Mel and the New Normal

Was in Greenhills area a couple of weeks back, and forced Justin to check out Ronac Art Center with me to look at rubber shoes. We actually have done events in Ronac for kiddie parties but I've never seen it personally, so I also wanted to check it out for work. After checking out Titan and drooling at the shoes (for Justin, not for me), I asked if we could have lunch on the ground floor. We (okay, I) chose Lunchbox, just because it looked pretty from the outside, hehe. SUCKER! The interiors were refreshingly cool to the eyes, with clean neat lines and lovely lighting. Even the floor had lighting! I love lighting! Seriously though, I liked the design of the place, and the aircon was nice and cool (it was blisteringly hot outside that day.) I had the Rueben (P295), which was a corned beef sandwich with the works. Goodness gracious it was YUMMY! Was that dill I tasted? I would order this again in a heartbeat. I actually told Justin that the style reminded me of Breakfast...

I was looking forward to visiting the new wing of Greenhills Promenade. Last time we were there, none of the new restaurants or stores were open yet. I got to drop by with Justin a few days ago, and Yay! Some restaurants were open! We happened to pass by Tampopo while looking for Sonja's Cupcakes, and since it was an open restaurant we could smell the food and see what people were eating. We looooveeee ramen and tonkatsu, so to see a place that sold BOTH? Yeehaw!! Tampopo specializes in both ramen and tonkatsu dishes (think Yushoken and Yabu combined), which makes it a very promising restaurant. Looking thru their menus, some of their dishes use top grade Black Pig, which sounds yummy (but we didn't order.) It is a Singaporean company, and this branch is the first outside Singapore. Later on, I would find out that it has 3 owners (2 of which are Chris Tiu and TY Tang.) Justin had their Tonkatsu set. It is similar to the sets of Yabu, but according to Justin Yabu...