Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Swill Anyone?

I couldn't help feeling being looked upon like a pig when I ordered some satay the other day and looked up to find, to my horror, that this relatively new stall had been named 'Swill @ Siglap'. And it is housed in a traditional coffee shop under the name of 'Small But Big'. The shop owner must have been very pleased that one of his stall operators has shared his sense of humour. Some years ago, I came across a coffee shop at one end of Balestier Road under the banner of 'Ban Diao Zi' (半调子)。To be exact, the correct Chinese expression of '半吊子 ’refers to someone who is not perfect or up to the mark. Am I to expect some diluted coffee at that shop? Or perhaps it's a shop for people who are only half good. Wonder if the shop still maintains its humble name today!

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