September 7 2007
Sitting in the ca fe, you will feel time slowly passing by. Man y students come here to study for a whole day. I wa s so surprised to find out that the guy sitting at the next table was an exchange student from Oxfor d University, and the girl behind me had been ma naging three comp anies since her graduation. I su ddenly realized this cafe was a place of dragons and tigers, Canglon gwohu, as the Chinese idiom go es. Sculpture in Time is very friendly to ers. You feel very customcomfortable here . I felt I could communicate wi th everyone. The coffee was nice, but the atmosph ere was even nic er.
Korean Chef’s miracle of flour
By Chu Meng served The Korean community in Wudaokou is Korean ntic authe and lent excel of er numb a by Tous Les eateries, with Czen Asian Noodle Bar and Jours Bakery among them. any in Operated by CJ, the largest food comp produce Korea, Czen and Tous Les Jours both . They are healthy, freshly-made flour-based foods opened just have and , urant connecting as a resta Mall. their fifth outlet in Beijing Sogo Shopping unique Czen Asian Noodle Bar features several drawing a innovative noodle items which are ne noodle younger audience. I tried a three-in-o beef, cold with les nood tea plate of stir-fried green and pumpcoffee noodles with cheese and shrimp kin noodles with green peas. focus The most attractive part of Czen is its , pumpkin, coffee tea, Green s. dient ingre y health on and garlic carrot, seaweed, black bean, and herb nt array of colors, vibra a in ble availa are les Bar les nood Nood Photo provided by Czen Asian
Photo by Tia n Yufeng The cafe also ho lds events frequ ently. Speak Easy is an Engli sh corner for pe ople to make friends, and Poetr y Land is where po em lovers can read or write po ems and share wi th each other, even if you are no t a poet. Life here is just like sculpting so mething in time. As I remini sced, I felt so fulfi lled and happy. Sculpting in Ti me The cafe hosts ev ents every week and you can enjoy an English corner here with nice coffee and make new friends . Where: Room 1, Building 12, Hu yuan, Chengfu Lu aqing Jia, Haidian Open: 9am-12:30 am next day Tel: 8286 7026 Cost: 30 yuan es. providing nutrition with limited fat and calori Thai as such ites favor Asian other They also serve taste of fried rice. Diners appreciate the delicious Korean Czen’s House Signature Pumpkin Salad and cheese s, diner rn weste For . fruit wine very much dishes, creand salad sauces are added to some rice ating something delightfully different. ized Unlike traditional small and medium-s , Czen areas ntial reside in te opera that s house noodle cozy and is a large, roadside establishment. It looks in the a fragrant aroma of flour and butter hangs h Frenc t brigh s, plant with rn, mode is air. The decor walls. The windows and colorful paintings on the restaurant offers wireless Internet access. Czen Asian Noodles Bar north Where: 35 Chengfu Lu, opposite to the n Statio ay Railw Light exit of Wudaokou Open: 7am-11pm Tel: 6256 0753 Cost: 50 yuan per person
Tequila and youth at Propaganda
By Gan Tian Josh Wu went into ecstasy when I ment ioned Propaganda. “That’s where I spent my spare time when I was at Beijing Language and Cultu re University (BLCU). I went there nearly three times a week. So I have many fond memories.” Propaganda was the first pub to play hip-hop music in Josh’s memory. “I remember that was back in 2003. Beyonce had just won the Gram my, and Propaganda began to play her song, ‘Crazy in Love,’ at that moment because it was in fashion.” At first, Propaganda only attracted foreig n BLUC students. Gradually, Chinese students followed the trend and started frequenting the place and that’s
how Josh became a Propaganda fan. However, the main attraction was the good taste in musi c which was highly recommended around the comm unity. Eventually, there were even many Sanlitun guys coming to Propaganda for fun. Josh said it was a place to create mem ories. “For us poor students, we could only order a five-yuan Tequila,” he smiled a little bit. “It was a place where my campus life began to focus. Ah, carele ss youth. A series of related things happened after Propaganda nights. For example, I had to skip schoo l, an occasional day, to catch up on sleep and, as a result, didn’t hand in my homework on time. Blame it on youth.” Some would spend the whole night sittin g on the
Photo by Blake Harris stairs of Propaganda, possibly dumped by a boyfriend, some quarreled and fought with each other , some girls were escorted home by unknown Korea n guys. “That was my time when I was young,” Josh said. That was a pub! And, yes, it is still crow ded there. It’s a place we can enjoy as long as the night is young and so are we, right? Propaganda Where: 100 meters north of the east gate of Huaqing Jiayuan, Chengfu Lu, Haidian Open: 8:30pm-midnight Tel: 8286 3679, 8677 6689 Cost: 20-100 yuan for tickets
Editors: Yu Shanshan Zhao Hongyi Designer: Yang Gen
By Gan Tian You have to climb a staircase to ge Sculpture in Time t into the Cafe. On the first fl oor, I saw a bulletin board where many finding-lang uage-partner notes bombarded my eyes. This sudd enly reminded me of those days when I was still on campus. The name Sculp ture in Time ha s a special meaning. Russi an director An drey Tarkovsky said that when he was filming, it was just like sculpting someth ing into his film s. “It’s a little similar to what we want to do he re,” Nell Chen, the shop owner said. “It is a place where memories are sculpted .”
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