Archive for September 29th, 2008

Comptoirs de France Restaurant – Beijing, China

Monday, September 29th, 2008

East Lake Villas, 35 Dongzhimen Waidajie, Dongzhimen
Tel. 6461-1525
Website: www.comptoirsdefrance.com
Opening Hours: 7:30am-9pm
Credit Cards: No
Prices: Inexpensive-Moderate

This bakery has a 150 year history in France and at its location in Beijing turns out freshly baked breads, an array of exquisite French pastries and homemade ice cream, which are served in a pleasant setting. This premium bakery raises the bar for pastry making in Beijing. With one branch already near Guomao and another off-shoot near Sanlitun. The bakery serves a range of homemade ice cream, cakes, pastries, bread and chocolates.

Restaurants Gone Topless? Maybe, but Mexico Objects!

Monday, September 29th, 2008

The infamous Joe Francis has a reputation for displaying despicable and appallingly distasteful behavior in public and private, especially where women are concerned. He has been planning to open as he calls it, “a chain of topless restaurants”, one branch is planned to open in Cancun, and another possibly in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. However, Mexico has sent a blunt message: open your topless restaurants in your own country we do not want them here. It is not clear anyway as to who would be topless, waitresses, customers or no one at all?  He has top (less) credentials going in, as he is the founder of “Girls Gone Wild“, Paris Hilton was a girlfriend for a time, and he usually is facing charges on various felonies and his office is handling a swinging-door of constant lawsuits. These so-called “restaurants” I suspect, will be no more than bars with snacks and not restaurants at all. In any case, I hope this particular project never comes to fruition, as this person should stay in his own world of soft-porn, and leave the restaurant business to be operated by more ligitimate persons.