{"id":933,"date":"2014-09-30T23:23:43","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T15:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ckphoto.net\/blog\/?p=933"},"modified":"2014-10-07T23:54:52","modified_gmt":"2014-10-07T15:54:52","slug":"another-two-bit-the-dust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ckphoto.net\/blog\/2014\/09\/another-two-bit-the-dust","title":{"rendered":"Another Two Bit the Dust (Goodbye, Lavender Food Square)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lavender Food Square<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Today marks the last day of operation of the iconic Lavender Food Square \u2013 home to the (in)famous Kok Kee Wanton Noodles stall among others. Originally slated to close on 23 Sep 2014, the deadline has been extended to 30 Sep 2014 due to customer demand.<\/p>\n

Together with the neighbouring Eminent Plaza, they will give way to ARC 360<\/del>380, a 16-storey freehold development slated to be on sale by 2018. I don’t know much of the Lavender Food Square except Kok Kee Wanton Noodles, which I visited with friends eons ago. Nevertheless, it’s sad to see another part of old Singapore give way to yet another commercial\u00a0project. I thus visited it on a Sunday afternoon to quickly document the place before it’s gone forever.<\/p>\n

Over at Eminent Plaza, a group of graffiti artists have obtained permission to paint graffiti on the walls, in a project aptly titled \u201cAn Eminent Takeover<\/a>\u201d. The group consists of local artists who were in the Singapore Biennale 2013 as well as graduates from Lasalle and NAFA. It’s an excellent use of a building that’s about to be demolished and allows the artists a space to express themselves through their artwork.<\/p>\n

I shall let the photos do the talking.<\/p>\n

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Patrons having a meal at the side of Lavender Food Square<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Fork and Spoon Motif on the floor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Stained-glass Window<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The long queue for Kok Kee Wanton Noodles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Stall-owners of Kok Kee Wanton Noodles preparing a plate of noodles for a customer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Kok Kee Wanton Noodles \u2013 Though many people said that it’s overpriced and overrated, I still quite like it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Hexagonal Roof<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A couple leaves the Lavender Food Square after a meal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The rest are some of the graffiti at the Eminent Plaza.<\/p>\n

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Eminent Plaza with walls decorated with graffiti<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Stairway to Heaven<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today marks the last day of operation of the iconic Lavender Food Square \u2013 home to the (in)famous Kok Kee Wanton Noodles stall among others. Originally slated to close on 23 Sep 2014, the deadline has been extended to 30 Sep 2014 due to customer demand. Together with the neighbouring Eminent Plaza, they will give… Continue reading Another Two Bit the Dust (Goodbye, Lavender Food Square)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[453,456,455,452,454,21],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ckphoto.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ckphoto.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ckphoto.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ckphoto.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ckphoto.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=933"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.ckphoto.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":944,"href":"http:\/\/www.ckphoto.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933\/revisions\/944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ckphoto.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ckphoto.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ckphoto.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}