Our sleeping hours have turned rather shift worker-esque lately, going to sleep before dawn and waking in the afternoon. This has its downside for getting things done during the day, however has meant that we have been seeing some of what Shanghai has to offer by night.
We have been to club bon bon twice so far, last Saturday night for Roger Sanchez and Tuesday
to see DJ Noir. Bon bon is the local Godskitchen licensed club, and the facilities are up to the standard expected. There are two rooms both with dance floors and great sound systems, however the majority of the club is taken up with private rooms, booths and seating areas. Oh, and bars. There are about 5 separate bars in the place, and that is a good thing as bon bon has an 'every night is open bar night' policy. What this means is that your entry fee gets you all you can drink, all night, every night. Entry fee for Roger Sanchez was 150RMB ($25 AUS) and Dj Noir was 88RMB ($15 AUS) for men, 50RMB ($9 AUS) for women.
Now as you might have guessed, there is absolutely no responsible service of alcohol laws in China. In fact, the flyer for the club invited club goers to "Drink till you drop!"
The insanity continues however, booze is free but water and soft drink are not. At one point we stood at the bar arguing with the staff over a glass of coke, they wouldn't give us the coke unless we payed 30RMB ($5 Aus) but put a shot of rum in it, and its free!
We scratched our heads over the economics of that one for a while until it was suggested that they were probably drumming up business for a local liver transplant doctor. (But where would they get the livers? Hmm...)
Roger Sanchez was good, however we left soon after he started as they brought on dancing girls. That night also had heaps of RnB in the main room, oh and heaps of underage expat kids throwing up everywhere. Free-flow alcohol, average age 15, passed out kids and strippers on stage? As you can guess it was a tad sleazy. The other room that night had some decent music however, with one DJ playing a nice DnB set.
Somehow we ended back up back at bon bon with some friends 3 days later for Dj Noir and it was much less packed and much less sleazy. The night did have differential pricing for men and women however, catering to both the Shanghainese women looking for a rich western sugar daddy, and to the (often sleazy) western men who are happy that their money means they don't need to be attractive to receive attention from the women.
The DJing was so-so, with DJ Noir often just letting one track end before starting the next, occasionally botching the beat matching and spinning 'Put your hands up for Detroit' by Fedde le Grande about 6 times during the set. Still, it was a good night and a good time was had.
Oh, and I have now worn out another paid of dancing shoes...
We have been to club bon bon twice so far, last Saturday night for Roger Sanchez and Tuesday
to see DJ Noir. Bon bon is the local Godskitchen licensed club, and the facilities are up to the standard expected. There are two rooms both with dance floors and great sound systems, however the majority of the club is taken up with private rooms, booths and seating areas. Oh, and bars. There are about 5 separate bars in the place, and that is a good thing as bon bon has an 'every night is open bar night' policy. What this means is that your entry fee gets you all you can drink, all night, every night. Entry fee for Roger Sanchez was 150RMB ($25 AUS) and Dj Noir was 88RMB ($15 AUS) for men, 50RMB ($9 AUS) for women.Now as you might have guessed, there is absolutely no responsible service of alcohol laws in China. In fact, the flyer for the club invited club goers to "Drink till you drop!"
The insanity continues however, booze is free but water and soft drink are not. At one point we stood at the bar arguing with the staff over a glass of coke, they wouldn't give us the coke unless we payed 30RMB ($5 Aus) but put a shot of rum in it, and its free!
We scratched our heads over the economics of that one for a while until it was suggested that they were probably drumming up business for a local liver transplant doctor. (But where would they get the livers? Hmm...)
Roger Sanchez was good, however we left soon after he started as they brought on dancing girls. That night also had heaps of RnB in the main room, oh and heaps of underage expat kids throwing up everywhere. Free-flow alcohol, average age 15, passed out kids and strippers on stage? As you can guess it was a tad sleazy. The other room that night had some decent music however, with one DJ playing a nice DnB set.
Somehow we ended back up back at bon bon with some friends 3 days later for Dj Noir and it was much less packed and much less sleazy. The night did have differential pricing for men and women however, catering to both the Shanghainese women looking for a rich western sugar daddy, and to the (often sleazy) western men who are happy that their money means they don't need to be attractive to receive attention from the women.
The DJing was so-so, with DJ Noir often just letting one track end before starting the next, occasionally botching the beat matching and spinning 'Put your hands up for Detroit' by Fedde le Grande about 6 times during the set. Still, it was a good night and a good time was had.
Oh, and I have now worn out another paid of dancing shoes...
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