Menotti doesn’t serve water
Well, they’re not the only establishment with the no-plain-water policy, I’m sure. But woe betide the ones I patronise that don’t serve me a free glass of water after I’ve had a lobster linguine and a double espresso. To hell with your Panna sparkling mineral water! I dowan! Will you give me a glass of […]
How can a poor man stand such times and live?
Hard times at the Tian Ee Coffee Stall at Margaret Road Food Centre. Technorati Tags: singapore
Keong Saik afternoon
Keong Saik Road in Chinatown’s a collection of nice little eateries and boutique hotels. The URA calls it a conservation area, and in recent years, has stepped up the conservation efforts – by giving out awards – and of course, by letting the last licensed brothels remain in operation in between the new swanky businesses […]
Sloshy Sunday
The last time it rained so hard for so long, someone was commissioned to build a flood-worthy craft carrying winners of the world’s first beauty contest. So there wasn’t much else to do (work commitments were cancelled as well) except have a really big brunch and think of a reasonable excuse for not attending Cowboy […]
The ground is not sweet
The coffee shop auntie and her colleagues at the Imperial Cafe & Pub on McCallum Street were busy trying to entice pedestrians to sit down under one of the makeshift umbrellas and have a cup of coffee or a nasi lemak. Her frown unwavering, one of the coffee shop aunties mutters in a monotone, “Hallo […]