Saturday 29 March 2014

'Mmmm Custard...' - 29.03.14





 Took a trip to the Custard Factory in Digbeth to check out the newly installed DVDBANG, part of this month's Flat Pack Film Festival, on its penultimate day in Birmingham, then back to Brum for some shopping and frozen yoghurt!

This just might be one of my favourite parts of the city, the area has become an arts-district, as part of the 'creative quarter'. Its amalgam of street art, independent / vintage shops and pop-up events draw me in every time. It's such an inspiring place, I'm sure to be an ever more regular visitor in the years to come.

Here are some of my favourite pieces currently scattered around the 'Factory - 


Art by Sepr
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I visited DVDBANG - a pop-up, private film theater where you get to chose from a variety of Asian movies - with my sister. Though these rooms, available for booking alone or in groups, are commonplace in Korea, this opportunity to experience a DVDbang in England doesn't come around too often. You pick a film, choose your drink/snacks and spend a few hours chilling out in an intimate cinema all to yourself! Add in comfortable sofas, slippers, a variety of warm blankets and these places are like a film-goer's heaven! 

   As we've both loved the film Antique Bakery for a couple of years, it was awesome to see it as one of DVD's available and projected onto an 8ft screen in full HD. The private viewing experience was amazing, and I fell in love with the double-sofa in the blacked-out room!

Everyone behind the DVDBANG experience was really welcoming, and we were given free beer / Korean snacks to enjoy during the film as part of the experience. Our first taste of kimchi certainly did not disappoint! We just wish this could be a permanent fixture!
 
The simple, no-frills mix of beer and ramyun - always a winner! Now, if only the food at our usual cinemas was this good...


Plus we finally managed to pick up some frozen yoghurt and bubble tea at the newly opened TWIST. A colourful, comfortable atmosphere with a good selection of flavours and some fitting artwork on the wall, ready for Mothers Day!

What we ordered - 

 First time trying Matcha Green Tea, chose to have it cold with tapioca bubbles... it was so good! Really smooth and fresh tasting, will definitely be returning soon! 



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