Pavilhão Chinês - Chinese pavilion

Posted by Arco-Íris (Leiria, Portugal) on 19 February 2007 in Miscellaneous and Portfolio.

No início do século era uma mercearia, agora o Pavilhão Chinês é um bar à moda antiga. Fica no Príncipe Real, em Lisboa, e é o sítio ideal para conversas longas.
Em 1901 o Pavilhão Chinês vendia especiarias, cafés e chás. A ligação ao Oriente mantém-se apenas na lista variada de chás da China. Os armários que restam da antiga mercearia servem hoje para guardar os inúmeros objectos das várias colecções que se encontram nas cinco salas do bar: cerâmicas de Bordalo Pinheiro, soldadinhos de chumbo, aviõezinhos de brincar e artigos militares relacionados com as duas guerras europeias.
As salas estão mais ou menos arrumadas por temas, mas ao mesmo tempo suficientemente "desarrumadas" para não parecer um museu, mas sim um espaço que tem muitas histórias para contar.
Recomendam-se os "cocktails", os vinhos tintos e as sanduíches a acompanhar um petisco nocturno.

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Comments (26)

Laurie from New Jersey, United States

What a great looking place. Like a step back in time. Wonderful rich colors in that beautiful wood.

19 Feb 2007 12:19am

Bronnie from Christchurch, New Zealand

Looks like a place I could spend some time in! Love the depth of colour, so rich in this shot.

19 Feb 2007 12:55am

Craiger from Vacaville, California, United States

That is quite a collection! Good job documenting it!

19 Feb 2007 3:32am

juant3 from Bremen, Germany

You capture this place's atmosphere very well. I am sure it is a nice place to spend sometime with friends! Thanks also for your recommendations...

19 Feb 2007 4:28am

Victor from Sintra, Portugal

Bom registo/documento!
Very iteresting shot.

19 Feb 2007 4:51am

Sidonie from Sydney, Australia

Cosy spot for a cocktail! So much to look at!

19 Feb 2007 5:19am

Francis from Hong Kong

Nice shot , it really does look like somewhere from a bygone era.

19 Feb 2007 5:27am

Jerry from Tampa, United States

Nice capture - looks like one of the old time Bavarian Bars!

19 Feb 2007 5:32am

Marwan from Rolle, Switzerland

huge amount of decoration in there! a shame the white balance isn't quite right (much too orange). and the wall on the left side of the picture does not look nice.

19 Feb 2007 5:57am

Jen from Jessup, United States

Love all the items in there! Great colors!

19 Feb 2007 6:53am

Angry Buddha from United States

I'll have a beer please.

19 Feb 2007 8:33am

Anne from White Rock, Canada

I love all the colors too! Great Bar to have a cocktail. The reddish wood gives off a warm reflective glow to the room. Probably mahogany or cherrywood. That, plus the reddish/pink lighting gives the photo its color. All the other objects look about right to me - so if you had altered your white balance, it would look cold, instead of warm and cozy. Great detail Badala!

19 Feb 2007 8:38am

CaCTuS from Tehran, Iran

I agree with MARWAN about the left wall!
but ur photo is absolutely wonderful with the tone of orange color!

19 Feb 2007 9:02am

Alfredo J. Martiz J. from Tokyo, Japan

Interesting decoration for this place, I like the characters!

19 Feb 2007 11:01am

purelysnow from Chengdu, China

Wow, I love the warmth of the shot, as well as the interesting collection of objects in the picture.

19 Feb 2007 11:06am

Manuela Photography from Hainburg (near Frankfurt/Main), Germany

the atmosphere is very warm and cosy, love it!

19 Feb 2007 12:03pm

Jorgen from Spain

I love the way the light falls in this photo, generating some lovely deep colours. I suppose a good deal of postprocessing was involved to get them like this. Well done!

19 Feb 2007 1:39pm