Sad News: Onaka is closed!

A while ago, Noah opened a restaurant in our apartment. It had a name: "Onaka" and a menu with appetizers, main courses, deserts and drinks with prices for each item - most of which Noah himself had written (with spelling help). Almost every day, he would tell us that Onaka was currently open (sometimes it was closed) and ask us if we wanted anything to eat. We ordered from the menu and he made the food in his kitchen. After a yummy meal (which almost always involved multicolored pieces of shredded paper along with actual wooden/plastic ingredients), we paid based on the totals Noah calculated from the menu and he gave us back our change if change was required. 

Last week, Noah announced that "Onaka is closed". I expressed my sadness at the disappearance of my favorite restaurant and he explained that "there are too many restaurants in Singapore. Onaka is moving to Thailand where there are fewer restaurants" (!). What???? Where did he get that notion from? I had to try hard not to crack up.

A couple of days ago after we had repeatedly expressed our concern over our favorite neighborhood restaurant being closed, he announced that he was going to remodel the old Onaka restaurant and make a "big and nicer" restaurant - the new restaurant will be called "Strawberry Banana" I believe though the name has not been finally determined yet and the menu is still not ready. Meanwhile, Onaka is almost ready to open in its new location in Thailand!