There are two anchor tenants in the Pavilion and they are Parksons and Tang’s. I think Tang’s is part of the Singapore CK Tang group. When I entered the Tang’s, a pretty lady in red qipao presented me with a mandarin orange and a
fortune cookie. Somehow,
fortune cookies are not part of the Malaysian Chinese scene but it’s very much part of the culture of American Chinese, made even more famous, by the novel,
Joy Luck Club by
Amy Tan and other novels with American Chinese settings.
Quite amused by the
fortune cookie, I opened it up and lo and behold, the biscuit was in the shape of ancient Chinese money. Trust the Chinese. Everything during
Chinese New Year has to have some association with
wealth, and wealth and more wealth! As I crunched into the biscuit, out came the strip of “fortune.” It says “
Your desires will come true.” Halleluyah ! Who wouldn’t like to hear that? I added “
Amen” to it.
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