Last weekend, we spent some time at Covent Garden. Did you think I was talking about Covent Garden in London? heheheehehehe….I wish we were there. I so miss its charming cobblestone street. Actually we were at Puchong’s newest and hottest venue, The IOI Boulevard which is hailed as Malaysia’s Covent Garden. It consists of office blocks, retail outlets, a nice courtyard with water features, glass canopy and alfresco sidewalk cafe. According to their website, IOI Boulevard is also going to be a platform to promote arts by allowing budding artists and performers to display their talents. We read about this place in the papers so we decided to drop by for dinner. The IOI Boulevard is just opposite the IOI Mall.
The water features at the entrance
The Pallette with sidewalk cafes and restaurants
The colourful walkway
The energizer bunny who ran up and down The Pallette. I managed to snap this photo when she paused to take a break.
Only a handful of shops are opened here. They are Otak-Otak Place, Kissaten Restaurant, Kissaten Beer Garden, Munich Gastro Bierhaus, Kimchi Haru, Nasi Lemak Antarabangsa, Coffee Co. (a Hong Kong based cafe) and The Loaf is opening soon. Yippee!! I am sure once the building is fully occupied, it will be livelier. I am looking forward to more shops opening. However, I foresee some parking problems in the future because there aren’t many parking spaces available. This will surely lead to double parking problems later on. Do you think fines or wheel clamps may solve the problem? Stay tuned for more on where we ate that day 😉
Wow, where is this place? Feeling like Christopher Columbus, need to get my compass and binoculars LOL!!
hahhahaha…..hurry hurry and check it out
Wah…so happening already now. I’ve read a few bloggers blogging about the restaurants at IOI Boulevard. I think I saw Cake Sense there too.
What you ate lah..ermm..Korean Food? 😛 Ashley’s top is very pretty leh. Gwen also likes to round around too..hehe.
oh yes…Cake Sense is there too. I forgot 😛
wow looks like a nice place, will check out if i’m in the area, thanks!
Ashley looks so pretty 😉
I love how you dress Ashley.. very boho chic!
thanks. i bought the top because it’s boho chic 😉
Ashley looks very bohemian, I like it! The IOI Boulevard, is it somewhere near IOI Mall? Gosh, I’m so out-dated. It’s been almost 8 years I didn’t step my foot in Puchong!
Thot u said the Covent in London … miss that market so much 😛
i love the colourful walkway , if can make the kids lay there and take photos must b very nice de …thanks for sharing …
The top that Ashley is wearing very nice. The way she carried her princess sling bag make her look so grown up.
ok, will wait till all shops are opened, then i go walk walk
Alot of boulevards like this coming up since NZX ! There is one in Kota Damansara as well now.
Quite fun to have such places actually….no traffic, open air place to walk/run….
oh i’ve passed by the one at kota damansara. i should make a trip there one day 😀
ooohhh…but but, surely cann;t beat the real covent garden eh. btw, in this pic, Ashley looks really grown-up and growing up to be a pretty young lady too :-). This one gonna break hearts…
yes yes, nothing like the real covent garden. during the time when i was in london, i went there every other day 😛 thanks for your compliments 😀 daddy is getting his samurai sword ready 😀
thot you were talking about London…lol…you sure know where to go to check out new places :p my boring family always stick to the same shopping mall and restaurants…hehe
i certainly wish we were in london now. i just love the charming shops and eateries there. heheehehe…it’s hubs who is adventurous.
ooo…looks nice…should try to go one of these days…
and where did you get her top! so nice!
i bought it from a shop in Langkawi last year 🙂
The place looks nice, worth going =P Ashley looks so sweet and pretty
I like the sound of this place… see when hubby is free, we’ll go and “8”.
I lagi like Ashley’s top very much!! Hmmm… *scheming*
Ashley looks so ‘fashionista’. I really like her top v much. Where did u get it ? Hmmm.. maybe I wait for BoeyJoey to make similair one..
Eh.. she looks like you in tis photo.
Nice leh~ this place!! Would like to drop by after majority of the shops start operating… Ashley looks so pretty in her flora dress, hold a sling bag some more!(Thumb up)
ooh dear…i’ll passby boulevard back n forth everyday in order to reach home YET i’ve not check this place out, how shameful lor 🙁 not even step into any of the eateries yet!!
am glad to get some snapshots of the place before i finally drag hubs there…
that was a nice top Ashley wore…mummy got good taste also 😀
So fast you’ve discovered the place and thanks for sharing, I was thought that it was another regular office building there..don’t know it is so nice inside.