There is so many memories from this video. I learn ballet at the ballet school there 40 years ago and i swear the photos displayed os are still the same! 😲 The iconic swensen is always a happy treat after that. They actually build a cable car structure (like San Francisco style) inside the restaurant which was so cool! Yaohan is the best back then. Thanks for all the sweet memories and doing this video ❤ it is unlikely that i will visit cos it is so far from where i live now😅. Jiayou & hope to see more videos from u guys! 🎉
Thanks for visiting this mall. Another great video. The old pet shop you mentioned is located on level 1, right next to the restroom. You passed by it at 20:19. The shop was packed with items, making it quite narrow to walk inside. Outside the shop, there are posters displaying various dog and cat breeds. As a child, I used to be fascinated by these posters, spending a lot of time looking at and comparing the different breeds.
Really enjoy every week of Hongisbored! We loved the sense of humour, sis n bro 默契， jokes, and the way he talk and react to the shops! Love his genuine reviews & sharing of interesting shops, for this is Lego shop, ifresh massage look nice too! Hope hongisbored can jio fan to go walkwalk with him 1 day, haha, hongisbored 1 yr anniversary! Jiayou Hongisbored! 新年快乐，㊗️你的 UA-cam channel 蒸蒸日上，有很多 fans!
新年快乐 万事如意！Your concluding part is funny but true! You did the exploration, if worth going, your viewers (aka me) will go explore. If not, don't want to waste time lor. Haha..... When I was young, I stayed in Toa Payoh. My dad brought me to Thomson Plaza before. I was very young, cannot remember much. I moved to Bukit Batok and live here for 40 years. Have not been to Thomson Plaza since then. No specific purpose to shop there. This episode on Thomson Plaza brings back the memory - dad & me go kai kai. Thanks for exploring this mall. Now that I see there's nice shops there, I will go explore the mall one day and 🦪🍷
Yet another excellent GaiGai video!! Not sure if others might remember this but back then Yaohan sold freshly baked cookies with the most distinctive aroma.
Love the Lego store, so many varieties for growing up. All looking interesting. I will overcome the traffic difficulty and stop by one day. Never visit that side of the town in SG. Great info!🤗❤
OMG you came to Thomson Plaza! This is literally THE MALL for me when I was growing up since I am just a couple of bus stops away and even after moving recently, I am still just a few MRT stops thanks to the TEL line! Did you check out the other food places at the Upper Thomson station?! DINO CAKE haha!
Happy new year!! Nice content.. i tink the lemur's tail looks like chinese sausage.. haha.. also, i normally order the drumstick from swensens. Same concept .. with ice cream inside .. but also include a chocolate stick inside to resemble the drumstick bone. Itz a v nice dessert...
Miss that old school yumcha restaurant at the old wing having pushcarts dim sum and red carpet flooring in the early 80s. Also, enjoyed going there as a kid as my mother will always get me the soft serve ice cream from the Yaohan supermarket floor after she was done with shopping.
i dont live near thomson but my grandparents stay at toa payoh so i came here quite often as a child. always remember that very 显眼 children art shop at the 1st floor, that exam papers store, and more recently omote (used to be called sushiro). love that this mall is still not dead yet
I like this old mall video. I worked there before MRT construction. It changed a lot sia! When will you come to Harbourfront Centre? Must come before relocation of ferry and cruise terminal ya.
You finally came over to Thomson Plaza. I remembered that Swensons had a San Francisco themed cable car inside its restaurant before it was revamped. I remembered there were Pizza Hut and KFC before they were replaced by Sushiro. And apparently half of Thomson Plaza was formerly owned by NTUC, now owned by Link Reit, an asset manager based in HK
I believe you are referring to Kawai Music school/Robert Piano on level 3 next to the ballet school (did i see it become a tuition lab?). They shifted out in 1995/6.
