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First Time: Pubika @ Solaris Dutamas

First Time: Pubika @ Solaris Dutamas – Publika, a mixed development mall + office + residential located at Solaris Dutamas, Kuala Lumpur is a very cool place. I went there for the very first time last week for dinner and to check out that place as I’ve heard friends telling me that the place is cool. Yes, indeed it is.

Wondermilk!

It’s a very artsy mall which houses many cool and nice cafe and restaurant. The interiors of the mall is decorated with various arts pieces that also serves as furniture. If you are a designer, sure you will like that place, touching, taking photos and enjoying the place.

Unfortunately I did not bring my DSLR with me, or else I would have busy shooting. Anyway, will go back again, eat and to see. =)

September 14, 2012
Hong Kong: Old-School Bing Sutt Starbucks Coffee @ Central

Hong Kong: Old School Starbucks Coffee @ Central – One of the coolest place in Hong Kong to me is the old-school style designed Starbucks Coffee outlet located at Central area. I went there last year, and it was in one of my visiting list. What’s so special about this Starbucks Coffee outlet is the old-school Hong Kong coffee house design which local called it 冰室 (Bing Sutt).

This is a good blend of western coffee in to local Hong Kong culture. Although, the original Bing Sutt (Hong Kong’s kopitiam) design was not so dim, yet it brings out a warm, relaxing and mysterious feeling in the cafe.

It was full of people. It’s an attraction in my opinion and it has a unique Starbucks Coffee design. Mom went to shopping around Central area and me, dad and brother were enjoying a hot brew of coffee here.

It’s a little bit hard to spot out at Central area as you have to turn into a street and walk up a flight of stairs. Anyway, I’ve included a map below for your reference. =)

Starbucks Coffee (Bing Sutt design), Central

Floor M2, Baskerville House,

13 Duddell Street, , Central

Hong Kong

Telephone: +852-25235685

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August 20, 2012
Shanghai: Magnificent Apple Store At Pudong

Click here to read more about my China Trip.

China Trip: Shanghai: Magnificent Apple Store At Pudong (Day 4) – Shanghai Pudong’s Apple Store is one of the most beautiful Apple Store in the world, the other cool one that I think is the one at 5th Avenue, New York. This huge cylinder shape Apple Store located near to Pudong’s Oriental Pearl TV Tower is a perfect blend into the surrounding.

Being an Apple fans, how can I not visit the coolest Apple Store on Earth?

Same as other Apple Store around the world, you will see a huge glass structure with the illuminated huge Apple logo hanging at the center.

Walking down the spiral stairs which locates the main hall of Apple Store, this is the place where all the retail and consultation are. Again, it’s looks the same like other Apple Store around the world. It’s simple, it’s cool, it’s full of people and it’s awesome!

Apple’s trademark glass spiral stairs!

The simplicity of the design really reflects the cool-ness of Apple! Check out Apple Store at East Nanjing Road too.

Click here to read more about my China Trip.

April 26, 2012
Poco Homemade – Cozy Homemade Desserts & Art Craft Cafe

Poco Homemade – Homemade Desserts & Art Craft Cafe (Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur) – Poco Homemade is a cafe located in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, mainly selling daily western and Japanese-style of homemade desserts like cake. Besides, they do sell simple Japanese dishes like Curry Katsu, and some local-style lunch meal. On top of that, it’s also a art craft store, selling handmade cute collections.

The cafe is very unique and different from a typical kopitiam in Malaysia, or Starbucks. I went there with a few friends to check out the place for a project but later this place was rejected by the lecturer. Nevertheless, we did have a nice afternoon at there.

Located in the housing area of Bangsar, Poco Homemade looks different from others shop at the area. The blue color entrance looks so-not-like-Malaysia and upon entering, it felt very cozy, very warm and relaxing with nice French cafe music playing on the background.

The interior decor is very simple, with lots of art crafts decorations at every corner of the cafe and filled with retro second hand furniture. In there, I do not feel like I am in Malaysia, it’s like somewhere else, Taiwan, Japan, Northern Europe maybe.

There is a wall showcasing customer’s writeup on “My Ambition”, something that is usually done during primary school time for the first essay writing. The cafe some times used for workshop, and mini music session.

