Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Recently there has been a lot of media hype about the newly-opened Tampines One mall, so my mother decided to bring my sister and I to have a look at it on Tuesday.
It was disappointing. For all the hype, the mall was small, the architecture and decor uninspiring and the shops boring. Half of the shop space in Uniqlo was taken up by racks and racks of this disgusting new invention called the "bra-top" (which is a camisole/tank top with a bra attached to it - who could have thought of such a stupid idea) in seven different colours and with stripes and without stripes, but with essentially the same design. BOOOOOORING.
The Manpuku Japanese Food Gourmet Town was basically a Marche-style food court with Japanese food imported into Singapore for the first time, as the advertisements claimed, from famous restaurants in various parts of Japan. That's fudging the truth because most of the brands there can be found in other places in Singapore. I remember seeing a Botejyu outlet at Liang Court, and who are they trying to deceive when the logos of Ajisen ramen and Kyoto Ajitei are printed on their serviettes. The Aoba ramen from Hokkaido and Fruits Paradise tart shop are probably the only brands imported for the first time from Japan.
My mother, sister and I tried a slice of the Banana Chocolate tart and I thought it was delicious. The omu rice set was ok but I think the omu rice stall in the Takashimaya food hall gives better value for money. The black sesame ice cream with cornflakes and mochi was ok too, but not as spectacular as the desserts at Azabu Sabo. So the fruit tart stall is probably going to be the only reason why I would want to travel all the way to Tampines One again.
kaoru said at 7:53 PM
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