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Triple Threat: Cinker Pictures Restaurant, Bar & Cinema

Posted: February 4th, 2017 | Author: LumDimSum | Filed under: Film & Movie Reviews, Foodies & Dining Scene | Tags: 1950's, Audrey Hepburn, Casablanca, cinema, Cinker Pictures, cocktail lounge, Coquette, Fight Club, Forrest Gump, independent movies, Lolita, Marilyn Monroe, Mary Pickford, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, restaurant, retro glam, Sanlitun North Village, Space Cycle, Taikoo Li North, The Big Lebowski, The Great Gatsby (1974), vintage, Wall Street | 3 Comments »

Cinker Pictures: Interior Dining Room

2017 Welcomes Beijing’s Trendiest New Addition: Cinker Pictures

Cinker Pictures is a brand new concept that has opened on the fourth floor of North Sanlitun Taikoo Li next to Space Cycle. Part bar, part restaurant, part cinema it is an intriguing idea that actually fills a vacuum left by the efforts to control media here in the middle kingdom.

Given the paucity of film choices – The Great Wall anyone? - Cinker are planning on showing classic films that you will relish the chance to go and see. Over the month of February 2017, you can expect to see films like “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”, “Forrest Gump”, “Wall Street”, “Lolita” and “Fight Club”.

Combine the plush, wide leather chairs with some classic cocktails featured in film favorites (French 75 from Casablanca, Highball from The Great Gatsby (1974) and White Russian from The Big Lebowski) and you may well have an ideal date location. With a cinema that has 30 available seats per film showing, it’s perfect to grab a drink, see a classic film and talk it over a dinner together for an all-in-one date place that covers all the bases. While it’s normally RMB 150 for a ticket + your drink of choice, they have a soft opening promo now where each show ticket is RMB 105 (which also includes a drink).

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Tour of CHAO Hotel 巢: Living Room’s Global Offerings

Posted: October 22nd, 2016 | Author: LumDimSum | Filed under: Foodies & Dining Scene, Hot Tips, Travel | Tags: amphitheatre, ballroom, Beijing Devils rugby team, board room, boutique hotel, CHAO hotel, CHAO Signature 60, CHAO Suite 80, CHAO 巢, chef's table, cinema, Club Bar, Drawing Room, free WIFI, Glasshouse, hotel rooms, live band, Living Room Kitchen & Bar, Nespresso Coffee, outdoor swimming pool, Private Dining Room, Sanlitun, The Den, VOD | 2 Comments »

Chao Hotel: Stepping Inside

CHAO Hotel in Sanlitun

There was a lot of talk about The Den closing. This is partly due in part to the fact that they kept “almost” closing and then re-opening between the end of 2015 and mid-2016. But main reason for all the coverage is because, whether you want to admit it or deny it, we have ALL been to The Den. Even if you regret everything you’ve ever done or witnessed at the Den, you have to admit that their Eggs Benedict at 5AM really hits the spot.

A Beijing expat black hole that was always in its prime between the wee hours of 3am-7am, this was the official home of the Beijing Devils Rugby team and many of their infamous parties, and most importantly, this was probably the only establishment in Beijing that was NEVER closed. You heard me correctly – The Den was open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to cater to the great demand Beijingers continued to ask of it. That says a lot considering the Den has been open since 1997, which also happens to make this one of the longest lasting venues in Beijing.

So what happened to The Den and why did it close this year?

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