One other thought.. If it is a Chinese wedding, attending in a suit is not necessarily the norm. Might want to check on the attire they expect before you run around and pay too much for things.
One other thought.. If it is a Chinese wedding, attending in a suit is not necessarily the norm. Might want to check on the attire they expect before you run around and pay too much for things.
I meant a custom last on the KM cobblers. They have premade lasts that definitely weren't the right shape for my feet. Probably fine if just using once. They are dirt cheap, just really bad quality. I wore mine until I could get some other shoes and then threw them away.
I'm the same size as you. Kwun Kee Tailors are a HK company and are terribly expensive. I normally fly to Bangkok for good suits. Much cheaper quality for quality than Kunming. For something that Kuan Kee will charge more than 10000 for you can pick up something as good for about 2000 in Bangkok.
As for shoes, good luck, I stock up when I go home. I tried the custom option here but they were absolutely terrible quality. The Chinese in general look at tailor made stuff as being lower quality than off the rack, so if you go for a tailored suit or shoes you won't get anything special uess you are prepared to fork out big dollars here. I've headed good reports about tailored shoes in Hoian. They actually use a last unlike in Kunming.
If I need shoes in a desperate hurry I normally go to an international brand store and just ask for that size. If you go to enough of them you will eventually find a 45.. Never a 46. Then they will charge some rediculous price for a pair of shoes that aren't that great anyway.
That's the one. Kinda miss the lobster though.. always made it easier to spot the building from a distance.
Hedgepig, if you really want good DimSum, the best place in town is 新人人海鲜大酒楼. They did a big renovation earlier in the year and the quality of the food seems to have improved a lot after they reopened. It is pretty easy to find south of the intersection of DianChi Rd and HuanCheng Rd.
深圳酒楼 has also made big strides in improving it's quality, but they don't have as big a range of menu items and I personally find the standard of the items they have to be a little lower. For those living in the North or around Green Lake, it can sometimes be a lot more convenient to get to though.
If you have been hanging out for a good DimSum for three years though, forget 深圳酒楼 and head straight for 新人人.
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Awesome little bakery. Lots of interesting food. For every Australian out there, the meat pies smelled great, though they weren't ready for eating when I went in. Will definitely be back for those soon.
Yunnan Drifter: Rebels with a cause
Posted byGreat writing style. Hope the book does well.
A quick guide to Kunming's Metro Line 2
Posted byAwesome photos. Good job!
Welcome to the new GoKunming!
Posted byWhile I am on the topic of calendars, a schedule of minority festivals around the province would be awesome too.
Welcome to the new GoKunming!
Posted byAll looks good.. Have always thought that the calendar would be well served by an "add this event" or "subscribe" button that would allow users to add events to their personal calendars with a click or subscribe to events at their favourite venues.
Getting Away: Ximeng's Wooden Drum Festival
Posted byAwesome article. Thanks Matthew and GoKunming for getting this out early so that people can plan to get down to experience this.
Has GoKunming ever looked at creating a festivals Wiki page or something with a list of all these random things that happen around the province. It seems impossible to stay informed of these until it is too late. Might be easier to accomplish it it was community driven.
Also, those maps are fantastic. What program was used to make them??