For the benefit of those who have not been to Singapore, not all the hawker culture is housed in traditional establishments. Today, I show a food court in a mall. This one is called Tiong Bahru Plaza, and houses many shops, restaurants, a cinema, and an underground train (metro) station.
The food court is (ironically) called Kopi Tiam, which if you remember the last post, is a local coffee shop, but this one is part of a large, public listed company called Kopi Tiam. Situated on the fourth floor of the mall.
It can get pretty crowned during peak meal times. The entire establishment is air conditioned. One can sit at any available table, and patronize any of the stalls. A wide variety of food is sold by the "hawkers".
The mall also feature a restaurant "street", which is a wing with restaurants on both sides of a corridoor.
All photographed with my trusty, vintage Hasselblad H3D-39 with HC 3.5-4.5/50-110 lens. BW and jpeg conversion from raw in Phocus, with touchups in Photoshop. All shot hand held.
Peter, thanks for sharing these uniquely Singapore capture. Cool! Fyi, in 2018, NTUC Enterprise aquire all Kopitiam chain of food court and coffee shop. Patrick
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