I arrived at my fren's place after midnight and slept hard. The first real meal in Beijing was to be the following day's dinner at the LAN Restaurant, the latest eatery designed by Phillipe Starck in the Chaoyang District.
LAN is part of the South Beauty (Qiao Jiang Nan) chain based out of Beijing that is spreading all over the country and going international very soon. On my last visit to Beijing, I dined at South Beauty for the first time and found the food and atmosphere very swish. I like!
Anyhoo, I didn't take too many pix here because A: I was really hungry and B: Apparently restaurants here are paranoid of people taking pix inside just in case competition wants to copy them. WTF? The pix are going to be the same as the website which is accessible to anyone, even the competition. So what's the harm? There ARE some people who actually got to take pix. See here.
Quite possibly the best chicken I've ever had in a Chinese restaurant...
Liquid tofu that turns solid after you stir it up. My fren's attempt at getting me to eat healthy!
Mmmm. Strawberry tart-like dessert. Yum!
One place at LAN that i've NOT seen posted on the net so far is their widely acclaimed bathrooms. So here, gentle reader, is how the can looks like at LAN. The LAN can.
The LAN can, AKA the throne. It's square with lots of disco mirrors. Why is there a comfy seat for a co-pilot?
This is where you wash your hands. Duh.
A fun place to eat and the bar was nice too. Gotta come back here in October!
This food looks soo good!
The chicken was the best I've ever had in Beijing. Yum.
The whole meal was good, even the tofu!