You are right, before the convenience of MRT and also the other malls built, Thomson Plaza is what most people from Serangoon Garden, Seletar, Toa Payoh, Hougang, Ang Mo Kio goes to Thompson Plaza for their date in secondary or pre-university days. Swenson is the place to bring a date, the chocolate sundae together with their Spaghetti or Chicken Salad Plate was their popular dish. All the other place have emporium. Thomson Plaza was little "atas" for Oriental Emporium in Toa Payoh or Ang Mo Kio. So that is why most people in the 50s or early 60s remember this place. I bet they brought one of their dates (ex bf or gf) here. Oh and they also have dim sum here long ago in the late 70s and 80s
@@HongisBored OH YA the beehoon.. the special beehoon... My Yamaha teacher introduced to me when I was learning organ there.. in 1996/1997... lol and it;'s 2025 now! But last time nicer haha rem to add the chilli and lime
It used to be called Yaohan, or in chinese 大百版. Rumors is that the owner is the actor of Oshin. The oldest tenant is the Yamaha shop at the 2nd level. I hope it is still there. lo
现在才知道 Thomson Plaza 之前是 Thomson Yaohan :p 我不时有去Level 1。。。但好像你们还没走透 Level 1 吧。。有许多吃的和精品店。。。Thomson Plaza 有一定的顾客群。。是个不错逛逛吃吃的 ‘old mall' ... [btw i think Parkway Parade is a different level ;p 在旧与新之间。。is a super mall... 超有人气的！ :D]
There are 2 types. 1. buy 1 main course & get ice-cream free. Think this is for every day during the birthday month. For this, you can choose the type of ice-cream you want. 2. Really free ice cream on the birthday itself. It is like mini fire wall ice-cream, with about 3 scoops of ice-cream & a 1/4 size of banana. I had just claimed the first type 2 days (1 day on my birthday) & the 2nd type on my birthday, in January (which is my birthday month). So, on my birthday, just getting a main course, I got 2 different types of free ice cream. The deal will appear in the membership telegram.
my classmate brought me here for the free ice cream from swenson after cutting swansen 33:42 advertisements from straits times in late 1970s. BTW. This mall is partly owned by a Hong Kong developer after NTUC sold its share,
The chinese zombie (aka jiang shi) and taoist LEGO figurines are not authentic LEGO, they are self-created and I have plenty of them (cos I'm a fan of jiang shi theme), you can find them at Bangkok's Chatuchak Weekend Market. Btw, those boxes of CNY theme LEGO were released over the past years, every year LEGO will release one to two CNY sets, some years they released Dragon Boat Festival or Mooncake Festival too. And yes, LEGO released a LGBTQ set with 11 different colours of minifigs to represent the different sexuality community named "Everyone is Awesome".
There is so many memories from this video. I learn ballet at the ballet school there 40 years ago and i swear the photos displayed os are still the same! 😲 The iconic swensen is always a happy treat after that. They actually build a cable car structure (like San Francisco style) inside the restaurant which was so cool! Yaohan is the best back then. Thanks for all the sweet memories and doing this video ❤ it is unlikely that i will visit cos it is so far from where i live now😅. Jiayou & hope to see more videos from u guys! 🎉
@@mel-zd6cg Glad to evoke some of your treasured memories.
Looking forward to next episode
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Thanks for visiting this mall. Another great video. The old pet shop you mentioned is located on level 1, right next to the restroom. You passed by it at 20:19. The shop was packed with items, making it quite narrow to walk inside. Outside the shop, there are posters displaying various dog and cat breeds. As a child, I used to be fascinated by these posters, spending a lot of time looking at and comparing the different breeds.
Oh I see, thanks for sharing! ❤️😸
Thanks for promoting Stiilan!
Welcomed! Very interesting local brand.
Thanks for covering this mall...
memories r rushing in after watching...this is the go-to place with my late grandpa n cousins when we were young..
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It’s so funny to see Ah Hong expression when Jie Jie said Ah Hong touched by few hundred people 😂
@@clivelee8642 🥹
Huat ar~!! Heng Heng~!! 😄😄
Thanks towkay!