We were happy to chat with the kind owner, she said that she was inspired to open such cafe with her husband after visiting this kind of cafe in Japan.

Found an antique camera, Agfa!

We ordered some in-house special desserts to try out, price wise is not really cheap because of the small portion Every pax has to order a drink minimum which I don’t really like about this.

Homemade Custard Cake (RM9), this is very soft, not too sweet and I find it very pleasing and nice.

Dacquoise (Matcha flavour) (RM12), a kind of dessert cake from France made with layers of almond mergue and buttercream. Well it’s crunchy, and the mid part is creamy like ice cream. It’s not so crunchy like a biscuit, yet it’s just feel like another kind of biscuit to me. Very special, very nice, but not cheap for just only two pieces. Haha.

Soya Green Tea (RM6), nice combination of green tea and soya milk. I taste soya milk more, but there’s taste of green tea too. Good!

Well, the place is very enjoying and calm. It felt very peaceful and seems as if away from the busy city of Kuala Lumpur. You need not to travel to Northern Europe or Japan to experience this kind of cafe. =D

Poco Homemade

1, Lorong Kurau,
Taman Bukit Pantai, Bangsar,
59100 Kuala Lumpur.

Telephone: +603-22875688

Business Hour: 12pm-9pm

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April 10, 2012
MUJI Is Coming To Pavilion, Kuala Lumpur

MUJI Is Coming To Pavilion, Kuala Lumpur – The minimalist design lifestyle Japanese shop – Muji has finally arrived in Malaysia after so many years. I am a fan of MUJI although the price is rather expensive, but the simplicity of the design is just awesome. I like the stationery the most, can’t wait to visit it in April 2012 at Pavilion to do some shoppings. Last time in high school, my pencil case was full of MUJI pens that I bought from MUJI Singapore + Bangkok.

March 26, 2012
My Experience In Saturday In Design Singapore

My Experience In Saturday In Design Singapore – In May this year of 2011, I and part of my class of Diploma In Interior Design friends, as well as my lecturer Mr CK Foo all together visited a design event in Singapore called the Saturday In Design, Singapore.

Originally this event is a yearly event in the Australia where designer’s furniture shop, product designs and design studios open up their place to design lovers to visit, communicate, interact and enjoy the design, but it came to Singapore for the first time and we were pretty excited

Chair at Morroso.

What we have visited was mainly furniture shops. These furniture are not typical house furniture but they are premium, expensive, branded and are designed by well-known product and furniture designers all around the world.

All the station (shops and studio) located at different zone, spread out in the city of Singapore. We have our Malaysia bus who ferry us around different station. There were also van to bring you around if you are in a group or if you are in a person or two, you get a luck to be drove around by Mercedez car which is actually their main sponsors for the shuttle service around the stations.

Paper lamp shade.

It’s really an eye opening trip which most of the brands were quite new to me and I was really inspired by some of the designs. I also saw that the price for those designer’s products is pretty expensive too.

Wei Kean, me, Zhi Inn and Nita.

Nice shop houses! Really very colourful and nice. I hope Penang’s can be like this.

Connie, Wanyi, Nita and Mellysa.

We got free Instax too!

We actually started our tour and visits at about 11am and ended the whole thing at 5pm because we were rushing back to Malaysia that night. Despite being 6 hours in Singapore, we couldn’t cover all of the stations, we left about 2 which we did not able to visit.

We were in fact rushing from station to station with time. We did not have a proper lunch but then our stomach was satisfied and filled with excitement and pleasantly delicious snacks and light food which were served by almost all of the stations. They were mainly Western cocktails style snacks and light meals which were pretty good in mouth and also did a good job for preventing my stomach from growling.

Awesome office which I like!

Nice big red chair!

I signed my name there too!

Innovative, a good way to place your chopstick.

Food was just so awesome which makes us wanted more and more.

Checking out a cool office design.

Shanghai is written!

Nice cut out of brown boxes cardboard art featuring the Statue of Liberty.

I believe this is somewhere in Chinatown.

Birdman Wesley.

Well, would probably visit again in the next event, and if there’s an opportunity for me, I would like to visit the actual one in Australia. =D

September 27, 2011

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