Hock Lam Beef

A mall does caters mostly to the needs of the office workers at Mapletree Business Park. All the usual F&B names like McD, KFC, BK, Pizza Hut, Coffee Bean and you also have a Canton Paradise are there plus a FairPrice and Unity. Limited retail and there is a dentist, chiropractor and barber shop too. Currently suffering from COVID a mandated WFH.

A very well kept mall with a good mix of F&B and retail outlets. Many of the shops have been there for years. Enjoy the experience, particularly with the good service from the NB shop and liked the shop, selling nothing but socks. Had a good coffee session at Curry times, served nice kaya buns abd kopi o with a old friend.

Great place to go if you want free parking. Free parking after 6.30 pm on weekdays and free all day for weekends. Not many shops though. But I like the Peramakan outlet there, as it is easier to get seats. Peramakan has great value meals with one main, 2 sides, dessert and drink. All for less than $15. Try if you like Peranakan food.

ARC is rather quiet in the early evening on a Saturday. I reckon the lack of office crowd to be the reason. There were more people in the supermarket than any part of the mall. Got into a Korean Tofu restaurant and was told to limit our time there to an hour. Went into the restaurant and found the tables half occupied. To my surprise, the crowd started streaming in at around 6.30 pm. The set meal or combo meal they called it is quite a big set as it comes with a main (meat), a bowl of tofu and a hot stone bowl of rice. If you add in additional dishes, like kimchi pancake and chap jae, the food is enough to share with another person. Also, the meal also comes with a few dishes of appetisers which include a small fried fish. The fish tasted well but you have to eat it with care due to the small fish bones.