11 May, 2010
Food Republic. Why such a name for a food court?
Maybe it is the mini restaurants and the standalone pushcarts.
Of a menagerie of dining options available at vivo city, what makes Food Republic stellar?
Cultural edge; hoisting the entire stretch of old china street above sea-level and atop the iconic mall. This architectural feat is not replicated anywhere else on earth! Historical edge; the large breadth of space(whereby seeing so many people dining beside you), pleasure sensation is heightened.
Speaking from an outsider's view, what about the locals? Dining at 5pm owning the entire waterfront view. Peppered with hong-kongers and indonesians. Basking in tourists' aura.
And this, of course. Not cream of asparagus, cream of broccoli, or cream of spinach. Minestrone mint and tea leaves. A fantastic green our thunder tea soup. A divine cake with a distinct lighter creamy top.
Thunder Tea Rice Set (Brown) (SGD 6.50)
By nature's way of doing, chlorophyll seasoned the beans a green pretzel, sunlight the cabbages jade and emerald beef-jerkys. Flipping them together; it becomes a green trial mix, salty and delicate and crunchy popping in your mouth. Optical mixing- the brown rice seems to have disappeared under the mountain of suddenly-transformed carbohydrates!
P.S. A paradox in itself, green is the lustrous vitality of a mouldy growth. No wonder green foods put many people off, reeking of a grassy, witchy brew. The thunder tea(soup) is actually mint with tea leaves, nothing frightening a green tea(matcha lattes and whatnots)'s equivalent. Just that delving into a savoury brew, we applaud it for its gutsy marriage- green tea with salt. It takes time for us to adjust our tastebuds; nevertheless, we identify it is the brew's salty, green is a secondary factor.
