Nightclub Sets Up Cai Png Stall On Its Dancefloor During Lunchtime
A rep for Cherry Discotheque shared on May 7, 2024, that its kopitiam pop-up is “here to stay till further announcement”.
You might’ve gone for a cai png supper at a kopitiam after clubbing into the wee hours of the night, but have you gobbled cai png inside a nightclub? Cherry Kopitiam is a pop-up cai fan concept by Cherry Discotheque, which runs from 8 to 30 April 2024.
The ‘kopitiam’ takes over the nightclub’s premises from 11am to 3pm on weekdays. Cherry is popular with many Gen Z clubbers and its regular operating hours are from 10pm till late on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
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To set the scene, the disco is transformed into a retro-hip coffee shop during the day. Typical kopitiam wooden tables and red plastic chairs are sprawled across the club’s chequered dance floor, with neon strip lights overhead.
Club hits played while you makan
There are two glass display stands selling a total of 28 dishes daily. The food is supplied by Shiok Shiok Night Market’s economic rice stall. Shiok Shiok Night Market is a 24-hour Bangkok night market-themed eatery at Orchard Road, which Cherry Discotheque also owns. The staff manning the stalls are both Cherry’s club staff, plus staff from the night market.
Cherry usually plays a mix of Top 40 hits, EDM and hip-hop music, and you can look forward to jamming to these club tunes while chomping on your lor bak and curry (though there won’t be a resident DJ spinning during lunch).
According to Cherry’s marketing manager, Wong Wee Man, 26, the idea to sell cai fan started out as an April Fool’s Day joke.
“Initially it was supposed to be an April Fool’s kinda joke when we posted [about Cherry Kopitiam] on Instagram, but it was quite well received, so we decided to turn it into reality,” he says.
28 cai png dishes sold daily
Wee Man adds that they might switch up their offerings daily, but a few mainstay dishes include mala mushroom, squid rings and braised pork.
Meanwhile, a la carte vegetable, meat and seafood dishes go for $2, $3 and $4 per portion respectively. For now, Cherry Kopitiam isn’t serving alcohol, but Wee Man says they might introduce Happy Hour during lunch soon.
Though this pop-up is only slated to run till month’s end, he says they’ll consider extending it if the reception is good. 8days.sg spoke to Wee Man on Cherry Kopitiam’s opening day, and he told us that business looks promising: “It went very well, and we sold out all the cai png”, adding that most of their customers were CBD workers in the area.
Cherry Kopitiam will run till 30 April at Cherry Discotheque, 133 Cecil St, S069535. Open Mon - Fri 11am - 3pm (closed weekends). Tel: 9888 8706. More info via their Instagram.
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