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Beijing fetish restaurant teases with lobster and sex
BEIJING – With drinks served in breast-shaped cups and beers opened with bottle openers shaped like a wooden penis, the father and daughter team behind a Beijing S&M restaurant are encouraging customers to mix food with sex.
Owner Lu Lu, a 27-year-old divorcee, said business has been good since opening just under a year ago, with young Chinese streaming in to feast on seafood, such as lobster, under the gaze of mannequins wearing bondage gear.
Lu’s father overcame initial reservations about some of the decor and took charge of the kitchen, dishing up a menu that features items such as ‘Horny’ and ‘Sensuous World’.
“‘Food and sex are the basic desires of humans,’ and the phrase has not changed in more than 5,000 years,” Lu told Reuters. “‘Release your basic instincts’ and ‘Liberate yourself’ are the two concepts we used as the basis for the restaurant.”
Lu said she was catering to a new generation of educated city residents who are increasingly willing to explore sex.
Reuters
Chinese society has long left behind the days when talking about sex was taboo, but sexual education in schools remains almost non-existent. The government also keeps a tight rein on what it views as vulgar content on television or online.
Venues like Lu’s can also fall foul of the authorities.
In April, police ordered the two-week closure of a bar in the capital, Beijing, after it staged a performance art show in which the audience was invited to touch a woman’s breasts through her clothes.
Apart from one visit by police, Lu said, she has been left to continue to run her establishment, where inflatable naked dolls sit on shelves and waiters wear aprons with breasts on them.
That may change, though, with Lu planning to ramp up the kinkiness by putting women customers in handcuffs and getting their male companions to feed them. She also wants to offer customers the chance to whip the waitresses.
One customer was keen for Lu to push the boundaries.
“I think they could scale it up a bit,” said 30-year-old technology worker Eric Deng.
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Singapore Botanic Gardens launches new Heritage Garden
The Heritage Garden features some 80 species of plants, including flowers like Gardenias and Bouganvilleas, and trees like Yellow Cow Wood.
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Launched by LKY, People’s Variety Show is back at Botanic Gardens
Singapore’s People’s Variety Show of the past is back at the Botanic Gardens.
And a new Heritage Garden has bloomed on the same lawn where the country’s first “Aneka Ragam Ra’ayat”, or People’s Variety Show, took place many years ago.
When founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew (below) officially opened the inaugural People’s Variety Show in 1959, he said to an audience of 22,000: “Here, under open skies, Malays, Chinese, Indians will, I hope, discover the materials for a national art and national culture.”
Today, Minister for National Development Lawrence Wong opened the garden, as well as the People’s Variety Show, which was held at the Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage, not far away in the gardens.
The Straits Times, NParks
Hosted by television personality Suhaimi Yusof, visitors were treated to tunes from popular local artistes and groups including Ramli Sarip, Roy Li Feihui, MICapella, Shabir, The Main Wayang Singers and Sebastian Tan.
The concert, which was attended by about 6,000 people, kicked off the nine-day Singapore Botanic Gardens Heritage Week – a new annual event that will feature a series of performances and activities for the public to celebrate the gardens’ rich heritage.
The new Heritage Garden showcases plantings that reflect the variety of species introduced to Singapore through its Garden City campaign, especially plants that were utilised for their colour and fragrance.
More than 80 types of plants can be found in the garden, including species and cultivars of Bougainvillea, Brunfelsia and Gardenia.
More events at various parts of Botanic Gardens
Tomorrow (May 29), visitors can look forward to performances by Philharmonic Winds and the People’s Association Youth Chinese Orchestra.
A carnival will be held at Orchid Plaza near the National Orchid Garden from 11am to 5.00pm. Visitors can purchase food and beverages, take part in interactive activities and enjoy roving performances.
Singapore residents will enjoy free entry to the National Orchid Garden during the Heritage week. Visitors will have the opportunity to view a special orchid display at Burkill Hall, featuring 40 heritage orchids that have been named after historical figures or won international awards.
Orchids that will be displayed include Papilionanda Tan Chay Yan, Papilionanthe Miss Joaquim Var. Agnes and Aranthera Anne Black.
Visitors are advised to take public transport to the Gardens. Shuttle bus services will be available from Botanic Gardens MRT station on May 29 from 10.30am to 8.30pm.
chenj@sph.com.sg
Launched by LKY, People’s Variety Show is back at new garden in Botanic Gardens
Singapore’s People’s Variety Show is back at a new garden at the Botanic Gardens.
The new Heritage Garden has bloomed on the same lawn where the country’s first “Aneka Ragam Ra’ayat”, or People’s Variety Show, took place many years ago.
When founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew officially opened the inaugural People’s Variety Show in 1959, he said to an audience of 22,000: “Here, under open skies, Malays, Chinese, Indians will, I hope, discover the materials for a national art and national culture.”
Today, Minister for National Development Lawrence Wong opened the garden, as well as the People’s Variety Show.
Hosted by television personality Suhaimi Yusof, visitors were treated to tunes from popular local artistes and groups including Ramli Sarip, Roy Li Feihui, MICapella, Shabir, The Main Wayang Singers and Sebastian Tan.
The concert, which was attended by about 6,000 people, kicked off the nine-day Singapore Botanic Gardens Heritage Week – a new annual event that will feature a series of performances and activities for the public to celebrate the gardens’ rich heritage.
The new Heritage Garden showcases plantings that reflect the variety of species introduced to Singapore through its Garden City campaign, especially plants that were utilised for their colour and fragrance.
More than 80 types of plants can be found in the garden, including species and cultivars of Bougainvillea, Brunfelsia and Gardenia.
Tomorrow (May 29), visitors can look forward to performances by Philharmonic Winds and the People’s Association Youth Chinese Orchestra.
A carnival will be held at Orchid Plaza near the National Orchid Garden from 11am to 5.00pm. Visitors can purchase food and beverages, take part in interactive activities and enjoy roving performances.
Singapore residents will enjoy free entry to the National Orchid Garden during the Heritage week. Visitors will have the opportunity to view a special orchid display at Burkill Hall, featuring 40 heritage orchids that have been named after historical figures or won international awards.
Orchids that will be displayed include Papilionanda Tan Chay Yan, Papilionanthe Miss Joaquim Var. Agnes and Aranthera Anne Black.
Visitors are advised to take public transport to the Gardens. Shuttle bus services will be available from Botanic Gardens MRT station on May 29 from 10.30am to 8.30pm.
chenj@sph.com.sg