I love this channel. love to see their videos going to different old mall. always learning something new about old malls.
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❤ ur videos! Can tell u guys put in alot of effort n passion in all ur videos. 很用心，很接地气，加油！😂😂😂
@@jay23sg Ty boss haha! Take a lot of time n effort indeed
我们都看到你们的努力和进步！
Cheers🍷
Huat Huat Huat🍊
Thomson Plaza, Yaohan.... memories
Thank u boss! Towkay huat Cai!
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Superb!
ty towkay!
我和老公最喜欢你的 youtube channel! Thanks for all the interesting history! From bear&ya
Thank u boss boss! 新年快乐！
Really enjoy every week of Hongisbored! We loved the sense of humour, sis n bro 默契， jokes, and the way he talk and react to the shops! Love his genuine reviews & sharing of interesting shops, for this is Lego shop, ifresh massage look nice too! Hope hongisbored can jio fan to go walkwalk with him 1 day, haha, hongisbored 1 yr anniversary! Jiayou Hongisbored! 新年快乐，㊗️你的 UA-cam channel 蒸蒸日上，有很多 fans!
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DBS进口右边有个珠宝店，老板印出的广告都十分幽默。不知它还在吗，有机会可以探访一下。你们走过的Coriander Cafe 卖的煮炒也蛮不错，我家人经常会去那边吃。
I love this mall and I hope the vibes will never change.
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新年快乐🎉❤always looking forward to your new videos .
新年快乐！🍊🍊
Thanks!
Ty towkay
祝你heng ong huat arh ah hong! 喜欢你姐姐和你 很幽默😂😂
谢谢你老板 新年快乐！ 🍊🍊
Thank you and looking forward to more old malls!
@@alexkwee5438 Ty boss boss! 新年huat huat!
When i was young we use to visit yaohan supermarket, all yhe good memories ❤️
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Congrats for 30K subs!! 🎉🎉
Eh thank u! 😸🫰🏻
Thanks
I was an Ang Mo Kio resident in my teenage years bought our family first mini compo at Yaohan
@@davidwong7942 thank u! We do find it seems a lot of amk ppl going
新年快乐 万事如意！Your concluding part is funny but true! You did the exploration, if worth going, your viewers (aka me) will go explore. If not, don't want to waste time lor. Haha..... When I was young, I stayed in Toa Payoh. My dad brought me to Thomson Plaza before. I was very young, cannot remember much. I moved to Bukit Batok and live here for 40 years. Have not been to Thomson Plaza since then. No specific purpose to shop there. This episode on Thomson Plaza brings back the memory - dad & me go kai kai. Thanks for exploring this mall. Now that I see there's nice shops there, I will go explore the mall one day and 🦪🍷
Yeah some malls are more about memories
Thanks for your numbers! Open 3 numbers!
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Yet another excellent GaiGai video!! Not sure if others might remember this but back then Yaohan sold freshly baked cookies with the most distinctive aroma.
Fresh cookies 😍
Love the Lego store, so many varieties for growing up. All looking interesting. I will overcome the traffic difficulty and stop by one day. Never visit that side of the town in SG. Great info!🤗❤
Yeah it’s a really fun store. Aiyah SG small small only lah haha
Waited whole week for the new ep to drop!!!!
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Thank you for your lucky numbers 😂😂
Thanks for the number ..toto open 3 number on 7 Feb !!
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Happy New Year Ah Hong. Nice video. Been very long since I was here
Happy new year! 🍊🍊
OMG you came to Thomson Plaza! This is literally THE MALL for me when I was growing up since I am just a couple of bus stops away and even after moving recently, I am still just a few MRT stops thanks to the TEL line! Did you check out the other food places at the Upper Thomson station?! DINO CAKE haha!
@@thefamouscookiedough no leh never check out anything outside the mall haha
You didn't try the delicious laksa and lor mee at the food court!!! Nice video!
