vivo city, at last


after all the hype, i finally made it to the much talked about and written about shopping complex in singapore, vivocity. seemed like i had to wait until ivy came back from melbourne to find the excuse to go there.

vivocity was built on the site of the exhibition halls of the former world trade centre, now known as harbourfront. it was officially opened on 1 december 2006 by mr dhanabalan.

as it was lunch time, we headed straight for level 3 where food republic is located. it has a retro ambience, much like the one at wisma atria. on a weekday, there is no problem finding a place to sit. as i paid for the food, i could understand why people were not crowding the food court.

a bowl of kway chap (blanco court's) cost $4.20, 30% more than normal. the kway chap's soup was salty and the intestines did not taste as good as those from the blanco court's days. ivy had chong pang's nasi lemak, also $4.20, and ida had chicken rice and some tim sum. i find the food so-so but i feel the prices have been jacked up a bit too high.

we spent about two hours at vivocity, visiting shops like gap, mango, g2000 and tangs. ivy bought 2 pairs of pants and a blouse.