I bet this had happened to you as well - you were traveling in a beautiful city, maybe its streets and buildings were so full of history, maybe its natural scenery was so astonishing, maybe its art galleries and museums were so intoxicating ... you loved this city so much... but, yes, but, after so many terrific days imbued in this heaven of yours, you found yourself so fed up and screaming "enough history/trees/paintings! enough!!" and you just wanted to get away from it for a short while.
That was my experience in my last Beijing trip. Despite all the fantastic and archaic atmosphere, I need some break from it. And that was when I found this cafe, ZARAH Cafe, on the street. It seems to be the number one recommended cafe in Trip Advisor. It is so not Beijing. It is even a little bit like Bali.
Yeah, this was just what I needed - a Get-Away-From-Beijing cafe. Have a look and you will know what I mean. It was relaxing, sit-back, refreshing and comfortable. We ordered lemonade and soda water with lemongrass or something like that. Had enough caffeine so some refreshing drinks went well with the tone of the cafe.
我的北京行，造訪了一家很特別的咖啡廳，ZARAH，她很不北京，甚至有點熱帶慵懶的清涼。在我們吃也北京，聽也北京，看也北京的幾天後，這家咖啡廳正好是我們需要的，短暫拒絕北京元素的地方，不要胡同，不要烤鴨，不要歷史，我只要清涼與放鬆。在這裡，我們得到了足夠的能量，之後，出門，繼續北京！
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My previous Beijing series ...
One Night in Beijing 我留下許多影
One Hutong in Beijing - A Travel in Time 胡同裡的時光旅行
One CAtFE in Beijing - Faith Coffee offers specialty coffee and something that melts your heart. 胡同裡的喵咖啡
Some variation of architecture style in the city blocks really can spice things out 😁 rather than the monotonous buildings functions and looks. I feel how you feel 👍 we all always search for the element of surprise and out of norm.
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You said it nicely!
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Thanks! Had been some time since last visited Beijing
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Thanks :)
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What a calm place so it seems. Can imagine this to be welcome as Bejing must be a very crowded city.
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Glad you found your break place in Beijing. Sure looks like a cool place! I definitely experience that from time to time being an expat. I do love Taiwan but sometimes I just need to get away from it as well!
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Great post
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The place looks great! I can't believe that this spot is hidden in the middle of the city! I'd love to go there :)
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I enjoyed reading your post. There's a lot of good stuff.
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I guess "jarah"caffe is in natural habitat, which can help everyone to get a refreshing mind... Thanks for sharing your feelings in this caffee...
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I seen tha post and then comment.. This post is more beautifull and nice.i start follower you......
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very good post my friend...
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Nice post. Great picture.
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anywhere you go cooffe shop there have a coffe shop, but this one is i think give the best archutectural design.
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i wish to be in Beijing to also experience this feeling... but anyways i've read so much about the place, it's a very lovely place to visit.. nice post @deanliu
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This is so true!! Sometimes you need a little haven to rest and recharge before exploring some more! I have several favorites. Naturals in Calicut, India is our most recent favorite! It didn't even have AC but didn't need it. Soft muted colors and the menu was tea or coffee, all organic and definitely chill.
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Thanks @deanliu lovely pictures and informative post! That would be my regular cafe shop if I was close !
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這裝橫的風格挺歐式的!
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Ohhhh damn :'(
I always see posts like this and I think to myself that I'm just alive and I'm not living....
Such beautiful places to explore and I'm here spending time in the cities
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Very nice place , feels like running away from reality trip. Imagine people working at this place.
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那門口，一看就北京 🙄
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:) 这很“北京”
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什麼！？難道我還是沒逃出去？
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嘻嘻 还得再找T_T
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這裡很適合文靜的美女~ ((我去就太吵了 XD
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like
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thanks for sharing keep it up
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wow
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Love the industrial look, very chilled atmosphere👍
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upvote me
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有鬼妹！
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love the cafe though:) quite minimalistic but still a nice one to see:)
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Beijing seems to exotic for me! Tell me, is it cheap there? And how easy it is to get there?
I met a lotof Asian people in Budapest, and they have the Bank of China in Budapest.
check out my post on it!
https://steemit.com/travel/@sandzey/budapest-hungary
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Some variation of architecture style in the city blocks really can spice things out 😁 rather than the monotonous buildings functions and looks. I feel how you feel 👍 we all always search for the element of surprise and out of norm.
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Post fact is very cool
And the content is very good
And an effort worth more
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Post fact is very cool
And the content is very good
And an effort worth more
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Post fact is very cool
And the content is very good
And an effort worth more
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Nice post
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那時候在北京住南鑼鼓巷附近，所以整個旅程逛最多就是那邊，下次再去的話要跟你請教請教。
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我以前在北京住过好有常常去台湾出差可是没有时间试一试这样的餐厅。看起来气氛很好。
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but no toilet with a view
but in the middle of nature at least!
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I agree with your statement that it is so like Bali. At first, I thought it was a cafe in the tropics. It amazing what you can do with your own corner of space.
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