Head on down to Keepers Playground Of Infinite Happiness at National Design Centre over these two weekends from 27 to 29 Jul and 3 to 5 Aug 2018 11am to 9pm. Check out the various retail pop-ups from the artisans and craftsmen. Bring your family, friends and money!
Come Play!
National Design Centre is located at 111 Middle Road and within walking distance from Bras Basah MRT. Explore all levels and embark on a journey of discovery. For those that are in the know, head on right up to Level 5.
reminds me of Helix Bridge
If you're a chocolate lover, head right up to Level 3 and meet with the good folks from Fossa Chocolate and Demochoco でもチョコ. Tried the Apple Brandy chocolate from Demochoco and it was good. Tasted like nama chocolate, with Manjari (64%) chocolate blended with Nikka’s Single Cask Hirosaki Apple Brandy (aged 12 years). That brings back memory of Nikka factory visit in 2015.
DEMOCHOCO
FOSSA Chocolate
It was kind of interesting to just walk around the area and to discover interesting stuffs along the way.
makerbot 3D printer
born out of a printer
As I was walking down the stairs, something caught my eye as it was looking out of a window. It was one of the ten mini Miuns one could find 'hidden' in National Design Centre.
mini Miun
National Design Centre is also having its Fifty Years of Singapore Design exhibition at Level 1. The exhibition chronicles the development of the Singapore design scene from the early 60s to till date.
Fifty Years of Singapore Design
iconic Singapore Girl kebaya
At Level 1, if you're feeling hungry, there's Tanuki Raw with hearty food. But, it was so crowded, so decided to shop around Kpok @NDC.
localization
Level 1 has many other installations including Funan Playsuite. There's a claw machine and you might win something from there!
Funan v2.0
good luck!
If you feel like having ice-cream, there's ButterKnife Folk with their delicious range of gelato. Hmm, there's an exotic and localized Chicken Rice ice-cream too. Are you game for it? I wanted the Infinite Happiness, but alas, it had eluded me. In plainspeak, it was sold out. So, I got the blueberry cheesecake instead.
Blueberry Cheesecake Gelato @$5
yummy
Found another Miun-related item while I was enjoying the cool treat. Quirky and fun.
Miun box
Looking for OOTD spot? There's plenty at NDC.
nice colourful backdrop
magic mushrooms
Only for two weekends to meet your favourite retail pop-ups! See you there.
One day in early Oct 2017, we were at Gamcheon Culture Village and had probably walked a couple of kilometres here and there before we decided to stop for brunch/tea? Whichever it was, we were hungry! Chanced upon this place that looked pretty cool from the outside. It said "Coffee Brunch" and that was enough to propel us inside. That and those other people eyeing this place as well.
throngs of tourist flocking here
I thought I saw a puddy tat. Double blink and I did. It did not care for the crowds and neither did it care when I approached. Meow.
guardian of The Plate
pondering about life, beside an advert for 32cm ice-cream
The shop has a retail area downstairs and it had a bit of souvenir as well as postcards etc.
buy a souvenir postcard?
how about some soju/beer to takeaway?
Order and pay for the food at the cashier downstairs and the staff would send it up towards the second floor. It was a rather steep climb up.
window view
view from the top
watch your head, Ivan
It was actually rather nice to dine there. Comfortable and homey. Sit by the window and slowly watch the world go by.
mocha
The drinks was served in mugs with beautiful flower print on them. That's a nice change from sterile looking containers.
We ordered a couple of items to share. The fish and chips and breakfast plates looked quite fitting to the theme. Very British-like, especially those pale looking chips.
fish and chips
breakfast set
Then, we had some somewhat eclectic items such as pasta and...fried rice? The fried rice with egg was so homely. Surprisingly, it was a taste that we didn't know we missed.
pasta
fried rice with egg
Was hungry, so we tucked in. Enjoyed the relaxing atmosphere, the holiday mood and to plan our next meal. Yes, we are like that.
let's eat!
Special thanks to the travelling homies; Hence and Tracy, Shermaine and Ivan. With you guys, we ate so much more, posted more and blogged so much more. 고마워!
Trung Nguyen is a coffee chain from Vietnam, and first taste of it was in 2011 when we were at Ho Chi Minh. Lunch hour at International Plaza always sees throngs of office workers looking for a place to dine.
This place is not so crowded so we were there after our meeting. Lunch set $11.90 consist of a main dish, an appetiser and coffee. Pay at the cashier and await for food. Noticeably, those who ordered noodles will get their orders first. Perhaps, it was easier to prepare? One could see two big pots of soup bubbling at the counter.
pay and wait
I got myself a banh mi pâté which consist of french baguette stuffed vegetable, a slice of ham and chicken liver pate. For appetiser, I had the fresh spring roll. And of course, coffee.
fresh spring roll
The spring rolls were prepped prior and one just need to peel off the cling wrap from the small plate. It was compact with rice vermicelli, lettuce, cucumber, cilantro and a prawn. The sauce was like a watery sweet chili sauce but necessary. Light and mild.
chicken liver pâté banh mi
There's something about chewing on a baguette with stuffings. The more you chew, the tastier it becomes. Loved all the lettuce, pickles, thin spread of pâté with each bite. Yums.
The staff forgot about my coffee so had to remind them. All the cups were pre-prepared and one just needed to top it with hot water for it to start dripping.
cà phê sữa nóng
The coffee taste was agreeable. Not too sweet. The temperature after drip was right for drinking. Just need to stir the coffee to get the condensed milk mixed well.
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