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Room 101: Now known as… The Living Fossil
Just kidding…
The former Room 101 is slated to re-open in early November with the name - and it appears my suggestion of Lady Bar did not resound with the owners - Ginkgo*. The place is isolated in Andingmen, so the name makes some sense given this Wikipedia entry:
Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba; in Chinese 銀杏, pinyin romanization, yín xìng), frequently misspelled as “Gingko”, and also known as the Maidenhair Tree after Adiantum, is a unique species of tree with no close living relatives. The ginkgo is classified in its own division…
By the way, won’t a name that is “frequently misspelled” cause search engine issues? Just wondering…
The entry adds that the Ginkgo tree is among the best known examples of a living fossil, that is, relatively unchanged over several hundred million years. I guess we’ll have to wait a few more weeks to see how closely the Gingko bar resembles its ancestor, Room 101, but if you want a piece of the latter, the bench seats are for sale at RMB100 each.
Finally, remember the contest to rename Room 101? No winner. The owners came up with this name.
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* Can we nickname the upper floor The Tree House (assuming that groovy curved staircase remains)?
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