1624yk's picture 1624yk Submitted by Guest on Fri, 02/12/2010 - 16:34

Just voted, and would like to point out a slight discrepancy:

the first Q is for best Contemporary Chinese -- one of the choices is Bei, at the Opposite House.

the last Q of the survey is for Restaurant of the Year (non-Chinese) -- one of the choices is Bei, at the Opposite House.

What's the deal?

Iain S's picture Iain S Submitted by Guest on Tue, 02/09/2010 - 10:34

dktoday,

Their website is www.mako001.com

I can't find any upcoming schedules listed on the site, looks like it hasn't been updated since late January. I heard good reports from the Hanggai show on Jan 23, if they have a good band playing you should definitely go down to take a look.

You can also try e-mailing them at makolive@163.com.

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danedwards's picture danedwards Submitted by Guest on Tue, 02/09/2010 - 10:04

Hi Dikran,

Anything is possible.

The "melamine in dairy products" scandal is widespread and ongoing. In September 2008 melamine was found by food testers in a range of mainland-produced sweets, including White Rabbit candy.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/sep/24/foodsafety.tesco

There's been lots of coverage of the ongoing problem of melamine in dairy products, but examples of recent reports on tainted products can be found here:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5B92GB20091210

And here:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5B92GB20091210

Personally I try to avoid anything locally produced containing dairy products.

Regards,

Dan

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Dikran's picture Dikran Submitted by Guest on Fri, 02/05/2010 - 22:24

Could it be that there are fake sprites in the market????

Most of the hard liquor they sell in Sanlitun bars are almost fake.

Last week I bought a bag of candies from a supermarket, we didn't read the label then, this morning we read the label and it says made in Guangdong, we've heard on the news that a big portion of that tainted milk were sold to factories in Guangdong, Is that true??

so now we're afraid to even buy candies.

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HuanChu's picture HuanChu Submitted by Guest on Fri, 02/05/2010 - 20:52

No, no, you're right, i was overzealous in my response. You're article neither criticizes GT, nor accuses it of any wrong doing.

My bad. Didn't mean to jump down anyones throat.

Sorry about that.

HC

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danedwards's picture danedwards Submitted by Guest on Fri, 02/05/2010 - 18:07

Hi HuanChu,

Umm, where exactly is the sensationalism?? I talked about the Global Times article on our blog, and then the OMA contacted us and said the statements attributed to Ole Scheeren in the GT article were incorrect, which I duly reported above.

I didn't pass any comment at all on the Global Times reporter, let alone "burn him at the stake." The headline of the above post, and the gist of the article, is Scheeren apparently believes the TVCC Tower can be safely repaired. In what way is that sensationalist?

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HuanChu's picture HuanChu Submitted by Guest on Fri, 02/05/2010 - 14:53

Wow TBJ, getting a little sensationalist now, aren’t you??

Several claims? Is two, now several?

And in your own original article, you point out that both of those claims, are quotes coming from someone else.

Sure, what people say should always be corroborated, but the fact the reporter didn’t, is hardly grounds to burn him at a stake, IMHO.

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danedwards's picture danedwards Submitted by Guest on Fri, 02/05/2010 - 10:37

Ole Scheeren's firm OMA has since stated that the comments from Scheeren as reported in the Global Times article quoted above were incorrect.

See here for more details:
http://www.thebeijinger.com/blog/2010/02/05/TVCC-Tower-Can-Be-Repaired-Says-Architect

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