The main purpose of Singapore was really to catch a glimpse of our friends overseas. However we chose such a horrible date (which to this day my brother still complains about if it wasn't for the cafe visit); every one had already flown back to Australia, or gone to another country. However Sarah and her highly adept social skills saved the day, so we went to SoHo 7, a new cafe located downtown which was to open two days later but we got an exclusive sneak peek.
However if I am to continue with the event I need a backstory to the owner of the cafe, Swee. She came to Australia a few years ago, studying in bible college. Eventually she got to know the Grace youth group through a few friends, and started coming regularly to their camps to help out. However, last year with her visa expired, she had no choice but to move back to Singapore.
As of recently, she decided to start a new cafe in a new establishment. Aptly she named it SoHo 7, 'Son-of-the-holy-one-seven'. Breakfast is served there, as well as coffee (there is a big red roasting machine floating at the back) and burgers.
I along with my brother, Sarah and Crosby were the first people to eat at the cafe. Some of the youth had come to the place but were only restricted to the outside.
Breakfast in the afternoon was served; Swee had to prepare food for us, so breakfast it was. This photo however was taken before Hollandaise sauce was oozed all over our dishes. After that was the coffee, which promptly after the two other guys finished Swee remarked, 'I see two coffee drinkers...and two non-coffee drinkers!' She however admitted to not knowing how to use the coffee machine properly though. I can never tell the difference though; to me any coffee tastes the same. By the way, it was the latte I took.
The chairs are an interesting mention since they were very expensive and made in Italy. I first thought they were ordinary chairs from IKEA, but on closer inspection I realised all the chairs were designer Eames chairs from Vitra. No wonder. Right next to the cafe are several photography exhibits, and a toy camera shop specialising in selling everything analog from Lomography, to rare Chinese cameras to Polaroids, which I would spend hours wondering what to buy if it weren't for the fact it was closed that day.
Anyway, it was good to see a face I haven't seen in ages, along meeting friends as well, something that rarely happens when I go overseas; and amongst tasty food as well. When it was time to leave the cafe Swee wouldn't let us go without prayer and giving us some shirts to spread the word.
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