Located in district 10, Tanglin Village (http://www.tanglinvillage.com.sg/) is fast becoming an escape to rustic dining for the rich and expatriates in the vicinity. No lack of bmws, jaguars and mercedes etc seen in the carpark.

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Have you been to Tanglin Village yet?

History of Tanglin Village

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yeah theres an extremely old orthodox church there...and really plenty of real+fake antiques over there!.

its true though that there are many foreigners dining there.i kinda reminds me of San francisco streets with plenty of trees and winding roads

wah hya, i never been there leh ... so ex how to pay?

I didn't say it's ex. :)

There's always a choice. Like a S$1 can drink from the vending machine near Shang's antiques...
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... or a S$4.20 bottled organic drink from Jones The Grocer
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The weather's so hot yesterday...

There are many parts in Tanglin Village - I'll introduce Dempsey House first in a pictorial spread.

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Night
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http://hyacinthus.wordpress.com/2007/09/30/dempsey-house/

Went there last night... PS Cafe... they make awesome cheesecakes

Be sure to visit the art galleries too... paintings at reasonable prices

The place is very packed at night though

PS Cafe is nearer to Holland Road than Dempsey House, which is much further in and I wouldn't advise anyone to try walking in such dim lighting conditions at night.

Do you have your receipt? The prices should be in the mid-range?

Take a pic and post it here. Share your experience.

Otherwise, it'll be just my pics in this thread. :)

PS Cafe is nearer to Holland Road than Dempsey House, which is much further in and I wouldn't advise anyone to try walking in such dim lighting conditions at night.

Do you have your receipt? The prices should be in the mid-range?

Take a pic and post it here. Share your experience.

Otherwise, it'll be just my pics in this thread. :)

Oh yes, Tanglin Village is huge... I almost got lost... it used to be just Muthu's Curry and 2 wine shops, The Wine Company and The Wine Network...

At PS Cafe, for a cup of iced coffee and a piece of cheese cake, the bill was $18.xx

We did took pics of each other at PS Cafe, but I wouldn't post them here... especially those of mine cos I don't want people to discount the place after seeing my face... hehe...

Did you also see the pond with 2 gigantic fish? Looks like carp to me...

Oops! Just saw your pic of the giant fish in the other thread...

They are called arapaimas...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arapaima

Yup. I saw them. HUGE!

In this pond.
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More of those fish => http://hyacinthus.wordpress.com/2007/09/29/big-fish-in-tanglin-village/

The house where Muthu Curry used to be had lots of fans.

Can't check cos I ended up at Tanglin Road after recceing Loewen part of Tanglin Village! Maybe, will go again some other time.

L'Organic
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Jones the Grocer
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Where are they located?
=> http://hyacinthus.wordpress.com/2007/10/01/lorganic-and-jones-the-grocer/

its for the rich! because you can only go there if you have a car :(

its for the rich! because you can only go there if you have a car :(

read this => http://hyacinthus.wordpress.com/2007/09/30/dempsey-house/

There's shuttle service to Dempsey House or you can take taxi or wear reflective clothes and walk in :)

Read this article today?
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Closer...
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Perhaps, someone should tell the writer the difference between Tanglin Village and Dempsey Hill. => http://hyacinthus.wordpress.com/2007/10/04/tanglin-village/

its for the rich! because you can only go there if you have a car :(

not really... when i was there, i saw lots of taxis dropping passengers off...

i think i'll wear reflective clothes and take the shuttle bus. cool! i didnt know there was a shuttle service :D

Oct 13, 2007
Tanglin Village proves hot property for businesses
Offers flood in for two recently released plots, with top rental offer at five times the guide rent
By Fiona Chan

TANGLIN Village, the latest lifestyle hot spot in town, is drawing massive crowds to its range of newly opened shops and restaurants.

And where consumers and foodies flock, so do business people. They have descended on the prime Dempsey Road enclave in a bid to clinch the remaining pieces of land.

