Hi all, I have not visited this site for some time now and am glad to see that my original post has generated interest. Just to be clear, I am not a so-called 'expat'. I grew up in Kuming and most my family live in Kunming.
I still think that - a restaurant should not have a stinking toilet; China should learn the best habits of the West or any other place; that Chinese should learn not to smoke so much.
As I said before, I like Salvador's food and the atmosphere, but I do not like the stinking toilet and the smoke. Not all Chinese like stinking toilets and smoking, so what is wrong with cleaning up the toilet situation and having a downstairs non-smoking section?
Also, this thread should be re-named Best 'Non-Chinese' Food in Kunming as many of the posts so far are about non-Chinese food. Why go to Kunming to eat Indian or Thai food? That's like going to New Mexico to eat Frech.
I am a lover of Salvador's -- the food, the service, and especially the decoration. But there are two things I hate about Salvador's: the toilet and the cigarette smoke.
'No poop'? Come on! The toilet stinks without the poop. What's wrong with a 'Western' style toilet in a place which serves 'Wester' food? The Chinese deco is cool, but do you have to have a cheap Chinese toilet where used toilet paper is collected in a bucket in the open? What's wrong with a 'Western' toilet, which most Chinese (and other Asian) families have adopted?
As for cigarette smoking: please have at least a non-smoking section. China should learn the best habits of the West -- one of which is the respect for non-smokers who do not want to inhale second-hand smoke.
