For all your needs
Offering everything from fashion, food and entertainment to artisan brands, Sunway Velocity Mall lives up to its aim of elevating your lifestyle, writes Ewe Paik Leong
Lots of things are happening at both spots and the music is so loud I can almost feel my stomach move!
On the first floor, which is dominated by stores retailing clothes, shoes and leather goods, I step out to the Boulevard, which is lined with smart restaurants and cafes. However, I’m jolted by Restoran Tar Cheong. Furnished with red plastic chairs, it looks like a neighbourhood coffee shop.
Ah, well, prices will be “Victor” by Infantino Fernandez stands on the ground floor. comparatively cheaper here.
At Regiustea, I try cheese tea, which is topped with cheese. Wow! The cheese tastes like something out of an aerosol can and does not go well with the jasmine tea.
I proceed to the second floor where the tenants are balanced between fashionwear and restaurants. My Liberica Coffee’s banner offering non-alcoholic stout coffee is an attention-grabber. Alas, stout lovers can now drink and drive!
This level is also home to a smattering of beauty salons and home furnishings stores. By now, my feet are beginning to tire; this mall is huge and has very few benches for shoppers to sit on and rest their tired feet.
Also be warned — it’s difficult to get a line for your handphone in certain areas so you’ve to wander around for better reception.
On the third level is anchor tenant Parkson which also operates Makan Makan, a food court. A fairly impressive collection of IT-and-digital products stores and F&B outlets are also housed on this level.
There’s a motley mix of Hongkie, Taiwanese,
Colourful lights in Food Street; Cheese tea of various flavours; The main atrium features a dome with geometric designs. Korean, Japanese and local fare. Among the outlets are Suki-ya, J&G Fried Chicken, Hong Kong Jeuk Sing Cafe, Seaweed Club (popiah) and Loong Kee (BBQ meat and floss).
Then there’s action at Like Ice Asia, which is crowded with children. Located in front of Sushi Zanmai, this ice skating rink does not melt, is not cold and is made from specially-formulated plastic. You can book it for a birthday party or an ice hockey match.
The fourth level is home to Food Street, and offerings range from the ordinary (cendul, pan mee, porridge, pizza, dim sum and pasta) to the more exciting (for example, season-themed dishes from Aragon Yokocho).
For entertainment, there are TGV Cinema and Palo, a video games centre. Finally, the fifth floor, designated as Commune, is filled with stalls selling artisan brands.
Sunway Velocity Mall has been tagged as “the destination to elevate your lifestyle” in its rather simplistic website. It does live up to its claim.