Talking Chinoiserie – The Langham London’s Artesian Bar

A few posts lately on various bits of Chinoisierie I keep coming across. I’ve known about the “Orientalist” Artesian Bar at the Langham on London’s Portland Place (which has won an award for the “world’s best bar”, for some time but only visited recently.It;’s called the “Artesian” as it’s built atop a 360 foot deep artesian well by the way. Former regulars with a taste for Chinoiserie such as Noel Coward and Wallis Simpson would have appreciated it.