# Not a teahouse I would ever go to **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 16, 2010, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-teahouse-i-would-ever-go-to/550386 "2010-08-16T03:47:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-teahouse-i-would-ever-go-to/550386/1 "2010-08-16T03:47:39Z")
Oh [_HELL_](http://www.justaskshirley.com/photos/china/wow.htm) no! I have trouble walking around [Kelethin](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FzUUGAvB3w) in Everquest, let along being on teh side of a cliff going for a cuppa tea… ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-teahouse-i-would-ever-go-to/550386/2 "2010-08-16T04:29:43Z")
That had better be some damn good tea. You might prefer [here](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-451569/Pie-sky-The-150ft-high-restaurant.html) for dinner. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-teahouse-i-would-ever-go-to/550386/3 "2010-08-16T04:32:47Z")
I’m with you. Let’s find out if they deliver. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-teahouse-i-would-ever-go-to/550386/4 "2010-08-16T04:43:22Z")
“_Cash only?_ I only brought the cards!” ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-teahouse-i-would-ever-go-to/550386/5 "2010-08-16T05:09:44Z")
I have serious issues with heights … so _no_ I don’t even climb ladders or stand on stepstools/chairs. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-teahouse-i-would-ever-go-to/550386/6 "2010-08-16T05:12:32Z")
Nah. Looks too touristy. ---
**Author:** ![Kkrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Kkrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kkrose)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-teahouse-i-would-ever-go-to/550386/7 "2010-08-16T05:15:02Z")
How can that possible be worth it? ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-teahouse-i-would-ever-go-to/550386/8 "2010-08-16T05:23:49Z")
'Cause it’s there? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-teahouse-i-would-ever-go-to/550386/9 "2010-08-16T05:43:54Z")
I’d go there. Do they take reservations? If it’s that hard to get the diners there, how’d they get the building there? ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-teahouse-i-would-ever-go-to/550386/10 "2010-08-16T08:03:13Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > That had better be some damn good tea. > > You might prefer [here](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-451569/Pie-sky-The-150ft-high-restaurant.html) for dinner. Neither one of those sound appetizing to me. Holy fear of heights Batman! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-teahouse-i-would-ever-go-to/550386/11 "2010-08-16T08:04:53Z")
I like the warning to “be very careful when passing someone going in the opposite direction.” :eek: ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-teahouse-i-would-ever-go-to/550386/12 "2010-08-16T11:25:07Z")
To be sort of honest, it almost looks like there might be an alternate route there, if you look at the [picture of the teahouse on the crest](http://www.justaskshirley.com/photos/china/9.jpg), to the right side of the picture is a bunch of green… trees and shrubs, might mean there is a lesser slope on that side, leading to that set of carven steps. ---
**Author:** ![Waffle\_Decider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/77aa72/32.png) [@Waffle\_Decider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waffle_Decider)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-teahouse-i-would-ever-go-to/550386/13 "2010-08-16T12:55:18Z")
Jeebus. The wooden planks are what got me. I’ve hiked on cliffs with very narrow trails and chains handholds before, but I was always on solid ground. Those planks look like they may fall apart at any time. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-teahouse-i-would-ever-go-to/550386/14 "2010-08-16T13:21:04Z")
I look at trails like that, and I always wonder… “How did they build that thing in the first place?” Because someone had to haul the planks and chains up there, and carve the steps, and all that, they didn’t just grow there. And though I love tea I can’t imagine going through all that trouble just for a cup or three. ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-teahouse-i-would-ever-go-to/550386/15 "2010-08-16T14:22:32Z")
Someone goes to work there every day. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-teahouse-i-would-ever-go-to/550386/16 "2010-08-16T14:51:45Z")
If I worked there, I’d make arrangements to sleep there and only go home on the weekends. Possibly by helicopter. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-teahouse-i-would-ever-go-to/550386/17 "2010-08-16T15:56:06Z")
> [@Kkrose](#): > > How can that possible be worth it? Dude. They serve _Lipton_. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-teahouse-i-would-ever-go-to/550386/18 "2010-08-16T15:58:53Z")
There are not enough languages in which I could say “Hell, no!” I’ll just stay home and have a nice cup of this Celestial Seasonings, 'K? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-teahouse-i-would-ever-go-to/550386/19 "2010-08-16T17:39:22Z")
Not for all the… I forget how that saying goes. I didn’t even like looking at the pictures. My heart is pounding. I’ve heard about a wine bar in – I think – Vienna that’s pretty much the opposite. It’s something like 100 feet down a hole in the ground, and the only access is by a circular stone staircase with no railing. But at least they finally installed a couple of light bulbs. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-teahouse-i-would-ever-go-to/550386/20 "2010-08-16T18:01:01Z")
I’d go. But it would be very difficult. I’m used to climbing with harnesses and such - going up some of those routes would just be not on. Oof. But I think I’d give it a go. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-teahouse-i-would-ever-go-to/550386.md?page=2)