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Originally Posted by sex crusader
Sg and my ppl go cp is not for food in the first place. Secondly when we go abroad, we prefer to try the local delicacies. Why would we want to taste lousy SG food in foreign land when we can get the authentic one back home? I don't go sushi land to eat char Kway teow!
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Yes, that makes a lot of sense!! It's only guys like me who would go to Singaporean restaurants in CP.... trying to capture back memories of the great food you guys have in Singapore/Malaysia. I LOVE your food courts and how I can have a total mix of all kinds of food/cuisines/style of cooking from all the various stalls in a food court. The Food courts in America/Western countries are so sterile and devoid of character in comparison - and of course full of all sorts of JUNK fast food from chain stores. Total crap.
And I guess Singapore/Malay restaurants have not caught the taste buds of PRC locals - not yet anyway, (and I wonder when that Thai restaurant is gonna close! LOL). But as much as they now travel to SE Asian countries, I can see that they pretty soon will also be like me trying to capture back memories of the great food when traveling to these places.
But how about all these Japanese restaurants in Chang Ping - even that whole "Japanese Village" on top of the Singing Dragon veggie KTV/Pozolim? That place is huge with different Japanese restaurants - but like most other Japanese restaurants in town, they NEVER seem to have but a few stragglers dining in them; how do they all stay in business? Or is it that they're so pricey that they can afford to not have to cater to the masses. Heck even their all you can eat offering (like the one next to the Pozolim) are priced very high compared to other all-you-can-eat offerings in town and certainly even pricier than in SZ or GZ!
The only ones that seems to be busy is that one in the #8 mall (which I think still offers 50% discount on all sushi after 8 pm) and that merry go round sushi one half way down ChaoYang #5 road, next to the now defunct Singapore restaurant. And oh yeah, the new Ida restaurant next to the Boton steak house which is run by a particularly friendly guy who probably have a lot of friends giving him face by patronizing his restaurant; but I wonder if his trade will also slow down when he sooner or later runs out of friends to give him face! Lets face it, the place is NOT cheap!
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