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Look for the old Club Sandwich (map) spot to rejoin the city’s food and beverage scene on September 17 as Tube Station, backed by the man best known about town for pizza, Kro. The menu will include:

• Starters, such as vegetarian spring rolls (RMB20) and the intriguing “beef and peaches“, which includes air-dried beef, peaches, balsamic vinegrette, and chrysanthemum leaves (RMB20).
• Salads, such as Greek pasta (RMB35), which I will have to test out on Sneaky Pete, and watermelon and watercress (RMB28).
• Sandwiches and panini, from Philly cheese steak (RMB39) to “Birkenstock“, for those seeking a healthy option (RMB48).
• Pizza, including Milano Salami (RMB36) and – watch out Michelin-star chefs – Himalayan black truffle pies.

Smoothies and juices will set you back RMB25.

(Hat tip to PJ.)

After several futile forays in recent weeks, I finally found Club Sandwich around the corner from a 7-ELEVEN, just southeast north of Sun City, about 300 meters – including a street crossing – west of the April Gourmet that is a block north of Workers Stadium. If those directions don’t work for you, check this map.

I had the BLT (RMB25), my third choice, as a lack of ingredients meant I couldn’t try the first two (ham, after all, is a crucial component of a ham and cheese sandwich). And what this place missed in ingredients, it didn’t make up in service efficiency, as it took an effort to get the staff’s attention. But the sandwiches are tasty and made with TLC, though a side of fries or simple soup would have made it perfectly filling.

What is excellent value, though, is the coffee – it starts at an economic crisis-friendly RMB10 per cup.

Club Sandwich has a rough and ready look (think: white paint sloshed over brick walls) and the reasonably comfortable chairs, fairly high ceilings, and strong wireless signal – along with that bargain coffee – make it a nice and airy stop for the wireless gang. I plan a return, both for a caffeine boost and to try this place’s pizza.

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