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…is up at Frog in a Well, Korea. Many thanks to Konrad Lawson for his hard work putting it together and for the kind words directed at this little hobby of mine. I wanted to particularly call people’s attention to the list of online video and audio history resources, kudos for pulling that together. This week was Valentine’s Day, and no matter what you think of market-driven holidays, it does provide a good occasion to take your wife out for a quiet dinner in an otherwise hectic week. Wanting to avoid the overpriced and crowded Valentine’s Day “specials” at the Chaoyang restaurants, we decided to go local: Dongcheng style, baby. Our first choice was Yueming Lou, an old-style Beijing restaurant in a hutong behind Houhai. We’ve eaten there before, but this day the act of taking reservations proved too complex for the staff. Not wanting to leave anything to chance, I hung up and called over to Dali, a courtyard-style Yunnan restaurant off of Gulou Dongdajie, also tucked in a hutong, this one not far from Mao Livehouse. What a great place. Nice decor, a set menu that was both ample and delicious, and perfect ambience…not too Sino-kitsch, but just enough of the old courtyard feel to add the perfect touch to the dinner. The wood burning stoves (granted, it’s not the best insulated place) warmed us up just fine and added a nice romantic glow to our dinner. Even better? 100 RMB per person set price, and solid value for that coin. After |
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