Vintage decor

Don't do a double take when you enter 9Dynasty (九朝会). No, you are not in a museum, but in a recently opened Chinese restaurant. The complexity and beauty of the dcor here is simply amazing.

The second floor, for example, looks like a classical Suzhou garden has been moved indoors. Visitors are bound to go "wow!" at the sight of the pavilion-style rooms linked by stone paths, interspersed with bamboo, miniscapes and imitation river scenes. One is hardly surprised to learn that the interiors are the work of top designers with a renowned luxury furniture company.

Other sections of the restaurant on the second and third floors are also infused with traditional Chinese designs. There are ancient Chinese paintings on the walls, some of which are copies of those in the Forbidden City Museum, and are available for sale. One room has a single 15-m-long scented rose wood block that serves as the table top, and paintings of legendary Chinese fairies on the walls.