food!!
Hi again...
i'm bored and at the same time busy. weird combination ain't it. ok, back to my fav topic, food and hanging out places.
I mentioned earlier about bodega, alexis and 2 mamak shops, now i'm going to talk about places which have been lost in time or either changed so much or have already shut down. i loved these places.
First place that comes to mind has got to be the sobranie classic cinema. it showed classic and independant films. I remembered watching bullit and a few french films there. it seated about 50 people comfortably. Very nice place, very private cause there were times there were only maybe about 4 or 5 people in the cinema. We were frequent enough visitors to an extent we were allowed to bring in coffee and watch the show, coffee was on the house by the way. The placed also housed a french fine dining restaurant with a pianist playing some soulful tune plus an art gallery. the place at night was lighted by blue lights, not those blue neon light but light which gave the place a surreal feeling. I remembered sitting outside on a chair whilst waiting for the movie to start, i could hear the pianist playing something and watching the smoke from my cigaratte. amazing feeling. Sadly, the place shut down a few years back, i guess it never got a following. i have yet to find a place where i can watch independant films where everything was so laid back and the people so inviting. this was a dream place to hang out at nite with the light effect and the music.
Another place would be the top hat restaurant, its still around but a couple of years back, it was a lonely place surrounded by tall trees and lush greenery. This was all before the tall buildings opposite it rose. Damn those buildings. remembered eating by the balcony with candlelight with an almost empty restaurant with the soothing sounds of jazz in the background. then having a walk in the garden with the full moon and the twin tower lights in the background, could hear crickets i think it was or some other kind of insect making noises, kind of romantic. but sadly, the place is not by a main road and in front of it are huge buildings, totally dwarfing the place and limiting the sky line view.
One place which had fond memories for me was central market. this was back in 92 & 93. i was studying in mrsm quantan but often came back. then the place to hang out for me was cm. i used to hang out on the first floor near the palm reading area. i had a birds eye view of everyone walking on the ground floor. i loved to people watch and this place was great. all kinds of people walked through those passages/corridors. people in ofice attire, kids in school uniform, rastafarians in their colourful hats and artists of all shapes and sizes. when i say artist, i meant painters those people with skilled hands and a creative noggin. not actors or singers. bleurgh! i loved the banter going on amongst the artist when doing their sketches or paintings or the guy who mans the t shirt printing stall right underneath me. we had a quiet recognition with a nod and a smile everytime i hang out there. i loved the smell of the incense from all those quirky shops selling these weird handicrafts and scary masks or listening to the palm reading telling fortunes. i have not gone to this place for more than 10 years and i bet, if i were to vsit the place, i can still expect the old chinese guy reading palms or the strange smelling incense floating about.
hahah....i can go on and on and on...but i'll save it for next time...
ciao...
i'm bored and at the same time busy. weird combination ain't it. ok, back to my fav topic, food and hanging out places.
I mentioned earlier about bodega, alexis and 2 mamak shops, now i'm going to talk about places which have been lost in time or either changed so much or have already shut down. i loved these places.
First place that comes to mind has got to be the sobranie classic cinema. it showed classic and independant films. I remembered watching bullit and a few french films there. it seated about 50 people comfortably. Very nice place, very private cause there were times there were only maybe about 4 or 5 people in the cinema. We were frequent enough visitors to an extent we were allowed to bring in coffee and watch the show, coffee was on the house by the way. The placed also housed a french fine dining restaurant with a pianist playing some soulful tune plus an art gallery. the place at night was lighted by blue lights, not those blue neon light but light which gave the place a surreal feeling. I remembered sitting outside on a chair whilst waiting for the movie to start, i could hear the pianist playing something and watching the smoke from my cigaratte. amazing feeling. Sadly, the place shut down a few years back, i guess it never got a following. i have yet to find a place where i can watch independant films where everything was so laid back and the people so inviting. this was a dream place to hang out at nite with the light effect and the music.
Another place would be the top hat restaurant, its still around but a couple of years back, it was a lonely place surrounded by tall trees and lush greenery. This was all before the tall buildings opposite it rose. Damn those buildings. remembered eating by the balcony with candlelight with an almost empty restaurant with the soothing sounds of jazz in the background. then having a walk in the garden with the full moon and the twin tower lights in the background, could hear crickets i think it was or some other kind of insect making noises, kind of romantic. but sadly, the place is not by a main road and in front of it are huge buildings, totally dwarfing the place and limiting the sky line view.
One place which had fond memories for me was central market. this was back in 92 & 93. i was studying in mrsm quantan but often came back. then the place to hang out for me was cm. i used to hang out on the first floor near the palm reading area. i had a birds eye view of everyone walking on the ground floor. i loved to people watch and this place was great. all kinds of people walked through those passages/corridors. people in ofice attire, kids in school uniform, rastafarians in their colourful hats and artists of all shapes and sizes. when i say artist, i meant painters those people with skilled hands and a creative noggin. not actors or singers. bleurgh! i loved the banter going on amongst the artist when doing their sketches or paintings or the guy who mans the t shirt printing stall right underneath me. we had a quiet recognition with a nod and a smile everytime i hang out there. i loved the smell of the incense from all those quirky shops selling these weird handicrafts and scary masks or listening to the palm reading telling fortunes. i have not gone to this place for more than 10 years and i bet, if i were to vsit the place, i can still expect the old chinese guy reading palms or the strange smelling incense floating about.
hahah....i can go on and on and on...but i'll save it for next time...
ciao...
posted by FZM at 6/27/2006 04:25:00 PM
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