Karaoke

Karaoke is a religion in China. So when my Chinese co-workers said they had organized a karaoke night, almost everyone was in. Karaoke is *very* different in China. We arrived at the karaoke place, known as KTV. When we walked inside the atmosphere reminded me of a movie theater. There was a 'grocery store' where you could buy soda, beer, liquor and snacks.


Each 'group' had their own private room which you could either reserve (just like a dinner reservation) or you could show up and wait for the next available room. Since we had a large group, we had a room for about 50 people. Some of the rooms only fit 5 or so people. If you bought bottles of alcohol, they were carried to your room for you (like here - where we bought a liter of Bacardi for 160RMB)


The room itself was very nice - multicolored illuminated walls, granite countertops, and leather sofas and stools.


Thank goodness we had some native Chinese speakers with us, as the controls were in Mandarin, which led to some 'interesting' song choices. I've got a few videos of the revelry, so make sure you ask to see them when you see me :)

I can't recommend Chinese style karaoke enough.