[Shanghai] Zen Cafe

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[Shanghai] Zen Cafe

ZEN Cafe

Add: 2/F 7-1, Dongping Lu, near Hengshan Lu / 东平路7-1号2楼, 近衡山路
Tel: 6437 7390
Hours: [Sun-Tue] 10am-10pm [Fri-Sat] 10am-11pm
Webiste: www.zenlifestore.com
Price: [drinks] 20~40 RMB
Visited: Apr 2011

ZEN Cafe is the cozy attic coffee shop on top of ZEN Lifestore on Dongping Lu. It’s a small place and fills up quickly on weekend afternoons (no, they don’t take reservations), but empty spots are likely to be found during the evenings.

The first floor is ZEN Lifestore, which features a unique array of home embellishments and furnishings. It takes in both traditional Chinese culture and European aesthetics, combining best of the two worlds into tea cups, antique lamps, paintings, porcelain dolls, and the likes.

A small courtyard right outside the store.

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[Taipei] VVG Something 好樣本事

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[Taipei] VVG Something 好樣本事

VVG Something 好樣本事

Add: 13, Alley 40, Lane 181, Zhongxiao E Rd Sec 4, Taipei 台北市忠孝東路四段181巷40弄13號
Tel: (02) 2773 1358
Hours: [Sun-Thu] 12-9pm [Fri-Sat] 12-10pm
Website: vvgvvg.blogspot.com
Visited: Mar 2011

A 99m² space filled with artsy books, vintage furniture, and random knickknacks. Customers can flip through books, each handpicked by VVG buyers, while sipping on drinks from VVG Bistro right across the alley. Sounds like a good way to spend an afternoon or evening in solitude?

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