Above: Moscow Restaurant in Beijing. Our service team was shy but efficient. Photo gallery below.
Moscow Restaurant in Beijing Rocks!
PICTORIAL - THE STATE OWNED RESTAURANT
When was it you last time visited a state owned restaurant? Well, maybe you should do it more often, we have good such a restaurant here in Beijing.
August 21st we celebrated my friend's birthday. Of course we wanted for him something special. Special food, cake, place... and maybe, if we could see some femBots! In Beijing everything is about possible! This is the famous Moscow Restaurant.
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Above-1: Moscow Restaurant in Beijing was founded in 1954. Soviet Union and China were very good friends and, of course friends eat well when together. Glorious days of the past.
Moscow Restaurant is located at western Ring-3 in Beijing, near Beijing Zoo and exhibition center (several exhibition centers in Beijing). Weather was smooth +32C, no smog, exceptionally perfect Beijing weather.
Above-2: Moscow Restaurant in Beijing. Welcome.
Above-3: Interior is impressive and unique. High main hall has pillars and decorations which seem to belong world’s history. High windows with heavy, expensive looking curtains. You usually see these only in castles or movies.
Above-4: Space.
Above-5: Flower square.
Above-6: Top job.
Above-7: Personnel was on the move all time. Somehow silently shouting We serve the people! While moving they never turned their heads, never changed their plan, and never stopped for rest. Their black/white uniforms are probably same style as in 1954 when this restaurant was opened for service.
- Are they femBots, could it be so, lucky me?
Above-8: Side hall.
Above-9: Menu offered two price categories, domestic and imported. Domestic beef was about 70% cheaper than imported. Our lunch team selected domestic: snails, crabs, beef, chicken, salmon, and Russian soups. 10EUR per person covered it all including fresh drinks, red wine, beer and vodka snaps.
Above-10: Our service team was efficient. Service was speedy service but shy with honest smiles. They worked hard. And Russian food is very different compared to Chinese food, not easy for Chinese cooks, neither.
- What about femBots? No, definitely not, and there is no doubt about it. Or if there is a small doubt,still not.
Above-11: Good balance, greens included.
Above-12: Chocolate cake was served with sort of jungle sword!
Above-13: Birthday hero, a real Beijinger, now officially 71 years. Behind is a full life of making movies. Not just any movies, but certain kind. He converted stories into pictures, into realistic illusions in people's minds, top scenarist. I have learned many valuable points from him. He easily can read minds.
Above-14: Tables at Moscow Restaurant had style and all was in good condition. We stayed in this restaurant longer because it was difficult to leave from such a space. I felt like being inside an old artwork.
- Who were all those people dining here all those years?
Above-15: In Finland we don't have vodka culture. But I am able quickly adopt such, if in a situation. Actually, I am not fully innocent with that. To prove such capability, I asked our team the coldest possible Stolichnaya snaps, soft when frozen. Surprise was complete when Stolichnaya was served on bottom of milk glasses, fridge warm, not frozen!
- What went wrong? Do I lack knowledge in this? Did femBots, if they really were femBots, were betas? Could it be a tradition that I was not aware about?
Above-16: I stared this painting like Formula 1 pilot, with my warm milk glass Stolichnaya vodka. Right place?
Above-17: After I had transferred milk-glass-warm Stolichnaya into belt level, situation got relieved as the impact happened. Can you say SNAFU!
Above-18: Gentlemens' room. Look at these mirrors, golden frames! Since 1954 these five mirrors have potentially reflected images of most influential great leaders of the world!
I took the opportunity to create my own reflection by each mirror to join that exclusive group of here-reflectees. This gentlemens' room was built absolutely by as high standards as the main dining hall was.
Above-19: Our birthday group the left state owned Moscow Restaurant. We dived back into Beijing Ring-3 traffic by this state built RedFlag, based on Audi 100. It was a pretty good birthday lunch. Ou, did I say we don't have that vodka tradition!
JUDGEMENT: Moscow Restaurant, Beijing
- Food, drinks 29,88 points
- Service 40,14 points (incl. 4,77 points compensation for smiles)
- Price/Quality ratio 32,69 points
- Interior, femBots 50,00 points (= maximum)
- Air-conditioning 50,00 points (= maximum)
- Gentlemens' room 50,00 points (= maximum) (mirrors, golden frames)
GRAND TOTAL: 252,71 points of maximum 300,00 points
RESULT: Pretty Good State Owned Restaurant - RECOMMENDED
UPDATE Feb. 13, 2008: Beijing bans smoking for green Olympics and state TV CCTV9 showed Moscow Restaurant as an example. Be smokeless, be green:)
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