New Place, new face

So, we have closed down our club due to some unexpected third party forces, and now have re-opened it as a cafe/restaurant in the central Ulaanbaatar.

Our name is d.d / h.z, which is a bit difficult to pronounce :D

d.d means daidai 橙 (orange) in Japanese, which was a bar inside Hanzo club, and also means Didi 弟 (younger brother) in Chinese, and h.z obviously means Hanzo.

We serve fusion Japanese food (so, all of our food is basically not Japanese, rather international), such as coconut spicy chicken bowl (which obviously has Thai origin), meat doria (which has Italian origin), dry curry (Indian origin), and Kaomangai (Thai origin) all served in bowls (Japanese).

We use Japanese rice and Local Mongolian vegetables and chicken.

Here is our new location and the atmosphere for your interest.

Hanzo Club is closed

It is regretful to inform that Hanzo club has closed as of 21st February, 2015.
It was due to landlord issues, and we are currently looking for other location to re-open,

We will let you know once we re-open our place.

Some pics to give some image about Hanzo

Mostly drag pictures... as these were the only ones I could get consent from the people, but hope this will give you some image of what Hanzo is like.

General operation information - January 2015

Clientage
Very diverse with mixed crowd of gays, lesbians, transgenders, straights et al.  Any open minded person is welcome.

Usual Hanzo operation schedule:

It is closed on every 1st day of the month (by Mongolian Law)
It is open as per below timetable:

Everyday: Happy Hour till 9pm.  Buy 2 beers, get 1 beer for Free.

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday -- 6pm to 12am.  No entrance fee.
Thursday -- 6pm to 3am.  Entrance fee of MNT 5,000
Friday, Saturday -- 6pm to 3am.  Entrance fee of MNT 10,000 except for special occasions

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Schedule for January 2015

- Closed until 19th of January. (May delay till 22nd, due to preparation work of opening a bar inside a bar "Daidai")
- January 22nd - "Blue is the Warmest Color" Lesbian Night Out. Tax 5K, no tax for women.
- January 23rd - "Friday Music Wave" with DJ Aural and DJ Saraa.  No cabaret show. Entrance 10K
- January 24th  - "H.A.P for Happy, Drag Show" with drag queens Horolmaa, Amina and Po ajaa.  Entrance 15K
- January 25th to 28th - Lounge days, no entrance fee
- January 29th - "Manda's Nostalgic Night", a night with 50-90's music by Manda.  Entrance 5K
- January 30th - "Friday Music Wave" with DJ Aural and DJ Saraa.  Entrance 10K
- January 31st - "Hunger Games", dating event.  Entrance 10K

General Update Information - 2012-2015

After not updating the blogspot for pretty long (over 2.5 years, lol), I am updating with the recent updates.

Given that the Mongolians get the information from facebook group of Hanzo, the blog is primarily dedicated to foreigners mainly.  Below are the main things happened for the past 2.5 years

-  Hanzo had been continuously operating since its opening in 2012, and in April 2015, it is having its 3rd anniversary

- Albeit its difficult to find (hidden in the rear alleys) location, it has become one of the favorite venues for local LGBT community, alternative crowds (people who like underground-ish music etc), live bands, local expats etc.

- Hanzo had been actively involved in social activities and promotions for human and animal rights, including, but not limited to, LGBT Pride Week Fund Raising Party, Women's Rights Fund Raising Party ("Gunj" Center NGO), Disabled Citizens' Party ("Tergentsertei Irged" NGO), Fund Raising event for Stray Dogs ("Lucky Paw" NGO) etc.

- It was selected as the "top 50 places to visit in UB" in local magazines, as one of the two bars within it.  Also, it was introduced on Lonely Planet and Utopia Asia.

We are looking forward to further PARTIES to go on.

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