Didn’t know there were these options. Try it next time :)
终于来到Thomson Plaza 了！我小时候跟妈妈去里面的Yaohan。美好回忆。❤
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干杯🍷
🥂 cheers 🫰🏻
感谢阿鸿出真字 😂😂
@@tanzhihui9582 🤣
Happy New Year. My childhood memories. l also want a sister like yours. 😊😊😊
@@yvonnewong1233 🤣 happy new year
Happy new year!! Nice content.. i tink the lemur's tail looks like chinese sausage.. haha.. also, i normally order the drumstick from swensens. Same concept .. with ice cream inside .. but also include a chocolate stick inside to resemble the drumstick bone. Itz a v nice dessert...
Hahaha.. I eventually found out that I think it’s a possum. 😆
新年快乐！🎉
Wishing you and Jie
心想事成，钱包满满！🤑💰🧧
新年快乐！ 🍊🍊
really like Parkway; even the DBS area reminds me of Parkway
Yeah it’s very very parkway vibes.
新年快乐！！！welcome to my area!!! Hope u had a great time!
Haha not bad not bad
Miss that old school yumcha restaurant at the old wing having pushcarts dim sum and red carpet flooring in the early 80s. Also, enjoyed going there as a kid as my mother will always get me the soft serve ice cream from the Yaohan supermarket floor after she was done with shopping.
Sounds like a super memorable weekend 🥹
Nice video! Maybe next time, you can try the Japanese restaurants like Omote, Tsukada Nojo, Chirashizushi Shou..
The spectacle shop is also quite old.
Cool thanks for the reco!
i dont live near thomson but my grandparents stay at toa payoh so i came here quite often as a child. always remember that very 显眼 children art shop at the 1st floor, that exam papers store, and more recently omote (used to be called sushiro). love that this mall is still not dead yet
Not dead at all, quite fresh and new in fact
新年快乐 ！ 祝 阿鸿健康、快乐、平安
谢谢 新年快乐！ 🍊🍊
I like this old mall video. I worked there before MRT construction. It changed a lot sia!
When will you come to Harbourfront Centre? Must come before relocation of ferry and cruise terminal ya.
They relocating? I didn’t know sia haha
3万近在眼前, 有直播看了!!! 😃
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Omote - Chirashi is one of the best. Must try!
Ok man. Next time go back try haha
You finally came over to Thomson Plaza. I remembered that Swensons had a San Francisco themed cable car inside its restaurant before it was revamped. I remembered there were Pizza Hut and KFC before they were replaced by Sushiro.
And apparently half of Thomson Plaza was formerly owned by NTUC, now owned by Link Reit, an asset manager based in HK
你知道楼上是有公寓的吗？这可是早期的mixed development，有商场和公寓。
哦那我還真的不知道 哈哈
@@HongisBored 我想补充关于这个公寓的一些讯息。这个公寓其实是双层楼的townhouses。我觉得DBS (Capitaland)当时能建这样的住宅已经算很大胆，也很罕见。
happy new year！😄
Happy new year! 🍊🍊
Used to visit Thomson Plaza as a kid for yum cha every Sunday. And Yaohan was a must after the yum cha sessions.
@@ezracerez920 can imagine…
新年快乐!!!!
@@msngth 新年快乐！
新正如意! 身体健康! Huat ah!
新年快乐！🍊🍊
亞鴻，新年愉快，終於拍這購物中心了，回憶滿滿的一間購物中心，不知道3樓的鋼琴學院還在嗎(因為想等下空了跟家人一起看以前常去的地方，集體回憶一下以前的學鋼琴的日子)多謝亞鴻，祝您們身體健康
不是Chiu piano? 新年快乐！
I believe you are referring to Kawai Music school/Robert Piano on level 3 next to the ballet school (did i see it become a tuition lab?). They shifted out in 1995/6.
Happy New Year to Ah Hong & Jie Jie❤
Happy new year!
Happy Lunar New Year ❤
Happy new year!
