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Forums > Food & Drink > suggestion on redwine

Chinese wines: stay away from them unless you're getting the good stuff from the northern / inner mongolia region or the other typical wine-growing regions. (Yunnan has a lot of potential but does not produce (m)any good wine at this moment). Plus you're paying a lot more for "ok" and "good" Chinese wines than very good import wines. Too many wines are fake, have color added (easy to tell), taste of tar, cigarettes or simply have gone bad (fungus, rotting, shifting, old, chemicals, etc., or due to lack of hygene and bad storage). Usually these are bulk, bladder or shiner import that has spent so little money on the cork it turns to dust when you touch it (even many French wines unfortunately)(I have photos to prove it).

Why don't you just dome visit our bar (Napa Valley in Guandu) to try some very good import wines.
A bunch of them are also available at various bars, cafe's and restaurants in town now.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > finding Kunming souvenirs?

PS: postcards and small stuff are a pain in the *** to find. Most places including tourist spots don't have them. You have more luck in some areas like "the Hump" at the gates, old towns and jade or tea-markets.
Now I remember what I was going to suggest: a Chinese tea set with real quality tea. When it's finished you just come back for more tea :)

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Forums > Living in Kunming > finding Kunming souvenirs?

The BWM, Mercedes and Porsche stores are typical Chinese.
If your budget is a little higher maybe you can request a Maserati or Bentley.

3 conditions to make it Chinese.
1 it has to be expensive
2 it has to be too big for the road (especially old towns)
3 it has to be gold colored

Just kidding.
Good luck in your search. If you want something typically Chinese, why not a piece of jade wrapped in a Chinese flag. Can't be more Chinese than that :) just beware of fake prices and fake stuff.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > What to do on a rainy day?

I recommend the "Dynamic Yunnan" show. It's very good and keeps you off the street for a very nice evening. You can eat something right next door at the Italian style Chinese restaurant or Kundu or Gren Lake area a couple minutes away.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Where to buy art, cheap?

I looked it up. The small shop is located somewhere between Jinxia Road and Jinju Road, right along the big road Beijing Lu - east side of the street.
They have more paintings than there are hanging on the walls but they stand stacked on the floor in the back.

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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.