Took this photo around 8pm yesterday after dinner at Lan Zhou La Mian (兰州拉面) at Smith Street. I noticed 4 of the stalls were closed, and 3 of them has a sign up showing that the store are open for rental. That simply means the previous stall has closed down.
My colleague and his wife who were with me for dinner, wondered whether Smith Street is dying. After all, we noticed that several of our favorite curry chicken, mutton soup, and western food stalls have all thrown in the tower. In fact, I think one of the 4 stalls in the photo may have been the char kway teow stall which I found quite decent as well.
Above which, 静思書軒 has also closed down some time last year. It is my opinion that the standard of the food – which we used to consider quite good – has dropped. We also cannot help but wonder, whether stores which used to serve good food are moving out because the business was bad, or they are moving out, because the rent has become too much to bear.
Photo Taken with an Olympus C-450Zoom I always carried in my bag
bobo> talking about Blk 335 along smith street, I have been wondering if the standard of the food will deteriorate. After all, it’s been pretty common that after an upgrade, the store owners start to change (higher rentals?) and the food no longer taste as good as before.
I think the construction in Blk 335 along Smith St has taken too long. last time there was the food centre and market there which made it seem worthwhile for people to travel there for the variety in the food centre and the resties and shops outside. But now since it’s under construction then people tend not to go ba. The construction will take a long long time…