@zoober
Kunming actually has some of China's worst Chinese food. I can easily list 20 other cities across China I've been to where restaurants all taste better. The only thing Kunming has going for it is it's accessibility to Dai and other minority restaurants.

@BillDan
I agree; beef&broccoli is prepared better in the USA.

So I picked this up at the end of the "Restaurants you love to hate" forum posts. It's locked now (why?)

BillDan
June 21, 2012
107 posts
Crappy food is crappy food wherever it is served and whatever it is called. But it is even crappier and more expensive here in Kunming. And actually I challenge your brilliant logical syllogism at the end of your post Flengs, because I find that the Chinese food in China sucks too! And I have yet to find any Beef and Broccoli in China that can compare to the same dish at Chinese restaurants back in Seattle. Can somebody explain to the "cooks" here that just because something came from somewhere in or on a cow that that does not necessarily make it BEEF!

And all that is moot anyway since I have now become vegetarian and tend to cook at home more. I have been driven to this by various dining experiences in the culinary capital of Yunnan. And trying to eat out here and be a vegetarian is another nightmare. When you say bu fang/jia rou (don't add meat) or wo bu chi rou (I don't eat meat) why is that so complicated? For some reason I keep getting ground meat in my soup and on my foods with the explanation that that is not "meat". Little pieces of meat is not really meat. WTF! They think of meat as a larger (though still rip off sized) piece of meat, a strip of it (that is usually just gristle or fat anyway). So now when I try to order non-spicy food with no meat it is a lot of fun to see what I am going to get.

But lets not forget... "Springtime City!"

zoober
June 21, 2012
3 posts
damn dude, you sound like a very unhappy person. kunming has some of china's best foods. such a shame you seemingly have not found any of it (or maybe just not open to any of it.) maybe if they open a panda express here you'll feel better.

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500rmb is just the minimum prepaid amount. You still get to deduct usage off that amount, so it's not wasted, unless your here too short of a time to use it up.

I thought Unicom's cheapest prepaid 3g data plan was 300rmb if you didn't require the usb stick, and you get a few gigs of data to use. That's what they offer for the ipad 3g sim, which I assume would work just as well for usb.

I just walk to the front counter, ask for the pre-printed slip of paper that you use at check out. No membership or ID required.

I ask in Chinese, and they have this slip for shoppers who don't need to report the purchases for business deductions. Also, this is Kunming, so it's run different than Metros in other cities, where membership cards would be a must to get in.

Metro is pretty far north. I don't think your scooter would make it there and back.

It is real handy to have your scooter there, as you will see lots of foreign goodies to buy...well actually just lots of booze.

So I would just eat or lounge around somewhere after shopping at Metro at a place that will let you plug in to charge your scooter.

You don't need any card or membership number now, or passport even. Already a long thread on it.

www.gokunming.com/en/forums/thread/5943/metro_membership