This thread has derailled. What might be a useful thread for the runners in town has been ruined by this irrelevant debate. I have emailed management and asked for all off topic posts to be deleted (including this one) in order to restore the thread.
Please keep things on topic. If you wish to continue your discussion, please do so by starting a separate thread.
Bring it. I've cycled in Kunming for a few years, Hanoi before that, and Leeds/Sheffield before coming to Asia. I think Kunming is the best of the bunch. Good wide bike lanes, most traffic is quite slow, and most car drivers are very bike aware.
I will be producing a selection of our breads to bring to the market. Slices, chunks and crumbs will be given away to all and sundry. Bring your own butter....
"Therefore, I feel that I must actually, and regrettably, discourage people from going to Ximeng, unless you have access to a car and local area knowledge. If you do have these things, however, Ximeng can be amazing, just like many other remote, off-the-beaten-track parts of China"
Curiosity, imagination, and confidence will suffice otherwise.
I've been eating here regularly for a year now and my opinion of it keeps getting better. The staff and owners are lovely welcoming people, and the food is excellent.
It's the only Chinese restaurant in Kunming where I can be confident that I'm not ingesting large amounts of agricultural poison along with my food.
I'm afraid that I'm the problem. I'm not the boss, but I bake the bread.
I'm quite inconsistent and unreliable.
The thing is, I don't do the same things everyday and get the bread out at the same time everyday. I understand the danger in this, but I can't stop trying new things. Often, those experiments fail, or go slower than I hoped. But I am learning from them.
I'm trying to organise something so that hopefully, soon, things will settle into a routine.
I am a great lover of Indian food, so it is with a heavy heart that I see people here rate this place. In short, the food is very bad. To sell it as "authentic Indian cuisine" is poor.
Last time I went I wrote a note offering to teach the chefs some recipes that I know are very good. I saw the staff throw my note in a bin. Not cool.
Getting Away: Exploring Ximeng County
Posted byAnother great article, Matthew. The food sounds wonderful!
Getting Away: Ximeng's Wooden Drum Festival
Posted by"Therefore, I feel that I must actually, and regrettably, discourage people from going to Ximeng, unless you have access to a car and local area knowledge. If you do have these things, however, Ximeng can be amazing, just like many other remote, off-the-beaten-track parts of China"
Curiosity, imagination, and confidence will suffice otherwise.
Getting Away: Cycling around Dianchi
Posted byYes, just go slowly over the rough bits.
Rugby/football cross-code match in Kunming Feb 16
Posted byDid you have the boat race before the match?
Yunnan official publicly proposes increased transparency
Posted byStandard. John 〝Two Jags〞Prescott would love it over here.