So I decided to walk down the main road towards Joo Chiat. I came across the Joo Chiat Complex. I had vague memory that I had visited this place when I was very young. So I decided to go in and have a look. Pretty old building. 1st floor was mainly textile shops. 2nd and 3rd floors were mainly Malay's clothing. Quite an eye-opener. There was also carpet dealer. It seemed that the carpets are reasonably priced. Haha! Maybe next time if I want to buy carpet, may consider coming here.
After a quick walk through the complex, I noticed this fenced up area. I had always noticed it but never knew what it was. I think it is the Malay Village. So I decided to take a look inside. The first shop I saw was a home-deco shop. It had a lot of beautiful deco like chairs, tables, lamp, china. Kind of what I would love to have in my home. But the price erh...erhmmmm. Well! It is on a close-down sale. 50% off and all must go. Interested, please go have a look.
The place seemed a bit desolated. Not all the shops are occupied. Then I came across this Kopi Shop named, Hainan Kaya Toast. Hehe.... How interesting. Being a Hainanese myself, anything that has relation to my dialect group, will sure attract my attention. I was a distance away and I noticed that in the kopi shop, it was mainly occupied by Malays (pls dun get me wrong, i've nothing against the Malays. just wondering why would so many Malays patronize this chinese kopi shop. Is it because there isn't any Malay Kopi shop, considering this is a mainly Malay community?) So out of curiousity, I took a closer look. Hahaha. Inside the Kopi Shop was another Malays shop that sells Malay goodies. No wonder. Well! Since I was there, I decided to try the Hainanese Kopi and Kaya Toast.
Here are 2 photos of the teabreak:
I ordered Kopi Si Kor Song. Not bad.
Aroma: 8/10
Thickness: 7/10
Taste: 8/10
This is the Kaya Toast. I suppose it is Hainanese Kaya. Well you can't see it but the Kaya is orange in colour. I suspect they used brown sugar. And the butter is one thin slab. This is a perfect combi. And the bread is of sufficient thickness and well toasted. Though, I find the Kaya a bit on the sweet side.
Toast: 7/10
Kaya: 8/10
Butter: 8/10
Taste: 8/10
I am definitely very satisfied. Hahahahahaaha.........
Another interesting thing happen when I was walking around the compound. I was looking around this shop and the owner came out to ask me what I was looking for. So I answered her, "看看，谢谢！(Just looking around, thank you). " It was a rundown convenient shop. After a few second, the owner replied saying, "找古董啊？(looking for antique?)" For that moment, I just smiled back. After I walked away, her reply kept me thinking. Was she being sarcastic? She must be wondering what's there to look look at a convenient shop. Haha! How amusing. In fact, I am looking for things pretty much can be considered antique in its sense. I guess I need to go Flea Market very soon. Hahaha! 1/2 step.......
I noticed another interesting phenomenon. While sitting at the Kopi Shop, a man left and was walking towards his car. When he was walking past this small field, out of a sudden, a flock of pigeons started to descend onto the small field. My goodness! What a sight! How I wish I had a camera to snap that beautiful moment. Really! It's amazing. I think I will go there again to try to have a similar snapshot. Wahahahahaha. I want a digital SLR camera..... (i dun even know wat SLR stands for)
So after the short adventurous detour, I went back to get the fan's blade replacement. Really tempted to take a cab home but no, no, Xianjie, must learn not to be so spoilt. Money hard to come by. Take the MRT. Yes yes! haha.....
Well, I'm hoping I can have more of such trips where I can go around different parts of Singapore and tour around. You will be surprised what you can find and see.......
A random photo. This photo was taken when a circled rainbow was formed last year. Quite blur becoz taken from my handphone. But I though it was pretty. Hehehehhee...
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