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Forums > Food & Drink > Wasteful Business Lunches

Having gone to quite a few weddings, it's all going to waste there too.
They don't use buckets, they use carts to dump the left over food.
I assume they sell it to farmers to feed the pigs.

I don't mind ordering too much. But I do reminding people how precious food is. (no matter how big their car and wallet is). Parents and grand-parents all over China starved to death during the 2nd WW and during the great turnaround/revolution. And most people in Europe know WW2 all too well as well.

Being a foreigner you can mention this and get away with it. Just take it home after dinner. Interestingly it can also give you respect and it does often open the eyes of your guests as they darn well remember it themselves or have heard their (grand) parents tell stories how they had to eat rats and cockroaches to survive (that's the mild version of the lucky ones).

I am just wondering of how fast it will change. I'm just happy they have doggybags and boxes everywhere now to take food home.

PS: want to know how it really was in China? Watch the movie: "Back to 1942"

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Forums > Food & Drink > where to buy good red wine

PPPPS: shameless is SPAM.

The clear question here was "where to find good red wine".

I give the answer...

*But I guess you don't like red wine. Lucky for you we also serve chocolate milk.

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Forums > Food & Drink > where to buy good red wine

@ Dazzer:
Please elaborate what you mean.

PS: selling expensive wine ONLY by the bottle without letting someone try (or not bothering trying it yourself before putting it in your store to sell) is shameful in my opinion. With us you can try them nearly all. When you buy a glass or bottle we make sure it's impeccable. We check the wine before serving so no corked, tastless, old, or tainted wines.

PPS: our Chief Wine Officer is WSET trained and has an impeccable nose and pallet.

PPPS: the wines we import were selected from over 200 wines of Napa's finest wine makers.

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Forums > Food & Drink > where to buy good red wine

I'd recommend to visit us at the Napa Valley Wine Bar.
We import the wines ourselves directly from the wineries in California - USA.
All Organic Estate grown oak barrel aged!

The cool things is that you don't even have to buy our wine by the bottle.
You can try them by the glass or select one of our tasting packages and see which wine you like.

August and September are discount months as we just opened!

If you want a bite with it we do have also Cheese plates and desserts.

Soon to come too organized by our Chief Wine Officer and Yunnan Wine Celebrity "Wan Rui": hands-on wine tastings, wine classes and seminars.

Looking forward to seeing you!
Wishing you all the best,
Silvio
18687150319
silvio.schelling@gmail.com

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The moment something is registered as UNESCO, the place is leached. UNESCO and government both take part of the pot. Never expected to pay $16 to see a ruin that wasn't even maintained with unsafe pathways (not Lijang). UNESCO, just like UNICEF are UN progams, so just do the math. 49.9% for one, 49.9% for the other, 0.1% for the safety-ribbon, and 0.1% for the water-based paint.

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This article needs a serious correction. Wanda is owned by the Chinese government, run semi-privately and invested in by shareholders, investment groups and also the government.
Wang Jianlin is rich and he is the chairman. He is not the owner and it's not "his empire".

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Hear hear. It's indeed a nice thing for food and food supplements.
If you're interested in trying the highest quality food supplements (including Moringa), contact me. Our new state of the art laboratory and factory work together with Yunnan University and local governments in developing the purest quality food supplements.

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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.