With 2009 just 55 days away, it's almost time again for GoKunming's annual Best of Kunming reader survey. On the first of December we will open voting for your favorite venues for food, drink, entertainment and the arts. Here are nominees for this year selected by the GoKunming editorial board:
Food: Best Chinese Restaurant
Heavenly Manna
Shiping Huiguan
Gingko Elite
Panlong 17
Yi Dong Yang Lou
Huatongqun
Xiangyun Huiguan
Food: Best International Restaurant
Moonlight Corner (Expo Garden)
Salvador's Coffee House
Indian Kitchen
Meijiya
Totem Village
Food: Best Fine Dining
Moonlight Corner (Expo Garden)
Gingko Elite
España Restaurant
Blue Bird
1910 La Gare du Sud
Panlong 17
Food: Best New Restaurant
Moonlight Corner (Green Lake)
Lazy Bones Pizza
Drink: Best Café
Salvador's Coffee House
Chicago Coffee
The Silver Spoon Café
French Café
Mazagran Café
Prague Café
Vintage Café
Drink: Best Teahouse
Yihuchun Cha Lou
Drink: Best Bar
Chapter One
Halfway House
SoHo
Speakeasy Bar
The Box
The Hump Bar
Drink: Best Wine Selection
Pizza da Rocco
Moonlight Corner (Green Lake)
Gingko Elite
Entertainment/Arts: Best Gallery
TCG Nordica
Yunart Gallery
Entertainment/Arts: Best Live Music Venue
Laowo Bar
TCG Nordica
Speakeasy Bar
Halfway House
SoHo
Entertainment/Arts: Best Dancing Venue
Speakeasy Bar
Uprock
To nominate any places we are leaving out, please send us the names of the places plus the category you are nominating them for via our
contact form.
For a look at last year's winners,
click here.
Thank you in advance for your nominations.
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The results are in and the winners have been decided in GoKunming's first-ever Best of Kunming reader survey. This year there were some close races, with two ties in the international restaurant and live music categories. There were also four winners with two awards each: Moonlight Corner, The Silver Spoon Café, Salvador's Coffee House and TC/G Nordica.
Without further ado, here are the winners, as selected by GoKunming readers:
Food: Best Chinese Restaurant
Heavenly Manna
Food: Best International Restaurant
Moonlight Corner & The Silver Spoon Café (tie)
Food: Best Fine Dining
Moonlight Corner
Food: Best New Restaurant
The Silver Spoon Café
Drink: Best Café
Salvador's Coffee House
Drink: Best Teahouse
Yihuchun Cha Lou
Drink: Best Bar
The Hump Bar
Drink: Best Cocktails
Salvador's Coffee House
Drink: Best Beer Selection
Fisherman's Bar
Drink: Best Wine Selection
Pizza da Rocco
Entertainment/Arts: Best Gallery
TC/G Nordica
Entertainment/Arts: Best Live Music Venue
Laowo Bar & TC/G Nordica (tie)
Entertainment/Arts: Best Dancing Venue
Speakeasy Bar
Thank you to all our readers who voted and congratulations to the winners. Winners will receive framed certificates commemorating their selection as the best of Kunming in early January.
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Heavenly Manna,
Laowo Bar,
Moonlight Corner,
Pizza da Rocco,
Salvador's Coffee House,
Speakeasy Bar,
TC/G Nordica,
The Hump Bar,
The Silver Spoon Café,
Yihuchun Cha Lou
Votes have been coming in thick and fast for the Best of Kunming Awards 2007, with some categories seeing closely fought battles for the top slot.
Voting will close on Friday 21st December, so please make sure that you've made your selections by then. Just login and then click
here. There's no need to vote in every category - just abstain in a section if you're not familiar with the nominations.
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Have your say: Best of Kunming Awards 2007
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Today marks the start of voting for GoKunming's
Best of Kunming Awards for 2007. This gives readers the opportunity to reward their favourite places by voting in a simple online questionnaire.
Categories/candidates are as follows:
Food: Best Chinese Restaurant
1910 La Gare du Sud, Hong Dou Yuan, Manna, Shiping Huiguan
Food: Best International Restaurant
Indian Kitchen, Moonlight Corner, Pizza da Rocco, Salvador's Coffee House, The Silver Spoon Café
Food: Best Fine Dining
España Restaurant, Gingko Elite, Moonlight Corner
Food: Best New Restaurant
Cacaja, Indian Kitchen, Like Bali, The Silver Spoon Café, Vintage Café
Drink: Best Café
French Café, Prague Café, Q's, Salvador's Coffee House, The Silver Spoon Café, Vintage Café
Drink: Best Teahouse
Cuihu 1923, Kunming First House, Yi Hu Chun, Yipin Ge
Drink: Best Bar
Halfway House, Hiker's Bar, Mask, Speakeasy, The Box, The Hump Bar, Unfinished
Drink: Best Cocktails
Gingko Elite, Halfway House, Salvador's Coffee House, Unfinished
Drink: Best Beer Selection
Fisherman's Bar, Halfway House, The Hump Bar, Wei's
Drink: Best Wine Selection
Gingko Elite, Golden Bay West Restaurant, Pizza da Rocco
Entertainment/Arts: Best Gallery
TCG Nordica, The Well Gallery, Yunart
Entertainment/Arts: Best Live Music Venue
Halfway House, Lao Wo Bar, Shelter Bar, Speakeasy, TCG Nordica, Yuansheng Studio
Entertainment/Arts: Best Dancing Venue
Club Nice, Speakeasy, The Catwalk Club
Voting will continue until December 21. Winners will be announced December 24 and will receive certificates commemorating their selection by GoKunming readers.
To cast your votes, please login to GoKunming, and click
here. If you are not yet a registered user of GoKunming, please
register here.
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GoKunming is pleased to announce the "Best of Kunming 2007" competition, a chance for you to honor your favorite restaurants, cafés, teahouses, bars and entertainment venues around Kunming.
In this first-ever annual reader survey, we are seeking your nominations for the following categories. Our editorial team will select a final set of nominees for each category, which will be announced on December 3rd.
Voting for the Best of Kunming 2007 awards will take place on this site from December 3rd to December 21, with final results and winners announced on December 24th. Please send all reader recommendations via our
contact form.
And the categories are:
Food
- Best Chinese Restaurant
- Best International Restaurant
- Best Fine Dining
- Best Yunnan Cuisine
- Best New Restaurant
Drink
- Best Café
- Best Teahouse
- Best Bar
- Best Cocktails
- Best Beer Selection
- Best Wine Selection
Entertainment/Arts
- Best Gallery
- Best Live Music Venue
- Best Dancing Venue
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