I'm excited! Plan on going there tomorrow!

God forbid we have too many OPTIONS around town...

And I've NEVER heard of a mall sucking somebody in.

If you left your home country to get away from them, surely you can simply NOT enter AEON Mall if you don't want to. It's not like they strategically put it in between the immigration department and security checkpoint at the airport so you can't avoid walking through it.


The more options the better for everyone living in Cambodia. Another cinema, bowling alley, restaurants, etc.... Great news, I say!

starkmonster wrote:... it's like stepping into a parallel universe. It's huge, all the shops are big brands and loads of fast food. If you've been to the big Bangkok malls, that's exactly what this is.

I was busy trying to hate the place then I spotted cotton bed sheet sets with a wide range of none tacky colours for $44 and started to warm to the place.

There's loads of stuff in there that I've never seen for sale in Cambodia before. Especially electronics, ...

Great review, thanks!

Anchor Moy wrote: ...(You're both so keen that you almost sound like you're advertising for the mall... so much enthusiasm for a shopping mall is yet another wonder from the kingdom.) But each to his own...

I am advertising for them, LoL! I hope, and bet, they will succeed!

Even StarkMonster wanted to hate the place, but it had things he liked in there.

I guess I just don't see a problem with enjoying a classy, upscale mall.

There's all sorts of things you can buy there now that would have cost a trip overseas to get a day ago. That's huge!

Again, walking though a modern mall with aircon, international name brand stores, restaurants, coffee shops, etc, is a nice journey through a wormhole to a parallel universe! The biggest part of it to me is that is people don't like it, they are free to avoid it. I wish there was the option for EVERYTHING here. I'm not a fan of The Gap, but I'd be glad to hear it's here, giving everyone more options. There's a Japanese restaurant on my block. I haven't gone, but I'm glad it's there.

However, if these things TRULY mattered to me in the big scheme of life, I wouldn't be living in Cambodia in the first place.

And this is nothing special to Cambodia. Every time a big mall comes into any city there are people that don't like it for whatever reason. That's cool by me too. You should at least check it out before you say you don't like the place. They might offer something that changes your mind.

And if I go there and it sucks, CEO will be the first to know!

Should we have a CEO meet-up at the bowling alley sometime? Surly that would be fun!

ali baba wrote: After reading that mexican wave in the supermarket comment I'm even more excited.

Yeah, I'm at least going for a coffee and a Mexican wave.