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UOB Plaza
By Peace | September 14, 2008
It is Mid-Autumn Festival, 中秋节 (or Moon cake Festival) on this day, 14 September 2008. The children went downstairs to play on Saturday, 13th September 2008, after we came back from the church. There were not as many people as last year.
One year ago, the family went UOB Plaza with Richard’s friends.
This is a photo of UOB Plaza and all high-rise building at Raffles Place. This was taken on my birthday.
UOB Plaza is a development consisting of two art deco skyscrapers in the city of Singapore. The complex has two towers, namely UOB Plaza One and UOB Plaza Two. The former is one of the three tallest skyscrapers in the city of Singapore, sharing the title with the OUB Centre and Republic Plaza. The latter is relatively shorter and older than the former with the building constructed in 1973 and reconstructed in 1995 to have the same facade as the newer and taller building. Both the two buildings are connected by a 45 metre long podium supported by four columns. The podium houses the banking hall of the United Overseas Bank’s main branch. The building was opened by then Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew in 1995 which is 60 years after United Overseas Bank’s founding.
The towers have an octagonal base and consists of rotated cubic volumes, which is a distinctive stylistic expression of Kenzo Tange’s works in the 1990s. The cubic volumes on the octagonal base, they rotate on a 45 degree plane of reference and diminish in volume towards the top of UOB Plaza One. UOB Plaza One is a 280-metre tall building with 67 floors, and was completed in 1992. It is the headquarters of the United Overseas Bank and major financial corporations such as UBS. On the 60th floor, there is a restaurant, Si Chuan Dou Hua. The basement of the building houses a mosque known as Masjid Moulana Mohd Ali, which is run by Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (MUIS). This mosque is the first in the Raffles Place district and is unique due to the mosque being located underground. This peculiarity has stirred controversy because to some Muslims, it is not good because it is located “in the bowels” of the earth.
UOB PLAZA: This photo was taken on 1st September 2007. We went there by MRT, alight at Raffles Place.
Our destination is Si Chuan Dou Hua Restaurant. As mentioned earlier, it is located at the 60th floor. We took the lift up. Inside the lift, Ricsson took photographs and I took photographs of the children… we were in high spirit.
This is the entrance to the beautiful restaurant, Si Chuan Dou Hua Restuarant
Si Chuan Dou Hua Restuarant
The address of the restuarant: 80 Raffles Place, #60-01 UOB Plaza 1, Singapore 048624
Tel: 65356006, Fax: 65345878
Being led to our seats: I took this photograph. This is so lovely, so nice. A great dining place, a beautiful place to eat.
Some more variety of seats… great ambience for fine dining.
Authentically Sichuan, Exceptionally World-Class
Spanning over a decade, Si Chuan Dou Hua has honed its mastery of exceptional fine dining, appealing to all senses with its authentic Sichuan cuisine, art of tea and elegant ambience….
60 Dishes Deluxe Feast
Enjoy our popular 60 Dishes Deluxe Feast à la carte buffet amidst the elegant ambience of our restaurants, Parkroyal on Beach Road and TOP of UOB Plaza.
Weekday Dinner, Mon – Thu
$35.80 (Adult) $24.80 (Child)
Weekend Lunch, Sat, Sun &
public holiday
$38.80 (Adult) $26.80 (Child)
Weekend Dinner, Fri – Sun,
eve & public holiday
$38.80 (Adult) $26.80 (Child)
It was a great day. After dinner, we walked around Raffles Place, sight-seeing and taking photographs.
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Authentic Si Chuan Food
Si Chuan Dou Hua Restaurant
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