Tanglin Village's short-term leases - usually for three years, as the land is slated for residential use after 2015 - have not deterred tenants, said the Singapore Land Authority (SLA). It said businesses are confident of reaping most of their investments in the first three years.

Offers have poured in for two Tanglin Village plots released recently, said the SLA, which is managing the development.

A former chapel site at 39C Harding Road drew a record 23 bids when its tender closed last month. The top rental offer was $56,000 a month - five times the guide rent, SLA said.

It was put in by Ponte & Partners, the Singapore-based firm that brought in German brewery Paulaner Brauhaus at Millenia Walk.

The Harding Road property, which has a gross floor area of 4,456 sq ft, is safeguarded for conservation. It sits on a 43,172 sq ft plot.

Most of the other bidders for the site were also from the food and beverage industry, including Da Paolo Ristorante Italiano, Palm Beach Seafood and Select Catering Services.

A second site, at 45 Minden Road, was similarly popular with 15 bidders lodging offers. The highest was $51,000 a month, or more than double the $22,000 guide rent.

It came from the Siam Silk Company, a unit of Thailand's Thai Silk Company, which was founded by the renowned Jim Thompson.

If it is awarded the 30,631 sq ft property - which has 10,156 sq ft of gross floor area - the firm plans to open a Jim Thompson Thai restaurant and wine bar, said Mr Steve Benhar, corporate counsel for the Thai Silk Company. The eatery will feature private indoor dining and a garden bar.

The strong response to the two sites is testament to how hot Tanglin Village has become in recent months.

A year ago, a building with 13,000 sq ft of gross floor area drew only 11 rental bids - the highest just $23,000 a month. Oosh, an alfresco bar and restaurant, is now operating at the site.

Earlier this year, some 27 sub-tenant businesses faced the prospect of being evicted when their master tenant, Tanglin Warehouse, fell behind in its rental payments to the SLA.

This was averted after Tanglin Warehouse settled the arrears in full.

And things have picked up quickly since then. In the last six months, 25 firms have set up shop in the area, according to the SLA.

Their offerings run a wide gamut, from restaurants and shops to education and entertainment centres. Some tenants even use the space for offices.

The burst of activity has brought occupancy at Tanglin Village to more than 70 per cent, said the SLA's chief executive, Brigadier-General (NS) Lam Joon Khoi.

'Tanglin Village tenders so far have attracted a number of entrepreneurs to build their dream businesses,' he told The Straits Times.

To better serve these tenants and their customers, the SLA intends to review 'basic infrastructural improvements', such as road paving, lighting and utilities, BG Lam added.

More tenants, including an international school, are also expected to make their homes in the area soon.

It is also understood that a brewery will open, as well as an Italian restaurant and an outlet for the Long Beach Seafood restaurant chain.

Tanglin Village's success has spurred the SLA to examine uses for other enclaves such as Keat Hong camp in Choa Chu Kang - a former Singapore Armed Forces camp - and Phoenix Park in Tanglin Road, the former headquarters of the Home Affairs Ministry.

fiochan@sph.com.sg

Copyright © 2007 Singapore Press Holdings. All rights reserved

Finally, they got the name of the area right. :)



To better serve these tenants and their customers, the SLA intends to review 'basic infrastructural improvements', such as road paving, lighting and utilities, BG Lam added.



couldn't agree more. SLA should improve on the roads, lightings and utilities like covered and well-lit / ambience lighting walkways with hanging greenery, providing water coolers along the walking path and shuttle service stops.

Finally, they got the name of the area right. :)



couldn't agree more. SLA should improve on the roads, lightings and utilities like covered and well-lit / ambience lighting walkways with hanging greenery, providing water coolers along the walking path and shuttle service stops.


actually, i prefer the rustic look its protraying now..hehe:)

outdoor view of one cafe in dempsey hill on a beautiful and lazy friday afternoon...

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