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Forums > Living in Kunming > Johnnie Walker

It's Formaldehyde Walker and knowing this it brings tears to my eyes.
(Sorry, bad humor :)
I think Metro is your best bet. You may be able to find it on Taobao (read the reviews). People with taste will tell you if it's the right stuff. Or just trust your own taste-buds if you have drank it before.

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Forums > Food & Drink > suggestion on redwine

About baijiu, I have tasted it before. I don't know if they use it to make the wine what it is (grape juice + alcohol), increase the alcohol % or if they want to appeal to a market which is so addicted to baijiu that they have to have the flavor of it in the wine. (Same like how some French wine makers (probably) like smoking and like the "cigarette flavor" also in the wine (either that or they dropped their cigarettes by accident into the tank while busy stirring).

About tainted (tinted) wine, if you mean colored wine, then here's 3 suggestions:
1. Look at the color. If it is fake (even a paint- purple or even dull / matte, or no dynamic color range in the light) you can tell sometimes by just looking.
2. Useful, but not always fool proof / full-proof is the "tissue test".
You need 1 single sheet of tissue or toilet paper (that is "sheet" with double "e" and not an "i".
Pour a couple drops of wine in the middle an wait. Wine color is part of the wine (part of the water. All wine contains water). If it's an added color it is mostly a solution but not adhering to the wine (thus floating around as loose particles).
Look at the transition ring(s) of the wine. If the color stays clearly behind and the outside ring is broad and clear, most likely color was added (or water in some cases). If the color transition is very gradual, it's most likely real. Also, just so you know, this test doesn't usually work well with white wine.
Please note: This is subject to the type of wine, (expert's) interpretation and is not always accurate (some people use high quality color additives). Some wines are flimsy. Sometimes the paper is the wrong kind to work as a proper filter.
3. Know your wines and above all: grapes. It is true that wine-makers can manipulate wine into anything nowadays, but still, if you know what a wine made of a certain grape tastes like, then you can tell more or less if it's really that grape. If it's very manipulated it doesn't always make it a bad wine. It just makes it a "manipulated wine".

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Forums are quickly deteriorating

I definitely second Liumingke1234's comment with a STRONG EMPHASIS on the words "DEGENERATION" / "DETERIORATION".
I have considered several times to just leave the forum because of all the name-calling and off-topic unfounded arguments that add up to countless posts.

My grandmother always said: "If you have noting good to say, don't say it at all."

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Forums > Living in Kunming > What do you love about Kunming?

Very funny yankee00, I love the order and focus on drinks and food.
I have to second the food. Definitely a lot of variety (many fruits and vegetables I've never seen or eaten before and I was always anti-vegetable). I just hope I stay / get healthier because of all the stuff they put on the plants and in the ground. Anyhow, I'm glad I eat more veggies.
Good beef. Darn am I glad there is tasty beef here. I'm staying away from pork though, but can't help but love the beef. BBQ, dried beef, beef sticks, beef strips, ground beef, orange beef and ground beef in eggplant.
My favotire drink: warm sweet-corn juice and WLJ/DJB. Why don't they sell this in the rest of the world?

The other thing: no begging, nagging, attacking, bugging or mugging people, children and gangs. (and no significant amount of homeless). There's work for everyone even if it pays only a little. And people are willing to work. They don't ask for "Change..."

And no tipping! (not for deliveries, taxi, restaurants, bars, or simply getting a haircut) Pretty awesome! (although I'd think people should do it in moderation in restaurants). I think it's good so staff are not suffering from a bad day. At least there are no employers who steal tips (like in France) thus no disgruntled staff because of it.

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Forums > Food & Drink > suggestion on redwine

@ The Dudeson,
Thanks for the reference. I very much appreciate that.
Yes, we have do a (wine)bar, but actually we're Yunnan's largest American wine importer.

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Of what I have seen the problem lies in the amount of sugar used in cooking rather than the amount of junkfood consumed (which tends to be very high in salt). People don't like too much sugar as in pure sugar or sugar in drinks and snacks, yet if you see how much they use in cooking (they put in bread, sticky rice milk, etc. too), my goodness how much that is.
Many dishes people like to eat are very high in sugar content. Orange Beef has a ton of sugar as far as I know. But it's soo tasty!

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Expensive, but probably one of the best places in this whole province to find genuine top brands (Prada, Gucci, etc.) for outlet prices.
Their jewelry sections in the basement is also very large but I would never touch any jewelry in China.

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Unbeatable priced. Seriously!
Prices start from 25 yuan p/p when you have a member card (deposit money on it).
The theaters are very good and they also show movies in 3D.

They always have the latest movies. Actually, they show most foreign movies in their native language which is awesome as I don't understand much Chinese yet.
Chinese movies are frequently shown with English subtitles.

Just make always sure and ask before attending a show what the language and subtitles are, but I guess that's a given in China :)

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Personally this is one of my favorite halal restaurants in Kunming. ^_^

Known well among the upper class of Kunming, it is very classy and is very good for quality business lunches and dinners. Having been here many times, this restaurant truly never lets you down. It's a little more pricey (-or a lot more pricey than your average noodle and rice restaurant), but the staff is very well trained and the food is exquisite and above all safe (they don't serve pork). (this is an absolute pre- when having business dinners as you don't want your guests to become sick).

My favorite dishes:
Steamed whole fish (predator type) in light soy-sauce.
Ground beef and ground peanuts over baked eggplant.
The seafood ice platter (salmon, scallop and snail) is very delicate and good for making a quality impression.

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This is one of South Kunming's largest farmers markets. Originally named "seafood market" for its focus on fish, shellfish and other seafood, it now contains a large vegetable, fruit, meat, bakery and dried food selection.

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New Asia Athletics Park (Guandu District) is one of the most well thought-out developments of the city. As part of the de-urbanization plan, it accommodates the new government and trade districts of the city.
It is also one of the most child-friendly districts of Kunming.

Located next to the Guandu Ancient Town, New Asia Athletics Park boasts a hospital, dozens of playgrounds in car-free zones and parks, a quality hotel, a stadium with various sport facilities including badminton, ping-pong, basketball and football (there are more facilities).

In addition it has one of Kunming's top Halal restaurants with truly exquisite food and many other options for fine dining, a very good value cinema (who offers a card system allowing you to get tickets for about half price). They always have the latest movies (also available in English or with English subtitles).

It is next to the new Metro line (which already runs here), with easy access to the flower market and Chenggong University town. Carrefour Supermarket, Luosiwan International Trade City and the lake.

There is also a direct freeway to Kunming airport making it a very convenient location.

Planned for opening in 2014 / 2015 there is also the New Kunming Theater and a new Kunming / Yunnan museum.