Flaire

It's Friday and i am soo looking forward to Happy Hour...hanging out with the crew....So where are we going guys? ...What do you mean there is no Happy Hour? I even dressed for Happy Hour after work... Now I am really not in the mood to do much... Most people are pretty much just going home and then maybe going out to have dinner...and yeah, everyone is married and most with kids...Single...and hanging with the couples or familes....not up to it tonight.... I head back to the Inn Fine and decide to check out Flaire...

From the hotel, it's a short walk..turn left at the Eiffel tower and then right...and it's in that alley.... ok...so where am i now? i am passing other hotels, and all these alleys are parking lots.... Cross the street, i see all these bar looking buildings...maybe it's over there... Crossing the street needs skills, as noone stops for pedestrians... Then there's the 1 foot curbs... these sidewalk definitely are not wheelchair accessible... Now i am navigating through the bushes in the middle of the road, as i crossed at the wrong point.. I hope no one sees me coming out the bushes....This can't be the right alleyway, as all i see are construction workers...I think i should make a phone call, before i end up missing in this alleyway.... Oh... i need to make a left at the snail on the building? Lifesize brightly colored animals in sort of a playland...actually, it's a play area for kids... uummmmh.... a kids play area in an alley filled with bars.... ahhh...so your kids play while u go partying... me like...hehe....There's actually a name for this alleyway of establishments... 5 color city....

I am on the right path now, heading down the right alley...which i seem to be sharing with cars parked and driving on either side...and i definitely do not have the right of way....safety is definitely not a concern in China.... Have i passed Flaire, as all these names are in Mandarin...... spoke too early... Flaire... I have arrived.... A car pulls up right as i do, and 3 people emerge, and they are Flaire bound as well.... This is a really cool restaurant...wouldn't have expected such a nice place down this seedy alley....





Pizza, pasta dishes (referred to as sphagetti), onion fries (rings), some german dishes, huge wine selection displayed in case in middle of restaurant... The restaurant is small, with the seating area downstairs, and an upstairs kitchen...The wait staff is Chinese, but i am sure the owner isn't... I really do like this place.... Is the crab meat in a patty format or it is small chunks? Ah.... Lucy will come and explain... Lucy speaks almost fluent English.... it's chunks of crab in a red sauce... Not what i am looking for, so give me the salmon... and throw in some onion rings.... I love the presentation... the rose is actually tomatoe skin...



The onion is crusted with a coconut layer...after about 3 pieces, i had enough coconut.... The salmon and sphagetti is actually good.... yeah... the cream sauce is not weight watcher endorsed.... 76RMB..and i had a great dinner.....

Now that i know the way, i hustle through the alley, back to the main street, to the Inn Fine.. It's a rap for the night....