remember these places ?

[Borat]

Anyone recall the 24 hours Prata Shop opposite to what is now Kembangan Plaza? It no longer exists but I used to drop by there after midnight for their pratas.

 

[erection2015]

haha ......miniskirt days eh bro?

Wonderlane was one place to eat and look at the girls.

 

[Borat]

haha bro Nato just mentioned about Lau's being sway

Yeah I agree the tenants there change hands so fast, that by now maybe already 40 tenants lol.

 

[erection2015]

ya...near the monsoon drain. Late at night got Sng and his motorcycle gang

Anyone recall the 24 hours Prata Shop opposite to what is now Kembangan Plaza? It no longer exists but I used to drop by there after midnight for their pratas.

 

[erection2015]

maybe besotted had his kopi shop there and jinxed the place

Yeah I agree the tenants there change hands so fast, that by now maybe already 40 tenants lol.

 

[nato33]

Yup. That place was called Dawoods and very popular in East area as one of the few 24 x 7 places then.

Anyone recall the 24 hours Prata Shop opposite to what is now Kembangan Plaza? It no longer exists but I used to drop by there after midnight for their pratas.

 

[erection2015]

yep Dawoods...didnt they move to the Frankel/Changi Rd junction until they closed shop?

Yup. That place was called Dawoods and very popular in East area as one of the few 24 x 7 places then.

 

[Borat]

yep Dawoods...didnt they move to the Frankel/Changi Rd junction until they closed shop?

The current prata shop at Frankel not so great. Nowadays all prata shop possibly get all their dough from one source. Only their curries are prepared by them. Unlike Jln Kayu in the old days, whose prata was unique, these days what we get are from factories and all taste exactly the same. The same thing we get from all satay and otak outlets.

If one were to go to Kajang Malaysia the satay is absolutely and totally different and taste wonderful. Our Singapore satay taste like cardboard now.

 

[erection2015]

Kajang satay is good stuff although some of my M'sian friends said the standard has dropped.

Local satay ....there is one good place at simpang bedok.

If one were to go to Kajang Malaysia the satay is absolutely and totally different and taste wonderful. Our Singapore satay taste like cardboard now.

 

[Borat]

yes Max is correct...the guy closed shop after a few years. I last saw him a few years ago working for Harvey Normans in Parkway Parade. Chatted with him a bit about the old 60s. I bought a few vinyls from him too although i had no turntable....went to play the songs at my neighbour's place

Yes I saw him there too, maybe he used to work at Yoahan Electrical before Harvey not able to recall well. At TBG he had a younger brother who was a bit stout. I wonder why he could not do well as he was quite well-known.

 

[erection2015]

he used to sell records and also tape songs that you selected...remember those reel tapes

I think the profit margin for vinlys not very good.

Yes I saw him there too, maybe he used to work at Yoahan Electrical before Harvey not able to recall well. At TBG he had a younger brother who was a bit stout. I wonder why he could not do well as he was quite well-known.

 

[Merl Haggard]

Ahhh... Max Records...that is a blast from the past....I used to listen to radio or reddifusion to wait for the song title and with my list of favorite songs ready, will bring it to Max for them to record the compilation into a single cassette tape. Kids today have it so easy with the internet and all the MP3s players etc.

Sitting here next to a window, typing this reply, with the cool air blowing in from outside, brings me back to my youth in 1970s where life was so much simpler and more enjoyable.

BTW, Max eventually moved to Katong Shopping Centre but closed down many years ago.

The old Siglap market is now Siglap Centre, also another condo cum shops complex. And indeed except for MacDonalds and Cold Storage, the rest of the place is really quiet.

The site of Katong Shopping Centre was where Katong wet-market once stood.

I was borned in Frankel Estate, Yarrow Gardens.

 

[erection2015]

ah frankel estate...very nice....comprising frankel...hartley....dunbar. Like that area but could never afford.

Me joo chiat area....not to far from where fei fei is.

Btw i like Mama tried...okie from muskogee

And also the fugitive from 1967

The site of Katong Shopping Centre was where Katong wet-market was located.

I was borned in Frankel Estate, Yarrow Gardens.

 

[nato33]

The site of Katong Shopping Centre was where Katong wet-market once stood.

I was borned in Frankel Estate, Yarrow Gardens.

That whole area all got Scottish names....Yarrow Gardens, Jedburg Gardens, Cheviot Hill, Coldstream Ave, Burnfoot Terrace etc. Wonder if Frankel Brothers was a Scottish family?

 

[nato33]

The site of Katong Shopping Centre was where Katong wet-market once stood.

I thought the old Katong wet market was next to old Joo Chiat Police Station or at least that side of road?

 

[erection2015]

you are correct....Katong SC was just empty land by the side of the Odean Katong carpark where people used to fly kites during the kite season.

I thought the old Katong wet market was next to old Joo Chiat Police Station or at least that side of road?

 

[Merl Haggard]

I thought the old Katong wet market was next to old Joo Chiat Police Station or at least that side of road?

Sorry not Katong Shopping Centre, but the newly refurbished Katong Mall.

 

[Merl Haggard]

That whole area all got Scottish names....Yarrow Gardens, Jedburg Gardens, Cheviot Hill, Coldstream Ave, Burnfoot Terrace etc. Wonder if Frankel Brothers was a Scottish family?

According to my father, Frankel was a Jew.

 

[erection2015]

ya..renamed katong 112 or something like that...the makan there not bad now.

Sorry not Katong Shopping Centre, but the newly refurbished Katong Mall.

 

[Borat]

The best Hokkien Mee was the guy selling between the 2 buildings near to Telok Kurau Road and East Coast Road junction between 2 coffee shops that no longer exist.

The corner coffee next to the Telok Kurau junction was torned down to make way for a larger road to Marine Parade. There used to be the best Yong Tau Foo stall there.