Cawaii Koohi

And so with the gracious invitation from Dan, we went to the very anticipated (by Dan) Maid Cafe at Funan IT Mall.

Cawaii Koohi is located on the 5th floor just beside the escalator. A very easy to find location.

We had initially thought the place starts at 2pm but when we reached, we were told to wait till 3pm. Since we had nothing better to do and the cafe doesn't serve any main course, we just decided to grab lunch. Cawaii Koohi is solely a beverage, dessert and pastry cafe. So if you intend to visit them, grab your main meal first as Cawaii Koohi does not cater to that.

 

So we ordered drinks. Above are the coffee Kyubei and myself ordered. Kinda boring I know but we’re both more a coffee drinker than soda drinker =/. Dan and Xiaobai being more spontaneous (and don't mind soda drinks) got the more interestingly named cocktails such as, Ranka Lee and Honey sempai.

   
Introducing .... Honey Sempai.

And Ranka Lee * does kira hand sign*

(omg my mobile photos are SO BAD! T_T)

We didn't get any desserts as we just had our lunch and were brimming to our throats. Not to mention none of the desserts appealed to us so…. n.n;; Apologies that I have no pictures of the maid as it was not allowed. But their costume were just like the mascot, consisting of deep maroon and white.

I found some pictures of the maid I took at Starfest. Posting here to give you guys an idea xD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overall the cafe has a more open concept than most maid cafes which some if not most REAL Otakus might not enjoy. But to the average consumer, I guess it doesn't really make a difference.I personally really liked the furnitures. Can you see the chairs we were sitting on? it was really comfy and at the *cough* perfect height.

 

*Gomen for the lousy pics but it was the only one I have of her with the bunny ears >.<*

The maids are pretty cute too and our favourite was Yui. Who looks kinda eurasian with her pretty eyes, thick eyebrow and cute curly hair! When we commented on how cute she looked with her bunny ears, she actually took it off voluntarily to let Kyubei wear it. So cute lah!

 
Dan took a polaroid with her. According to Dan, polaroid with maids are called checkie (spell check anyone?). And one picture with one maid will cost you $5.

Be prepared to be surprised when you ask for a Moe power-up and receives a blank stare. Apparently, that essential moe service was not taught to them. But the maids were accomodating and after a few visual demostrations by Dan and Kyubei, they eventually got it xD.

I don't really wanna give any grades or review for the cafe because I'm not qualified to. And especially seeing how it is just 2days old (we visited last Sunday). Themed/ concept cafe is really for the ambience and novelty. If you intend to visit then be prepared to embrace the ambience and price tag =)

Oh, SCC (Singapore Cosplay Club)was also having an Anime Karaoke event that weekend. So I took the chance to pose with their display mecha xD

Mecha Design House

So you guys already knew I was at the Mecha Design House's event last last weekend. And it was quite a blast for me. Don't ask me why this entry is so delayed again ToT

 

Joined the cosplay workshop on Saturday and learnt costuming tricks from the Japanese cosplayers; Takasou and Darknight. Just in case you don't know, they were one of the japanese team from 2007 world cosplay summit.

In the workshop, Takasou and Darknight san demonstrated the making of Lelouch's helmet. Which you see me wearing very enthusiastically below. Erm, okay, you can't tell that I'm enthu because you can't see my face xDD

 

I am not a mecha fan and the only mecha series I watched was Gwing. But even I got very excited when I saw the sheer awesomeness of their costumes! We even had the chance to wear shinji's plug suit!!

I've always dreamed of cosplaying Rei because of her cool and sexy image. But never got the guts and motivation to do it. I guess this helps make up for it xD It was a pity we didn't managed to get any hands on session due to some issues (SCC was afraid we might trigger the sprinklers ). But the main crux of the workshop was using heat and foam to sculpt the base then using a fabric cover on top. Won't go into the details here otherwise I'll be spoiling the market xD But I think its very obvious already @.@ If you want to learn more, send an email to SCC and get them to bring them back again xD

Sadly, I missed the session with Goldy where the participants actually had hand-on. But I guess there's always a next time =) Pimping some photo goodness for your guys to feel bad about not joining xD

Takasou san showing us her automail. Check out toe details omfggggg!!

 
Darknight san was really funny when he got into costume. For most part of the workshop, it was Takasou san speaking as her command of english was better. And darknight san just kept quiet and did his stuff. But when he got into his eva suit, he started playing with kids, fake drinking from bottles and just plain being funny.

 

Mechas need to drink too!

Maria and I gave them mooncakea and lanterns as a souvenir. Which they started sparring with, LOLZ. Oii, oii, that’s not how you use lanterns yo xD

 
We ended the evening by having dinner and then going to..... Night Safari homg! We chatted a lot about our views of cosplay, the difference in our cosplay cultures and many other things that only real cosplayers can talk about. It was really nice to be able to learn and interact so much with a cosplayer from another country. And we really appreciate the chance , much thanks to SCC for organising these workshops for free! I'm already looking forward to the next one ^_^!

Ending this entry with some photographs of the exhibits and other random stuffs I think you guys will like xD

 

 

The finger structure of the evangelion suit! Awesome work there. This design works so well he can hold things without much assistance.

 

Kawaii kids xD I think the grandfather had more fun than his grandchildren xD