Designs On Asia: Yunnan Restaurant 50% Cloud is Housed in An Artistic Brick ‘Cloud’
A mountainous province in southwest China, Yunnan is no stranger to otherworldly landscapes – snowy peaks, plunging gorges, and cascading rice terrace…
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Eye Candy: We Chat With Qi Tian, Founder of DUANMU, About Chinese Aesthetics and the Luxury Industry
Bag person or not, you can't help but gasp when you see Qi Tian's (祁天) exquisite, woodcrafted handbags. An architect by training and a designer by pas…
Designs On Asia: Sinan Books Poetry Store, A Shrine To Poetry In An Abandoned Church In Shanghai
The modernist poet Wallace Stevens once said that 'the poet is the priest of the invisible', and one church-turned-poetry bookstore in Shanghai is testament to that. Once a Russian Orthodox church bui…
Wander From Home: Delve Into Sichuan’s Hotpot of Natural Wonders And Cuddly Creatures
For most of us, the mere mention of 'Sichuan' instantly gets our tongues tingling. China's Sichuan Province, though, is so much more than the home of …
7 Things To Do In Wuhan Once Everything Returns To Normal: Street Markets, Flower Viewing, Pagoda Climbing
Amidst the unsettling events unfolding in the city - heck, even the whole province – it’s easy to forget that not too long ago, millions of tourists w…
10 Underrated Cities to Visit in 2020: A Guide To Roads Less Travelled
Seeing the same few people and places every day can trigger a major case of wanderlust, but getting paraded through tourist traps isn't our ideal notion of the perfect holiday. Calling all stir-crazy …
Designs on Asia: Nanjing Marriott Hotel’s New Japanese Restaurant, SORA
Japanese cuisine is such a rage among the Chinese nowadays that specialty restaurants are mushrooming to ride on the demand. At the new Marriott Hotel…
Best Brunches in Beijing
We know, Beijing is hardly the first city in mind when it comes to great Western-style brunching with its historical centre, courtyard hotels, and its…
Singapore’s Caviar Colony Wants To Make World-Class Caviar More Accessible
The first time I ate caviar, it was at one of those sketchy hotel buffets where the pizzas were tough as nails and the sushi rolls warm from being under the heat lamps. Thinking back, it might have be…
Designs on Asia: UNION is a Beijing Cocktail Bar Decked In 20th Century Modernism
Think of Beijing’s best-looking drinking destinations and names like The Other Place and Arch Bar will pop up. But UNION, the brand new lobby bar at T…