UpperRoom

There is a little tea house called "UpperRoom" in Beijing. The Chinese name is LouShang "楼尚". The owner is from HongKong and every Friday there is live music. The tea house offers some sweets that is specific to HongKong-ness and they can only be found here in Beijing. Stella, an acquaintance of ManLung, has invited us to meet at "UpperRoom". Since Veronica is from HongKong, so I just extended the invitation to her too.

After we parked the car, the 3 of us and David walked along a narrow alley till we finally saw this small building. There is a table set on the patio right outside the front door. And there a few people sitting at the table, chatting and obviously eating. We walked inside the door, and right in our face is a counter. On the left in front of the counter, we found our friend Stella sitting on the couch. She told us that the place is full and that is the place she has reserved for us. Eating on the sofa, that is the home style.

Luckily, before long we were able to be transferred to the "UpperRoom". The kitchen is actually upstairs. And there were only limited 5 to 6 tables. People there are... how would I describe it? They are like a family. The restaurant owner uses a laptop to project song lyrics. And then there is a guy who is invited by the owner to sing that night. Everyone in the room is welcome to sing along.


The owner knows most of the people there. "I did not make any money through this restaurant, but I did make many many friends." :-) I heard that the restaurant was on TV and has won some prizes for being creative.

The place is just crowded. But the atmosphere is hot and free. David loved to be there. He sit on the stairs and played the little decorative light bulbs wrapping around the hand rail. He moved his body by the music and even tried to sing along. He was so happy and so did I. Robert didn't seem to understand much about the songs. But he has got a delicious meal.