with the specialized doctor that had done the tests. I came in and there sat a young physician with a translating nurse. When the phone call to the other hospital wasn't successful he wanted to have look at the report himself. I asked if that would make sense if he wasn't a doctor that was specialized in that specific field. He told me he wanted to have a look anyway. To my horror, he promptly misdiagnosed me with a truly appalling disease. When I came home I was puzzled. I didn't have any symptoms, how could I have something that serious. I checked the internet and found out that the condition that he described DIDN'T EVEN EXIST. Well, I have to give him, he had me stressing out there for a minute. I wanted to confront him with his mistake but apparently all the doctors had taken the weekend off. Eventually, in combination with my visit to the other state run facility, I was in constant uncertainty and stress over the period of 4 days for something that turned to be NOTHING. I had NOTHING.

Please use the highest level of common sense in dealing with local healthcare. The situation is grim. Best to let them test (if the facilities are ok) and make conclusions and decisions by yourself, if serious ask a physician in another country. Never blindly trust anything they say.

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Really friendly people, very tasty proper Indian food, all made with fresh ingredients and very reasonably priced.

For sure the best Indian food in town!