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NOVEMBER 16, 20 DAILY PAGE 15 ASIAD AROUND

SHOPPING Hours: 10 am–12 pm history of modern China. Many of Address: 3/F, Yi'an Plaza, 33 Jianshe Liu the paintings are from Li’s personal Ma Lu, Yuexiu collection and are being presented to Yuemu Antique Wood Tel: (020) 83633587 Furniture Store 阅木居 the public for the fi rst time, including his fi rst oil painting dating from 1961 As you walk in the store and head down La Seine 塞纳河法国西餐厅 and his only purely abstract painting the stairs, a vast space comes into sight La Seine is on Ersa Island and is one of entitled Garden. catching visitors by surprise. Th e store the best French restaurants in Guang- When: 10:30 am-6 pm, until Nov 19 is underground in downtown Guang- zhou. Th e prime location, French music Address: L. C. Yilang Gallery,11 zhou and the hidden location provides and soft lighting make for a romantic San Ma Lu, Dongshan Kou shoppers with a pleasant browsing dining experience. Stepping out of the Tel: (020)37625069 experience. restaurant, you can also feel the cool Th e story behind each piece of furni- breeze from the river. Th e restaurant is NIGHTLIFE divided into smoking and non-smok- ture is unique and gives the shopper the ing areas. Th ere are plenty of fantastic illusion of traveling back in time. Each dishes and varieties of wine at low piece has its own story. Some came prices. Th e buff et at the weekend is great from old merchant ships that once trav- value for money. eled the Marine Silk Road. Others are Address: First fl oor of Xing Hai Theater, 33 from whale ships, which once sailed the Qingbo Road, Ersa Island high seas. Tel: (020) 87352531/80980221 Address: 470 Huanshi Dong Lu Tel: (020) 87301268 Japanese Cuisine 中森名菜 Tiancheng Bronze Ware Store Th is huge outfi t serves its own brand of Japanese- fusion food, along 天程铜艺 EDITOR’S PICK >> KEEP ON ROLLING with Japanese mainstays like sushi, O Spa Few people would guess when enter- sashimi and teppanyaki. Its lunches are If you want to pull out all the stops, visit ing into the Tiancheng Bronze Ware of terrifi c value, but if you come back O Spa. Located on the top fl oor of the Store that bronze-making had been Out of all the games China has imported from the West, few are as for seconds aft er dark, make sure your Grand Hyatt Guangzhou, it looks out one of Guangzhou’s most important popular as pool or snooker. You can fi nd pool halls in almost every wallet is a bit heavier. Credit cards are over the . Th e spa uses only industries for centuries. Th e handi- little town in China and naturally, Guangzhou, as a megalopolis, has a accepted. natural ingredients like black rice, red craft can be traced back to the Qing Hours:11 am-3 pm, 5 pm-9:45 pm ginger, lotus and green tea along with Dynasty (AD 1644-1911), when more lot of them. Here are some of the best places in Guangzhou to go to for Address: 358-378 Tianhe Bei Lu, Tianhe pure aromatic extracts to practice a than 2,000 bronze workers had stores a round of pool or snooker — each of them off ers at least fi ve tables district whole array of powerful therapies. O in . Today, Guangzhou has put Tel: (020) 38808118 Spa is staff ed by the best Chinese spe- Xiguan bronze ware on the city-level and a selection of food and drinks in a nice and cozy atmosphere. WHAT’S ON cialists in the area, and works not only Intangible Cultural Heritage list. • L A CITY Pool Town (洛城桌球城) is probably one of the most to relax your mind and body, but also Address: Shop 143, En’ning Lu, Liwan to reinvigorate the vital energy that the district popular pool halls in Guangzhou due to its convenient location near Father & Son Piano Duet: Chinese refer to as qi. Th is spa will give Tel: (020) 81054741 the Garden Hotel and its wide open space. Be sure to try one of their Vladimir and Vovka Ashkenazy you probably the most comprehensive experience in town, so if it’s within your hamburgers and save a few bucks by ordering three beers for the price 阿什肯纳齐与儿子双钢琴音乐会 Vladimir Ashkenazy is one of the budget, go for it — you won’t be disap- of two. Th e doors close at 2 am. most renowned and revered pianists- pointed. Address: 4/F, Tianlun Park, Jianshi Si Ma Lu, • Tel: (020) 83560339 turned-conductor of our times, and Hours: 9 am-7 pm Address: this November he teams up with his The Grand Hyatt Guangzhou, • Juxing Pool Club (聚星桌球俱乐部) is especially popular among for- 12 Zhujiang Xi Lu, Pearl River New City, pianist son Vovka for an unforgettable eigners and expats from the Middle East. It is located upstairs over a piz- concert at . Tel: (020) 83961234 zeria next to an Internet bar and, despite not being too big, boasts a relax- According to a review in Th e Sunday Times, the duo “sprays the listener ing atmosphere with several tables and inexpensive drinks. Each time you Garden Café 花艺咖啡 with kaleidoscopic textures and modu- Th is little coff ee shop is a great place to Qing Ping Herbal Medicine visit you will get a free bowl of peanuts or a plate of watermelon. late dynamics with the punch of master