on to charles which is the real name of charlie. i haven't been closely interested with him and i only even knew first his cutesy dog, snoopy that had been dubbed as the favorite cartoon character by many of my classmates in high school. i watched in awe to their things with snoopy prints all over. i simply couldn't relate. gosh, i even had to cook up a story that my favorite character was tweety bird! it was the first thing that probably came to mind that instant. because my childhood years were spent in a nice remote place with only one tv channel available, i never took fancy of cartoon characters early on. although now, i enjoy some good animated films like the ones made by pixar.
so what happens to charlie brown? i have more realized his presence when i accidentally found myself in the midst of a snoopy fair in mitsukoshi department store in ginza, tokyo. the snoopy fair became a comfort in contrast to the exuberant prices of everything there. well, the only thing that i braved to check was the price of burberry hankies that i was considering buying but eventually dropped the idea for the clumsy me would just lose it.
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| Mitsukoshi Department Store, Ginza, Tokyo |
it wasn't my intention to go to a snoopy fair but nonetheless, the child in me was elated! i didn't take away as much loot as that of a real fan but i just bought postcards which i sent to my dear ones and to myself to the philippines. i got the postcard idea from my new found friend in japan who was a co-trainee. so there, the bald charlie brown was in all those postcards.
then, my second encounter with charlie was 2 years after which was last year when i went to hong kong. surprisingly, going to his café had made it to the itinerary. however, i didn't dine and i only took pictures from its first floor and all the way to its second floor. by this time, charlie has somehow tugged my heartstrings that i made a dedicated post about him here. i seemed to walk on a peanuts comic strip saga in hong kong since i also went to its snoopy world.
but those 2 encounters didn't really make me a die hard fan even if i have to consider those few times when i inadvertently read its comic strip several years ago in newspapers. however, i can't deny the sense of positivity when i see the peanuts gang, carefree and happy!
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| The Peanuts gang in Hong Kong. |
fast forward today, i never thought i would have this sort of continuing acquaintance with charlie now that i'm in singapore. i just even explained our budding friendship in several long-winded paragraphs above. anyway, with how small singapore is, i tend to end up at the same place a number of times or i haven't looked hard enough, whichever is the case. but the orchard road is a very famous stretch in singapore especially that occasional retail therapy can be much done here. so, i walk along its heels-friendly pavements every now and then.
one time around orchard, i delightfully found singapore's sole charlie brown café which is not alongside the main street but seemingly hidden from the crowd which i very much prefer! then came a saturday night when i finally paid charlie a visit thinking he still had a seat for me since most likely, people would be somewhere in a more adult setting on a weekend night. true enough, he had an empty small table left for me!
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| Charlie Brown Café in Somerset, Singapore |
the good ole charlie beckoned me with a no service charge. yes, it's very rare here in singapore, the dining places that don't have a service charge. i just even know one, and it's charlie's café! on the brighter side, you don't somewhat feel obliged to make a tip.
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| Charlie Brown Café Menu |
after crossing my fingers in my mind while passing by cramped restaurants in the area, i arrived at charlie's café with a lesser crowd and i even had a small table all by myself.
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| Italian Baked Rice |
it took me a long time to decide on what to eat. i was choosing between the healthier salad and this italian baked rice. well, i ended up with this because the greens might not last me till morning.
i just had to take a snap of my italian baked rice up close for when it was served, it looked like the normal baked pasta. i then felt guilty afterwards because the meal proved to be uncomfortably heavy for me. before i know it, i could be stocking up another extra load around my waist. but the taste was sufficiently scrumptious and it's surely a different italian twist from the conventional baked pasta!
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| Snappy - Kiwi Strawberry |
because i wanted something other than my fail-safe iced lemon tea, i opted for this kiwi strawberry. it's a little bit sour. there's probably more kiwi than strawberry in it.
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| A table for 2? |
frankly, i was a bit mushy that night for it was supposedly a cheesy day for breinn and me, that extraordinary day of the month which i sometimes forgot.
thanks for the night charlie and thanks for being a proxy. :D till then! i will surely be back since you have a crêpe in your menu. because one fine day, i craved for crêpe and i didn't know where to go but now i found you!
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Run down:
Italian Baked Rice - SGD11.80
Snapple Kiwi Strawberry - SGD3.90
The total price was 7% GST inclusive so I just paid SGD15.70.
Charlie Brown Café
#01-25/25A (Discovery Walk)
313 Somerset, Orchard Road
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