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Palpitation
Highest Grill in the City Chill Skybar’s restaurant has long been too good to receive second-billing in its ‘barrestaurant’ description. With a reconception under the name 27 Grill, and a redesign that allows the restaurant to operate as a separate entity, justice will finally be served. The kitchen has been moved to the 27th floor as well, focusing on fresh products and a simplified menu, cooking meat and seafood and Iberian pork on a charcoal grill. Adding to the concept is a rooftop al fresco dining area that can seat 20 to 30 people.
But the skylanders haven’t forgotten about their bread and butter, the Skybar. In fact, in order to make the transition smoother, they’ve reduced their prices, “which should allow for our guests to also enjoy the Skybar before or after dining,” 27 Grill’s Shawn Scott says. “Ideally we would like to link up both the restaurant and Skybar into one concept.” 27 Grill is located on the 27th floor of the AB Tower, 76 Le Lai, Q1, right above Chill. For more info, check facebook.com/27Grill
“The name of my place is called Palpitation,” Lix Bae says of her soon to open café. “A lot of people hate it. I had someone tell me that, ‘You don’t want to associate your food with heart disease, you know.’” But Lix had personal reasons for the choice. “I think of it as a more exciting feeling that you get when you taste something sooooo good, and when you are first introduced to something or someone that you instantly fall in love with. For me it was ca phe sua da. I used to drink it every day during the first year I moved here, then after awhile I got heart palpitations… so I stopped drinking it for awhile, but then I missed it. So recently I started to drink it again, but not everyday of course.” Lix is Korean by way of New York and China, and she intends on carrying the classics of Korean cuisine, like kim chi — “something that I can never live without” — from passed-down recipes. “Basically it’s a coffee shop with some food,” Lix says, and some dresses, shirts and bags. She’s also intent on making it a community space, with local musicians dropping by and artists hanging their works. “I mean why not? I’ve got the space.” Palpitation is opening in August, at 29 Dien Bien Phu, Q1. For more info, go to facebook.com/palpitation.cafe
Fish Leather? Shared Office Space To meet the creative and innovative needs of freelancers, start-up companies and entrepreneurs, the new Saigon Coworking centre in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City promises the best possible workspaces for the city’s professionals. Located in a calm area near Thi Nghe River, the centre provides reserved seats in fully operating offices with optical fibre, parking, meeting
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and conference rooms, a casual rooftop and 24/7 security and access. With six hours of secretarial and translation service available daily, Saigon Coworking may just be the best thing to happen to professionals in Ho Chi Minh City in a long time. For more information, visit the Saigon Coworking website at saigoncoworking.com
Anupa Horvil is at the centre of the forward-thinking Anupa craft line of fashion products, working in cow and chicken leather, and now… fish leather? One of the sea’s most common fish, tilapia, provides the raw material for this sustainable collection, and Anupa emphasises its scales and fishy shape over a range of clutches and belts. Taking advantage of our forever-summer fashion season, all of the colours for this collection are bright and elegant. Anupa Boutique is at 9 Dong Du, Q1, or on the web at anupa.net