你的影片是我的Happy hour。来打卡了
@@jacksmithon 🫰🏻
heng ong huat ah~
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I used to go there in the 80s when I lived in Hougang. It was the nearest shopping mall then. My mum likes to call it Thomson Yaohan.
Yes I think a lot of ppl call it Yaohan haha. Like how nobody says we’re going ‘Ngee Ann city’, all say taka
Yeah, celebrated a classmate's 15th birthday at this Swensen's before. Didn't know it was the first Swensen's in Singapore 🎉
@@starz8 sounds like an atas birthday 🤣
This is the mall to go to after the cross-country runs at McRitchie reservoir, haha, so many memories.
Had no idea it was that close!
@HongisBored yeah. Just 2 to 3 bus stops away!
You are right, before the convenience of MRT and also the other malls built, Thomson Plaza is what most people from Serangoon Garden, Seletar, Toa Payoh, Hougang, Ang Mo Kio goes to Thompson Plaza for their date in secondary or pre-university days. Swenson is the place to bring a date, the chocolate sundae together with their Spaghetti or Chicken Salad Plate was their popular dish. All the other place have emporium. Thomson Plaza was little "atas" for Oriental Emporium in Toa Payoh or Ang Mo Kio. So that is why most people in the 50s or early 60s remember this place. I bet they brought one of their dates (ex bf or gf) here. Oh and they also have dim sum here long ago in the late 70s and 80s
Partor destination, cool 😸
🏮🏮發! 發! 發! 恭祝健康、幸运，万事如意, 年年有余, 蛇行千里，步步高升, 新年快乐 !!!🧧🧧🏮🏮HUAT AH! 💝💖
@@MeowIsNotaCat 谢谢 新年快乐 祝你蛇么都顺顺利利！ 🍊🍊
A lot of US malls have this layout. Haha.
Do a Bukit Timah plaza mall soon!
Didn’t know that!
新年快乐祝你们和你们爱的人健康平安快乐🙂🧧
谢谢 新年快乐！
I miss the parkway PP big waterfall
Was there one? Wow I can’t rmb siA
Hong the Foodcourt the Popiah and the Laksa is nice .The Bee Hoon is something unique same stall selling Popiah
@@josephleejosephlee5309 thanks I try next time!
@@HongisBored OH YA the beehoon.. the special beehoon... My Yamaha teacher introduced to me when I was learning organ there.. in 1996/1997... lol and it;'s 2025 now! But last time nicer haha rem to add the chilli and lime
Happy Snake Year to JieJie and Hong
A very handicap frdly mall but not all the shops.
I see. Happy new year! 🍊🍊
Missed you guys, I am working in TP, but was off during CNY 😢
Oh which shop do u work?
@@HongisBored Hua Cheng Education Centre, near Swenson
OMG, 只有老一辈的人，才知道 Thomson Yaohan 的！
你这样说 中年人会难过 哈哈
Grew up there sia
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This mall is Bishan working employee hotspot. My ex company got shuttle bus go here during lunch time.
wow 😱
During my younger times during the 80s, I always find Thomson Plaza a very atas place to go to.😅
Feels that way since they even had Japanese departmental store back then
It used to be called Yaohan, or in chinese 大百版. Rumors is that the owner is the actor of Oshin. The oldest tenant is the Yamaha shop at the 2nd level. I hope it is still there. lo
Yes we saw the Yamaha shop but looks new now
You guys should go to Omote 😢
👍🏻 recommendation noted!
25:37 - I laughed so loud when u cut your ice cream nugget! It just flew out of the plate… 😂
Bad skills lol
Thought the security guard at 2:27 will stop yall from filming hahahaha
We heng heng got bobee 😆
I think the other stuffed toy you bought is a possum 😂
@@unidentified-piece-101 u damn pro. I spend a long time asking ppl LOL
LOL u can consider chut CNY MV next year
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My childhood playground eat dim sum, buy toys at Yaohan 🤘
Sounds like a 10/10 day
There used to be a DimSum Buffet restaurant on level 1. The Dim Sum is super good and affordable and always very crowded
Hmmm maybe not around le?
