Serangoon gardens is the nice little estate i've grown up in.haha. well, it's changed here and there over the years, but it's fundamentally the same to me. There're many nice places to feast your taste buds on. The famous Chomp Chomp is one of them.




I had dinner with my friends the other day at gardens and decided to visit chomps before dinner.It's a nice place to go for dinner or supper once in a while. Recommendations! : The stingray, hokkien mee, carrot cake, the thirst-quenching sugar cane juice, satay, the wide array of beancurd desserts.



Haha, the uncle posing with his beancurd. He was happy to pose to be part of this blog, lol. Anyway, my favourite's the chocolate beancurd.



Anyway, we settled for some indonesian-stlye food at the "village fare". The food was not bad and i found the condiments provided rather unique, haha. The price was reasonable too, below 10 bucks since service charge isn't included.

Well, back to serangoon gardens. Looks like they're gonna build a multi-storey mall where the NTUC block once used to be. (now i've got to get my ntuc stuff from amk hub, hougang mall or jurong point) I guess in such times, new malls are springing up all across Singapore-Tampiness One, the Iluma mall with the giraffe-like escalator, etc. It's all part of development and i suppose it's a good sign as we're still able to execute such progress in spite of the current economic recession we're facing.



Hmm but such change is gonna change the "look and feel" of the estate to some tangible extent. Some traditional stalls might have to leave the area in order to survive. I also heard that they're gonna build a shopping mall larger than the size of Plaza Singapura next to the serangoon mrt..heh, a few of my friends who stay in the area quipped that they needn't go to dhoby ghaut anymore as a new PS is at their doorstep. Singapore's really becoming "smaller" than it already is as the time we're gonna spend travelling will only lessen in the future, especially with the opening of the circle line.

Well, but some shops in Seragoon Gardens are here to stay for a long long time. haha. That includes the good ole' MacDonalds which has been here since i was born? Others include the sweet secrets pastry shop, Pao Seng Restaurant (with scrumptious chicken rice),the Chong Hoe chinese medicine shop, R.K. Eating House and Chomp Chomp of course. I was making an observation of how the chain resaurants like Thai Express, Macs, Sushi Tei are competing against the specialty outlets like Borsche Restaurant (a russian restaurant run by a family), Ice Cube and Pao Seng. Chain restaurants have an edge and tend to survive more easily while speciality food outlets might have some difficulty unless they manage to secure a strong customer base over time which the 3 outlets mentioned above have done so(those that have not have come and gone).






Above are the tantalizing desserts from Ice Cube Cafe! It's desserts are really good, i must say, haha, especially the mud pies. The one above's called "Eyes Wide Open" comprising chocolate chips and syrup and mocha flakes. The mudpie claimed to be the best in town is the "Alcoholic Anonymous", a must-have for rum and raisin fanatics.

Well, that's some publicity for this estate.haha.i guess that's all folks for now! =)