Their bar is made of blue and green glass tiles, their bar stools are enclosed in egg-shaped red silk lanterns.

Under silk lanterns, diners can make their way from Chinese soups and delicate dumplings to emphatically French desserts (apricot tart with almond ice cream, for one).

The electrified silk lantern turned out to be gold enough.

But at night, after she has lighted every candle in her loft and turned on the yellow silk lantern, she climbs into the raised tub for a very long and languorous soak.

G Map Housed in the 200-year-old Chinese trading house, the Handicraft Workshop has artisans making silk lanterns and practising traditional embroidery in the back.

The colored silk lanterns are similar to those in vibrant Indian processions.

Get a table amid the silk lanterns in the garden, and sample entrees like the ostrich in red-wine sauce ($13).

The stars were coming out above, and the silk lanterns below, just as Kraznys's translator had promised.

Hanging silk lanterns illuminated the walls, which were adorned with large blue glyphs of Chinese design.

The silk lanterns, grouped by shape and sometimes by color, are glowing sculptures - from traditional rounded rectangles (left) to plump hourglasses (above).