ChinaRhyming’s French Week #4: The Black Cat Bar on Avenue Roi Albert

What would a China Rhyming French Week be without a former Frenchtown boîte? A disgrace, of course. So here’s the Black Cat, a “charming” little bar on the Avenue Roi Albert (now rather less romantically Shaanxi Road South). Of course Black Cat bars proliferate wherever the French gather – the heritage of the Chat Noir in Montmatre and its bohemian gatherings has lived long…and long may it continue to do so.

‘Open all night’ sounds good though, as does ‘foreign hostesses’ (White Russians of course we can safely assume). However I’m afraid I know nothing of the lyric tenor capabilities of Fred Rink or the piano abilities of Ferry Klein, so can’t recommend them wholeheartedly.