Mike and I headed to Sci-Fi Café at Robinson's Galleria to celebrate our 18th month together. :)
For some of you who’ve been to toycon, this place might seem like the same thing. Some of you will also think that a guy just didn’t know what to do with his toys, so he decided to open up a cafe and use them as some cheap attraction - but that’s not it at all. Sci-Fi Café offers more than just the opportunity to eat with someone’s toy collection.
While waiting for the food to be served, we also had the chance to appreciate the movie merchandise and prop replicas. They even let you handle some of them! After watching Back to the Future, who hasn’t thought about playing with Marty McFly’s hover board and trying on his future cap? Or swinging Storm Shadow’s double katana? Or holding Captain America’s shield? Granted, it’s not made with vibranium alloy, but it still feels like the real thing!
Aside from
having limited edition movie paraphernalia surround you while you eat, we were
pleasantly surprised to find out that they actually offer good food. The
chicken breast is creamy and delectable, and the aligue pasta is succulently
edgy. Similar to any good restaurant, it’s good food first, gimmick second.
Bettina: The only problem with our food would probably be the overcooked-slash-really-old side veggies that you see above. It wasn't the least bit appetizing. Oh, and at some point, we overheard the manager reprimanding his staff for something, but we really didn't let that bother us. Mike was busy appreciating the toys all around, and I was enjoying learning about them.
Sci-Fi Café even goes a step further by letting us diners try on costumes from almost any fan favourite sci fi movie. They’ve got Harry Potter’s robes (with matching wand and broom), Andrew Garfield’s Spiderman spandex, Darth Vader’s infamous helmet, Batman’s cape and cowl (of course!) and even something as unusual as X-Men’s Beast costume. Diners can wear them and take photos with them, which I thought seemed pretty childish at first, but once we got started, it felt like being a kid again. It even came to the point that I was hogging the costumes from 12-year old kids! I mean, who wouldn’t want to pretend to be Spiderman for a few minutes??
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Note: I requested Mike to write this article because he knows a lot more about this stuff than I do.
Proud girlfriend of a geeky man right here!! Definitely one for the books :)
Until our next adventure!