sit back, relax and drink some decent Address: Tel: Market 清平药材市场 41 Ba Lu, • (020) 81950150 dramatists”. brews while taking in the eponymous When: 8 pm, tonight garden. Th e décor of the Garden Café Located just north of Island • Jijiehao Pool Club (集结号台球俱乐部) off ers a comfortable atmo- Address: Guangzhou Opera House, 1 is almost as big a reason to visit as the (Huangsha Metro stop), this medicine Zhujiang Xi Lu, , market has a vast number of herbal sphere and new tables at good rates. As the place is equipped with Tianhe district coff ee itself. Catering to Guangzhou’s specialists, who sell all kinds of diff er- wireless Internet, you can also use your laptop. Th e bar and seating Tel: (020) 38392888 American expat population, Garden off ers good home-style cheeseburgers ent remedies. Here you will fi nd rare area off er reasonably — priced drinks and snacks. Th e doors close at mushrooms, roots and hundreds of Th e Punchline Comedy Club — probably the best in town. So if you like coff ee, food, fl owers and relaxing, kinds of tea you never knew existed. 4 am. Nick Wilty, Tom Rhodes and Brendan Address: Tel: give Garden Café a try. Th ere are also many more esoteric rem- 41 Zhongshan Ba Lu, Liwan district • (020) 84128038 Riley come to Guangzhou for the edies, for which you’ll probably need a Hours: 9 am-10 pm Punchline Comedy Tour. Enjoy a buff et guide to work out what to do with them • T-Games+Rbt (提雅竞技桌面游戏休闲吧) off ers much more than Address: Zhongfu Mall, dinner at Vaastu during the show and (think scorpion tail and snakeskin). pool. On the back wall, you will fi nd a wide range of table games, Tel: (020) 34637083 prepare yourself for a night of side- Transportation: Metro , Kenkou Toys ‘Я’ Us 玩具反斗城 oft en directly imported from Germany or the United States. If you are splitting humor. Station When: Th e US-based toy chain store Toys ‘Я’ not a fan of these games you might reconsider playing them with a 9 pm, Nov 17 Address: Vaastu, A Date With India, D2 Th e Paddy Field Irish Pub Us opened its fi rst store in Guangzhou group of friends. Canton Place, Haiyue Lu, Pearl River New “爱尔兰的稻田”酒吧 in May. Located in Grandview Mall, the Address: 3/F, 19 Nonglin Xia Lu, Yuexiu district • Tel: (020) 87306266 City Paddy can be understood as “paddy store claims to be the biggest global toy Tel: (020) 38258181 rice” or “Irish people” in slang, so “Th e store in the world. Th eir store off ers a cute bistro has a great atmosphere, and Buongiorno 邦奴意大利餐厅 large range of products for children of Small Paintings, Big World Paddy Field” can be directly translated serves brunch, lunch and dinner. Th ere to “fi eld of paddy rice”. With all wooden all ages including reputable brands such are full-length fl oor to ceiling windows Th is new Italian restaurant opposite 小作品，大世界 the Garden Hotel is owned and run decoration, an extremely high roof and as Hasbro, Mattel, Lego, Bandai, and and outdoor seating, so it’s the perfect many more. Th e fi ft h fl oor of Grand- by bonafi de Italians, who you will see oversize stools and food, it is full of spot to sit, eat and talk the day away Irish feeling. If you don’t have 40-inch- view Mall covers 15,000 square meters when the weather is fi ne. Th e menu is moving about the restaurant chatting with guests and making sure everything long legs like some expats, you will not and is entirely dedicated to children. extensive; you’ll fi nd classics like foie be able to touch the ground while sit- Numerous children’s clothes are avail- gras and brisket on the evening specials is to their liking. Th ey claim they would ting on stools. able, as well as educational toys and list. Th e food is of great quality, the staff never make Italian food an Italian items, books, photo studios and a small wouldn’t be pleased with. Th is is one of However, the most comfortable place and the owner are friendly, and the is the private boxes where any size of playground with plenty of activities for price is pretty decent. Th e only down- the most popular restaurants among beer belly can extend without diffi culty. the little ones. side to this location is that it doesn’t foreigners in the city, so make sure you Here the glasses of beer are larger than Address: 5/F, Grandview Mall, Tianhe make a reservation before you come, ordinary glasses. Th e air here is always district accept credit cards, so remember to take cash. especially during the exhibition season. fi lled with Irish English, so it stands to Prices are quite high but, then again, so RESTAURANTS Hours: 10:30 am-2:30 pm, 5:30 pm-11 pm reason that it has become the gathering Address: is the quality. place of Irish expats. 475 Huanshi Dong Lu Small Paintings, Big World displays Tel: (020) 87606465 With great food, great service and a Address: First Floor, Guangyi Building, Saint Germain 胜日门 Transportation: great location, there is not much more about 100 works by Chinese painter 38 Huale Lu Metro Line 1, Martyr’s Tel: Located near the Garden Hotel, this Park Station you could ask for. Li Jinming, presenting a pictorial 020-83601379