I heard raving reviews about GRUB and had always wanted to give it a try but as the place do not take reservation and is perpetually crowded, I've been procrastinating. But this morning's rainy weather presented the perfect opportunity as I reckoned that people would opt to stay indoors and snooze in bed rather than head to GRUB for breakie.
We arrived at GRUB at 10ish and boy was I wrong! GRUB wasn't empty at all! But thank goodness we were seated quite quickly. We even had the choice of an indoor or outdoor table.
I received plenty of stares for wearing my rubber boots out today, but seriously, aren't rubber boots made for raining days?
:: The Outfit::
Top: Pacha Ibiza (From Spain)
Bottom: Mango
Boots: DKNY
Bag: Sophie Hulme
Mr Guan: Oh dear what should I order? I am spoilt for choice.
Beer in the morning is madness!!
Double madness!
Latte $4.50
Crispy fish burger $14
Cheeese Burger $14
Total damage : $67
GRUB
510 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 569983
6459 5743
Bishan Park
The sun came out after the heavy rain and it was time to move on to the next destination of the day.
The villa was designed in 1900 and built in 1901 by a businessman named Boey Chuan Poh, and named Bin Chan House, a name that he also gave to a racehorse that he owned. The house was sold in 1902 to Lim Ah Liang. The building was constructed in a classical colonial style and featured ornate arched windows and doors, eaves decorated with floral patterns, and movable louvred windows.
In 1905, the villa was bought by the rubber magnate Teo Eng Hock — great-granduncle of Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean — from a timber merchant for his mother, Tan Poh Neo, as a place of retirement. In July 1905, Sun Yat-sen met Teo Eng Hock, Tan Chor Lam and Lim Nee Soon through his close friend, Yau Lit, when he was on his way to Europe from Japan. In 1906, when Sun returned to Singapore, Teo offered Wan Qing Yuan for use as the Tongmenghui's headquarters in Southeast Asia. Wan Qing Yuan became the centre for the planning of numerous uprisings and fundraising activities leading to the 1911 Xinhai Revolution. Three uprisings - Chaozhou Uprising (May 1907), Zhennanguan Uprising (December 1907) and Hekou Uprising (April 1908) - were planned at Wan Qing Yuan. According to the former Singaporean Minister of Foreign Affairs, George Yeo, the flag of the Republic of China was sewn in the Sun Yat Sen Villa by Teo and his wife, Tan Sok Jee.
Teo Eng Hock sold Wan Qing Yuan in August 1910 and the villa changed ownership many times until it was bought in 1937 by a group of six leading Chinese businessmen in Singapore, namely Lee Kong Chian, Tan Ean Kiam, Lee Chin Tian, Chew Hean Swee, Lee Chor Seng and Yeo Kiat Tiow. In the following year, they donated the villa to the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce (now the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, SCCCI).
After the establishment of the Republic of China, the Chinese Nationalist Government funded the refurbishment of Wan Qing Yuan and turned it into a Memorial Hall in 1940. At the same time, they gathered information and artefacts related to Sun Yat Sen from overseas Chinese communities and opened the hall to the public in 1940. (from Wikipedia)
Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall
12 Tai Gin Road, Singapore 327874
10am to 5pm, Tuesday to Sunday
Closed on Mondays
Free admission will be provided to Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents (PRs) all year round to the permanent galleries so there is no reason why should you miss this gallery!
