Friday, June 27, 2008
Going Places & Random Thoughts
I'm back at Tanjong Pagar once again. On the way to meet my friend at her workplace, I realised there's actually 3 other Korean restaurants on the other street which I didn't cover that day. The restaurants looked pretty much the same but we settled on one which had been featured on newspaper before, as displayed outside its shop.
Come to think about it, it's actually a mistake to think that media coverage guarantees that the food is good. The number of eateries in Singapore is not infinite while media coverage on food seems to be never-ending, taking many forms such as TV programmes, food reviews etc. Many hawker stalls and restaurants out there boast media coverage in one form or another. In time to come, every other eatery would be "worth a try" and it'd be hard to differentiate the really good from the not-so-good.
That said, somehow the media is powerful enough to (mis)lead people to certain eateries. In our case, we were misled to Korea Garden Restaurant. We didn't get to barbeque the meat ourselves which is the whole fun of it and it's a tad too expensive considering that we only ordered 3 dishes. It's not exactly that bad but perhaps not very value-for-money as compared to some other places.
Anyway, the customers there were mostly Koreans: a group of Korean monks (which got us wondering whether they were supposed to be eating at such a place) and a group of teenage Korean girls, apparently students and led by their teacher, a Bae Yong Joon look-alike (which also got us wondering if they were on an educational tour and if so, they must have been cheated here because there's not much S'pore history to learn).
After lunch, I passed by the muffin shop again！ It's opened today but no, it's still not muffin time！
Headed to SAM thereafter and viewed 3 exhibitions: Alain Fleischer - Time Exposures, Xu Beihong in Nanyang and Post Doi Moi - Vietnamese Art after 1990. I liked Post Doi Moi the most. I guess I don't really know how to appreciate art that's too abstract or with too much historical background. I prefer modern and contemporary paintings. In particular, the piece of art that left the greatest impression on me was one entitled: Rainwater Even Though Salty is not Speechless. There's something that I like about it. Perhaps it's the quirkiness of the title. And coincidentally, the painting is featured on the SAM website.
Rainwater Even Though Salty is not Speechless by Tran Trong (http://www.singart.com/)
And then I'm back at ulu land once again after almost 2 weeks. It's nice to know that certain things haven't changed but it's a pity that certain things would never be the same as before. Well well, we can never please everyone, can we? And we can only learn to accept it and live with it.
I'm back at Tanjong Pagar once again. On the way to meet my friend at her workplace, I realised there's actually 3 other Korean restaurants on the other street which I didn't cover that day. The restaurants looked pretty much the same but we settled on one which had been featured on newspaper before, as displayed outside its shop.
Come to think about it, it's actually a mistake to think that media coverage guarantees that the food is good. The number of eateries in Singapore is not infinite while media coverage on food seems to be never-ending, taking many forms such as TV programmes, food reviews etc. Many hawker stalls and restaurants out there boast media coverage in one form or another. In time to come, every other eatery would be "worth a try" and it'd be hard to differentiate the really good from the not-so-good.
That said, somehow the media is powerful enough to (mis)lead people to certain eateries. In our case, we were misled to Korea Garden Restaurant. We didn't get to barbeque the meat ourselves which is the whole fun of it and it's a tad too expensive considering that we only ordered 3 dishes. It's not exactly that bad but perhaps not very value-for-money as compared to some other places.
Anyway, the customers there were mostly Koreans: a group of Korean monks (which got us wondering whether they were supposed to be eating at such a place) and a group of teenage Korean girls, apparently students and led by their teacher, a Bae Yong Joon look-alike (which also got us wondering if they were on an educational tour and if so, they must have been cheated here because there's not much S'pore history to learn).
After lunch, I passed by the muffin shop again！ It's opened today but no, it's still not muffin time！
Headed to SAM thereafter and viewed 3 exhibitions: Alain Fleischer - Time Exposures, Xu Beihong in Nanyang and Post Doi Moi - Vietnamese Art after 1990. I liked Post Doi Moi the most. I guess I don't really know how to appreciate art that's too abstract or with too much historical background. I prefer modern and contemporary paintings. In particular, the piece of art that left the greatest impression on me was one entitled: Rainwater Even Though Salty is not Speechless. There's something that I like about it. Perhaps it's the quirkiness of the title. And coincidentally, the painting is featured on the SAM website.
Rainwater Even Though Salty is not Speechless by Tran Trong (http://www.singart.com/)
And then I'm back at ulu land once again after almost 2 weeks. It's nice to know that certain things haven't changed but it's a pity that certain things would never be the same as before. Well well, we can never please everyone, can we? And we can only learn to accept it and live with it.
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