Yangshuo | English | Restaurants Reviews III

I mentioned before that most of the waitresses in the bars have pretty good English. It makes Yangshuo a weird enclave with bars, restaurants, hotels and lots of schools to learn English.

They all seem to be in need of teachers so if you want to relax and make some travel money this might be a nice spot.

I was actually asked by a lady if I was willing to teach the daughter of a friend of hers. Only one month as a preparation for the girl’s big jump abroad. “You teach very beautiful girl” was the pitch. “Only one month, so you can stay here, ok..” was the second phrase.

I uttered that I actually lived in Shanghai. “No problem, only one month, teach beautiful girl’. My answer that my wife would be less pleased made her try once more “No problem, only one month”. She left but I was tempted:)

Yangshuo - Jimmy’s Bar - West Street (Xi Jie)

• Wine - 86 Rmb - Great Wall Cabernet Sauvignon 1999
• Double Espresso - 20 Rmb - The absolute best in town
• Beer - Local 630 MM - 7 Rmb
• Club Sandwich - 18 Rmb - Medium taste/li>
• Garlic Bread - 10 Rmb - average, 4 pieces if I recall correctly

Pleasant bar with a very enthusiastic waitress called Spring. She opens a bottle of wine almost perfectly; she’ll even let you sniff the cork. Mentioned before is their Double Espresso that is near perfect
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Yangshuo - Rosewood Inn - Side street West Street/Gui Hua Street

• Breakfast (2 fried eggs, juice/coffee, toast, (not so tasteful) ham) - 12 Rmb - One of the cheapest western breakfast places, though not the best
• Coffee - 6 Rmb - They have a special with Brazilian coffee. It’s watery so avoid

As it is just out of West Street it’s quieter and situated next to a small stream the location is nice. Food wise not too good and they hardly speak English

Yangshuo - 98 Bar & Restaurant - Side street West Street/Gui Hua Street

• Breakfast (2 fried eggs, tea/coffee, 2x toast, hash brown, grilled tomato, nice crispy bacon) - 22 Rmb - Next to the same stream as the Rosewood inn but quality wise definitely the superior.

One of the best breakfasts available. Service is friendly and the saltshaker is actually sprinkling salt.

     
Posted Wednesday, June 29th, 2005 at 12:07 am,
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