Simple and natural life

By He Jianwei
Simplicity and nature are the MUJI attitude. The Japanese brand opened its third shop in Beijing last November in Solana.
MUJI has expanded its product line from an initial dozen offerings to 7,000 items since its founding in 1980. Its catalog ranges from toothbrushes to automobiles and from food to electrical appliances.
Solana’s shop is [...]

Bulgaria’s finest rose otto

By Jackie Zhang
Karlovo, Bulgaria, also known as Bp, is a Bulgarian rose otto brand. The brand first entered China in April, and its only store on the mainland is at the Solana mall.
Bulgaria is known for having the best roses and rose otto. Its warm, wet climate and oil provide great conditions for roses to [...]

Silver with Southeast Asian style

By Jackie Zhang
Silvereeyee, located on the first floor of Solana mall, impresses many people with its unique shop front and interior design, which combines silver jewelry with Southeast Asian decorations.
Its design is what draws in the customers. People can immediately sense its Southeast Asian style from the wooden front door.
In the shop, green plants, wooden [...]

New Italian concept cafe

By Wang Yu
Invito is one of the best new shops on Solana’s bar street. It is neither bar, restaurant nor cafe, but a merging of all three.
The concept was a merger of the casual 3-floor Italian lakeside cafe, a chic fine dining ristorante and an intimate lounge bar, Simon Lee, the manager, said. The house [...]

Sexy dances and intriguing cocktails

By Venus Lee
The immense popularity of US television series Sex and the City has spawned many business ventures. Among them is Sex and da City, a bar which recently opened another branch at Blue Harbor shopping mall.
Terresa Zhang, a fan of the show, set up the first bar in Houhai seven years ago. The place [...]

Life on the roof of the world – The true Tibet

Tibet is a mysterious and misunderstood land. Few know what happens here. One Chinese director lived in its third largest town for 18 months and produced a five-episode TV documentary last year.

Her piece aired three times on BBC, where it received high praise from the British mainstream media, including The Times, The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph. The film “objectively records the real life of people who live in the most contentious remote area,” The Guardian wrote.

Since this Monday, it has been broadcast on CCTV and will soon air on Phoenix Satellite Television and other Chinese provincial channels.

Unwind or order a cocktail with a Thai kick?

By Venus Lee
Lantung Thai Bar is a cozy, trendy bar set in a tropical world. Its light green walls, green sofas, tropical plants, huge antique bronze fans and shaman statues give it a traditional Thai ambiance. But the wall of glass shelves filled with liquor bottles gives it a fashionable air.
The bar has three floors [...]

Buy one bottle of wine, get one free

By Jackie Zhang
The Channel Wine store is beside Solana mall’s supermarket. After going grocery shopping, people can drop by to get a bottle of red or white to go with ther meals.
The store has an extensive inventory: red wine, white wine and champagne are all sold here. “These are imported from arond the world,” Ku [...]

Arabian dishes for a thousand nights

By Wang Yu
Since the mid-1990s, 1001 Nights has built a reputation in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Yiwu for authentic Arabian food popular with local diners.
A month ago, the Syrian restaurant opened another branch at Solana shopping mall. “Unlike our Sanlitun branch, guests here are mostly Chinese,” Achraf Ghanem, the restaurant’s manager, said. The dining place’s [...]

After 5 Bar

By Venus Lee
Its name may be short, but After 5 Bar is long on decoration and elaborate service.
Indulge yourself and your beloved after hours at the bar. The low-key but noble atmosphere is suitable for romantic stories and sharing secrets without disturbance. “We wanted to provide a relaxed but private space for customers after work [...]