Thursday, November 29, 2007

The Central (No Mall)? No More!

Have you been to The Central recently? Not that Central Mall near Magazine Road but the new shopping mall at Clarke Quay.

DC and I went there after work early this month. A lot of shops were still not opened but most restaurants were already operational. One distinct characteristic is that there are A LOT OF Japanese restaurants there. The restaurants were all lined with long queues. Choosing what to eat was a big headache. In the end, we chose a Chinese restaurant but sad to say food there was only so-so. One of the signature dishes was spinach tofu. At the mention of it, DC and I exchanged glances. Ha, how could we order it when we know the consequences of consuming spinach with tofu?


After dinner, we had our dessert at the Hokkaido Ice-cream stall on the first floor. Thumbs up for the green tea flavor!


When it was time to go, we decided to take a cab back (as usual). We called for a cab. The cabbie was supposed to pick us up at the taxi stand. We assume that the taxi stand is at the basement carpark and we waited for quite a while but didn't see any taxi coming in at all. We wonder whether the taxi driver went to Central Mall instead. After checking with the customer service, we were told that the nearest taxi stand is at the Merchant Court Hotel, opposite the shopping mall!

*angry*

So, we walked to the part of the mall that is opposite the Merchant Court Hotel, thinking that the cab would probably pick up there. However, we waited and waited, minutes after minutes... our taxi didn't come at all! When checked with the taxi company, we found that the cabbie has cancelled our booking without informing us!

*angry Angry*

The taxi company arranged another taxi for us. This time, although the driver managed to find his way to the building, he was unable to locate our exact position.

*angry Angry ANGRY*

WE GAVE UP and walked a distance to the main road where the cab was. Once we got in, we let go a sigh of relief.. FINALLY WE CAN BE ON OUR WAY HOME!

All in all, more than an hour was wasted waiting for the taxis.

THAT'S IT!

WE ARE NEVER GOING BACK AGAIN!!!

CENTRAL? NO MORE! WE HAD ENOUGH OF IT!

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