{"id":132,"date":"2007-05-13T08:51:29","date_gmt":"2007-05-13T00:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=132"},"modified":"2007-05-13T08:51:29","modified_gmt":"2007-05-13T00:51:29","slug":"hot-doggone-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2007\/05\/13\/hot-doggone-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot doggone it"},"content":{"rendered":"

Superdog<\/a> @ Vivocity<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"dining-169.jpg\"The both of us haven\u2019t been to that huge spanking shopping mall Vivocity very much; most of it having to do with that the place just isn\u2019t terrifically accessible for us. It\u2019s a long drive of at least 30 minutes even during off-peak hours. Matt popped by the place when he was here in Singapore last November. It sure is sad that our American friend\u2019s been to the most happening place in Singapore when neither of us had.:)<\/p>\n

Still, we wanted to catch Spider-man 3 after it opened in Singapore last week, and the only available tickets at the time we wanted on Friday was at GV-Vivocity. So, upon collection of tickets for the 9:55 p.m. show near to 7 p.m., we had time to thoroughly prowl the place.<\/p>\n

Sure enough the place is pretty big. However, like so many other shopping malls in Singapore, it\u2019s not really holding anything that you haven\u2019t seen already. All the usual shops are there, and though there is an accompanying variety of boutique shops, those sort of places don\u2019t really interest either of us.<\/p>\n

Dinner was at Superdog<\/a>, a hotdog-specialized fast food-styled restaurant that we haven\u2019t seen elsewhere before in Singapore. The restaurant was pretty crowded too, so we figured that the food had to be of some good at least. Ling chose her usual healthy item on the menu: a capsicum chicken dog, and myself, a bacon chili cheese dog set that came with fries and a drink.<\/p>\n

\"dining-170.jpg\"First bad came real quick: waiting time was an \u201coh my – is this is really fastfood\u201d timing of 15 minutes. As for the food itself, the bacon chili cheese dog tasted rather ordinary, even though it was the more expensive item compared to Ling\u2019s capsicum dog. Heck, Ling\u2019s hotdog tasted better than mine, and I ended up eying her dog enviously for most of the meal. Second bad: menu items were real relatively expensive for this sort of pseudo-fast food.<\/p>\n

Our bill came to $15 when equivalent meals at other fast food eateries would have come to at least $4-$5 less. Lastly, the place felt pretty cramped. Could be the dark-brownish palette of colors used in the decor, or that the tables and chairs were placed pretty close to each other.<\/p>\n