a little frisky, eh? who wouldn't be after being hopped on up on a dozen espressos (or crystal E, as b-ghost would put it)...

Or, y'all can try the new Le Petit Gourmand. 3rd floor of Tong Li Studios, right below Bar Blu. Another book-lending cafe, but with a more extensive menu that the new Bookworm (pretty much the same menu as the original Le Petit Gourmand/Bookworm before they got demolished). I think it's 150rmb annual membership, and they toss in a free drink, too. It's cozy and has natural sunlight, plus a deck which'll be nice when the weather warms up. A nice alternative.

To hitme:
U sure the annual membership is 150RMB? That's good, well, i gonna extend my membership card in Bookworm, it's 250RMB. Well, how about the books there in TongLi, the same as Bookworm or better than bookworm?

I can double check on the membership price. I read somewhere that they have about 9000 books at the moment, and they are working on doubling that. They've got the space. Didn't really browse, so I can't say if their collection is better/worse than the Bookworm. Probably depends on what category you limit or not limit yourself to (as per Admin's feedback).

I had their chicken sandwich. It was tasty and came with fries and a salad. I think it's pretty much the same as the old Le Petit Gourmand. I liked their salads before. The staff appear to be new and really working hard on practicing their English, which inspired me to practice my Mandarin.

Oh, thanks for u guys information, it's quite useful....Well, i got information about the membership card price from this month's that's bj. It is said...150RMB for 6 months membership card....Well, i may go to check whether the books there is really good!

Well, finally, i went to La Petit yesterday. It's great, many books there, and it's a quiet place. And you don't need to pay money for the book membership card, if u can give 5 English books to La Petit, u can get a membership card for free. Moreover, the food there is pretty good. I talked to some people who work there, they told me that the chef there used to work in some famous hotels in Bj, i tried some food, really not bad.
Anyway, i't a good place to read , relax, or enojoy the food. Wish more and more people could go there !

To Phil E. Buster:
Exactly, bookwarm is noisy during the day, and sometimes, at noon, u even can't find a seat for lunch,esp in the smoking area!

Bookwarm has three rooms now, people only can smoke in the hall. Can't smoke in the other 2 rooms. U haven't been to the new bookwarm?

yeah, i have, and i saw people smoking in the back room, too.

yep and the food is bad
just went there for lunch
glossy names for bland and tasteless food

i had the "balzac" salad : you too, you can become a master chef of top notch beijing world cuisine too, the recipe is quite nice and easy, and time saving

you take a salad, you clean it (at least i hope), you peel some carrots slices to add some color, you put on top a few pieces of grilled chicken to give your customers the idea that tou feed them
you put a basket of french bread on the table
et le tour est joue
you just have left to eat and chew your greens like the stupid cow you client are

not even a decent dressing, neither butter to go with it

the chocolate cake dessert was just as worse
a 'hemingway' chocolate cake, dry and tasteless, with just a pinch of liquid chocolate sauce to make a sophisticated pollock pattern on my plate

final bill: well above the 100 rmb

you people can make bad food and pretend to hype, but please do not involve world litterature giants into that scam please!

i took someone there, i really lost face!
(and i m still hungry)

Then why don't people go to "Le Petit Gourmand"

To babochina :
It's not that difficult to find 5 English books 8-) But i am worried about ...What if people turn to "Le Petit Gourmand", there gonna be crowded as Bookwarm, right?

Well, Bookwarm feels like a restaurant not a book club, guess maybe cooz there r always many people and noisy;Le Petit is too quiet sometimes, so it made me feel a little bit^^^^when i had meal there :roll: