Forums > Living in Kunming > art classes in Kunming

Hello, does anybody know if there are any art courses happening in Kunming, whether for chinese or western style painting? Would it be possible, that I can somehow participate in some courses in the art university here? I have never studied art, but i have done quite a few courses, and pracitced myself, so I would just like a chance to keep on practicing, the best would be with oil colours.
Thank you in advance for your answers.

Forums > Food & Drink > soy sauce and other condiments without msg

you could try to find it from sino-agriculture which is a vegetarian restaurant with a small organic shop attached to it, i cant remember at the moment but im pretty sure they did have soy sauce too. its on wuyi road and on the building theres a big green sign that says sino-agriculture.

Forums > Food & Drink > being vegan in Kunming

Hey, thanks for the advice everybody so far, i will definitely try out the restaurant Kirkpatrick suggested, and also I guess then stay away from the usual chinese restaurants. As for cooking myself, I would not have any problem with the motivation but i am living in a dormitory where I cant cook, so that is a bit problematic. I will see though, maybe I will still find an apartment, because I cant really imagine not cooking for a year, especially in a place where there are so many good things to make food from.

Forums > Food & Drink > being vegan in Kunming

Hello, i am a vegan and I just moved to Kunming for a year to study chinese. I am having a bit of difficulty here with the food though, and I couldreally use some advice from more experienced people. I have already found the lists of vegan and vegetarian restaurantsin Kunming, but Iwanted to ask about the usual chinese restaurants, because i have heard that even when they make you some dish only out of vegetables, then the sauce still probably contains some animal products, like the broth used to make the sauce etc. Is that true, should I stick to only the vegan and vegetarian restaurants if I want to stay vegan in Kunming?Also, are the baozi-s which dont contain any meat vegan or just vegetarian, and the mantous should be vegan right? I feel that the people here arent very helpful with the vegan thing, the waitresses seem to be a bit bothered when i say I want only a vegetarian meal, so I am already afraid to ask sometimes. Also, when there are any vegans or vegetarians living here who would like to meet me i would be really happy.You can just write to my email - tiiulausmaa@gmail.com