@@HongisBored it's under Peach Garden.. the buffet happens on and off depending on the restaurant..
The restaurant was Kelong Thomson Restaurant, part of the Cathay group. Dimsum was very good n reasonably priced.
Parkway soon have mrt
@@aaronaven2702 have le, just opposite :) TEL
现在才知道 Thomson Plaza 之前是 Thomson Yaohan :p 我不时有去Level 1。。。但好像你们还没走透 Level 1 吧。。有许多吃的和精品店。。。Thomson Plaza 有一定的顾客群。。是个不错逛逛吃吃的 ‘old mall' ... [btw i think Parkway Parade is a different level ;p 在旧与新之间。。is a super mall... 超有人气的！ :D]
True parkway 蛮多人的
Swensen! Reminds me birthday month can go get 1 scoop icecream free, no need to buy anything from them also cam get free.
@@cmymotion serious?! Wow!
@ yes. need to signup free membership first though…
There are 2 types. 1. buy 1 main course & get ice-cream free. Think this is for every day during the birthday month. For this, you can choose the type of ice-cream you want. 2. Really free ice cream on the birthday itself. It is like mini fire wall ice-cream, with about 3 scoops of ice-cream & a 1/4 size of banana. I had just claimed the first type 2 days (1 day on my birthday) & the 2nd type on my birthday, in January (which is my birthday month). So, on my birthday, just getting a main course, I got 2 different types of free ice cream. The deal will appear in the membership telegram.
Thomson Plaza 分成两个部分，旧的部分现在是各个店主拥有的Strata titled 所以很旧， 新的部分已经在2年前专卖给香港公司了。 之前也是新加坡的一家房地产公司。
是NTUC之前拥有商场的一部分产业
也沒有很舊了 现在蛮新的
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Jie, you know the old school brand Yaohan? My mum mentioned that to me ..old brand :)
I’ve heard but not been lol
my classmate brought me here for the free ice cream from swenson after cutting swansen 33:42 advertisements from straits times in late 1970s. BTW. This mall is partly owned by a Hong Kong developer after NTUC sold its share,
Cool…
That "lemur" is the animal that always acts dead in the movie Ice Age.
Actually I realized the animal I got should be possum lol
East side parkway west side Thomson Plaza, 像东邪西毒。Only went Thomson Plaza when dating.
@@moonlightaffairs haha…
Thomson plaza 比较像是在中部，而不是西部哦
@@mlkeety Just a reference for old malls consider west side with comparison to Parkway Parade. If you not happy it consider as west then 中神通for you. 😆
29:47 😆
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Hello!
I think that soft toy is a possum/opossum.
Yes I think you’re right LOL
My uncle's restaurant is located at level 2.
Which one?
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@@Songjin8506 🥂
Thomson plaza carpark height limit low, only 1.9m.😢
Normal cars ok? Maybe just not vans?
33 you can release the vid on 3rd Mar 😂
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The chinese zombie (aka jiang shi) and taoist LEGO figurines are not authentic LEGO, they are self-created and I have plenty of them (cos I'm a fan of jiang shi theme), you can find them at Bangkok's Chatuchak Weekend Market. Btw, those boxes of CNY theme LEGO were released over the past years, every year LEGO will release one to two CNY sets, some years they released Dragon Boat Festival or Mooncake Festival too. And yes, LEGO released a LGBTQ set with 11 different colours of minifigs to represent the different sexuality community named "Everyone is Awesome".
Everyone is awesome omg, I rmb that song. Once again, cool info you’re sharing 👏🏻
Last Time there is a lot of mediacorp star like to go.... thomson plaza
Oh yeah someone else said that too..
@@sgpropertybuyertherapy I saw Zheng Geping there with his mum in 南泽岛
Not reviewing = Not Nice !!?!😂🤣
Some things don't need say explicitly lah 😅
The exam paper store and the artwork store has been around for 20 over years liao
Wah nice