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Forums > Food & Drink > Best Pizza in Kunming

For those who've curiously passed by Green Lake's Yunn Coffee Roasters and spotted their pizza and creamy pasta poster boards. Their dinning facility, dubbed Slow Food Park, is equipped with a giant masonry wood-fired brick pizza oven on the second floor open kitchen.

I'm not attempting to rate the newcomer as one of the top pizza joints in town compared to Humdinger or Sals, but they certainly have potential based on several visits.

A few photos uploaded below:

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Customers can choose to dine outside. First floor patio is spacious under the canopy of trees. Impressive ambience and view overlooking the lake.

For early risers, first 10 customers (who request it) would receive a free cup of Americano. During this trial business operations, Yunn cafe opens at 8am, and restaurant at 10am.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > COVID 19 vaccine for foreigners

FYI, residence permit is a paper from your local police station, which requires an extra step of getting a stamped letter from your building's property management to verify your residence there. The paichusuo will retain that letter for their records? Maybe I misread.

I know quite a few foreigners who got vaccinated in Yunnan without insurance, such that I don't believe "以上3项缺一不可" on paper is ironclad in practice. Rather, fulling all three requirements is subject to loose enforcement depending on location and timing.

As national inoculation goalpost sets further to two billion from one for achieving the hopeful "herd immunity," the vaccination red tapes for foreigners ought to gradually wane as time passes. That appears to be the trend for locals registering for jabs. Getting on the wait-list was competitive a while back. The entire ordeal was much more arduous than it is now as the vaccination red carpets are being rolled out throughout visible locations in town under blue canopies.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Keep Calm and Carry on

For those unable to access Youtube, I've taken the liberty of uploading today's 8-hour "One World: Together At Home Special to Celebrate COVID-19 Workers" live stream from Global Citizen.

Download link expires after 7 days of after 100 downloads:

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"ARTIST Lineup:
Hours 1 & 2

Adam Lambert
Andra Day
Black Coffee
Charlie Puth
Eason Chan
Hozier & Maren Morris
Hussain Al Jassmi
Jennifer Hudson
Jessie Reyez
Kesha
Lang Lang
Liam Payne
Lisa Mishra
Luis Fonsi
Milky Chance
Niall Horan
Picture This
Rita Ora
Sofi Tukker
The Killers
Vishal Mishra

Hours 3 & 4

Adam Lambert
Annie Lennox
Ben Platt
Cassper Nyovest
Christine And The Queens
Common
Delta Goodrem
Ellie Goulding
Finneas
Jack Johnson
Jacky Cheung
Jess Glynne
Jessie J
Juanes
Kesha
Michael Bublé
Rita Ora
Sebastián Yatra
Sheryl Crow
Sho Madjozi
Sofi Tukker
The Killers
Zucchero

Hours 5 & 6

Angèle
Annie Lennox
Ben Platt
Billy Ray Cyrus
Charlie Puth
Christine And The Queens
Common
Eason Chan
Ellie Goulding
Hozier
Jennifer Hudson
Jessie J
John Legend
Juanes
Lady Antebellum
Leslie Odom Jr.
Luis Fonsi
Niall Horan
Picture This
Sebastián Yatra
Sheryl Crow
SuperM"

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Wearing Masks

I agree with you on mask wearing, however...

colinflahive wrote: "Yes, I know there is little scientific evidence that masks are that useful, at least when used how most of us are using them, and they might even help spread contagions more."

Is the source of this information from the U.S. CDC? They've advised Americans not to wear masks if healthy, but to wear masks only when ill.

As the United States reported 977 new cases and 18 new deaths just yesterday, there are signs that U.S. health officials (e.g. State Dept. of Health) are waking up to the prevalence of asymptomatic cases of transmission. The asymptomatic spreading to 80 contracted attendees of a Biogen tech conference in Massachusetts raised new alarms, though substantial empirical evidence of asymptomatic spreading have already been documented in China, as backed by peer-reviewed studies.

Those who are unknowingly infected yet show no symptoms (asymptomatic), may cough or sneeze viral droplets inside an elevator. Those floating droplets could possibly suspend in air, such that next passengers risk inhaling them. This highlights the importance of mask wearing even if you feel fine.

The point of mask wearing despite feeling healthy is made clear by President Xi as he made victory laps in Wuhan while donning a mask. He is intentionally setting an example to the public at large.

So perhaps no, it is not "only a false sense of control" as some camps in the U.S. would have you believe.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Keep Calm and Carry on

Patrons of will be allowed to dine inside restaurants, not just take out, starting tomorrow throughout most of Kunming.

Is Colin in Thailand, or is he back to open Sal?

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Sure, i'll humor the one who habitually engages in straw man arguments.

This time, inferring that I am painting Igor as a crafty chef trying to fool Chinese people. The reflection in your mirror is the actual culprit throwing ad hominem stones inside a glass cafe. One am I am actively bumping out of goodwill for Igor.

Yes, it is rather pedantic of you to digress and misconstrue my point repeatedly.

First by informing us the French, or half-Sicilian, chef's superb Chinese proficiency as if I was implying otherwise. This subtle name-dropping 411 is another red herring from my argument that Chinese language use is apropos for the Chinese market as locals may not understand French, such my croissant example.

Second, you writing out the more common Chinese term 牛角面包 as an opportunity to boost your own personal ego, while generalizing that everyone knows it as a side swipe to the many expats who may not, in an effort to Cloud my point. But more strategically, to set up your go-to grammar police mode... which is, to dwell on spelling mistakes in not seeing forest for the trees. In your case, actively cutting down saplings in a Brazilian forest fire. Hypocrisy for someone who tells others to find better use of their time.

herenow, you are a bit late to the French sourdough party.

Straw man cloudy is clinging on to erroneous assertions.

But to piggyback off his point, the bulk of Igor's patrons are Chinese. They probably don't understand the word "croissant" unless you label it as 法国羊角面包. Same with the Chinese equivalent name for pain campagnard. We are in Kunming after all. It wouldn't be unreasonable to converse in the local language, as you would say in the outskirts of Paris.

Presenting delicacies with all their international glory, be it slapping a French pastry name, sticking a mini French flag on the bread, or being greeted by an accented, foreign face... may justify the price of an "imported" product or service in the eyes of the typical Chinese consumers.

I get that pricey French cuisine restaurants sporting all French menus come with the territory. The elegant aura of French authenticity in dinning experience... which to my point, is added to the final bill.

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