Club Camp feels like has the homely feel of a comfortable living
room, only much more spacious. Comfortable sofas, table clothes and
curtains all lend a cosy atmosphere.
Warming red and refreshing green and blue colors are used on the
floor and for the furniture. Some traditional Chinese furniture and
a wooden screen, as well as bamboo, serve to bring on the Southwest
Chinese atmosphere. The restaurant on the sixth floor has plenty of
French glass windows to make it very bright during the day. The
cuisine is the delicate Southwest Chinese food, which comprises
Sichuan, Guizhou, and Yunnan cuisines. Yunnan cheese with ham,
mushroom and fish, curry and lemongrass are some examples of local
foods. For appetizer, order Dai ethnic minority assorted pickles
and pork slices, which is spicy and crisp. You prepare Yi ethnic
minority torch shrimp yourself by holding marinated shrimps wrapped
in foil paper over fire on plates paved with salt. Diced chicken
with pepper pieces and citronella is colorful and a good match with
rice, which is free and served from a wooden bucket. Curry with egg
is typically Southeast Asian style. And bean curd with vegetable
soup is reasonably light, but innovative, with its balls of bean
curd. Other specialties include butterfly fish, mountain treasures
served in bamboo barrels (竹筒山珍), sour and spicy fish slices. Dishes
are served in arty black pottery plates. Average spending is 80-100
yuan. There is a separate English menu. The restaurant is also a
wine lounge, a teahouse and caf.
Club Camp
Location: Above CoCo Banana, 6/F, Bldg 8, Gongti Xilu, Chaoyang
District
Opening hours: 11:30am-3:00pm, 6:30pm-11:00pm. Serves tea and
coffee from 3-6:30pm
Tel: 010-6552-4945
(Beijing Weekend January 17, 2008)
