APAD 081: Top Banana
A friend of mine and I had the most delicious fish and chips meal at a rooftop restaurant last Tuesday. The place is located in Phnom Penh’s Golden Street, aka Street 278, a lively strip with lots of restaurants, boutiques and guesthouses. As I was descending the staircase, this sign caught my attention:
Top Banana.
You’ll never walk alone.
Bottom: We make cool shit happen.
I like the black over yellow background. It catches one’s attention easily.
It shows the silhouette of the iconic landmarks in Phnom Penh’s riverside area – the Royal Palace, National Museum, to name a few.
Top Banana Guesthouse is a popular place for backpackers looking for fun but cheap accommodation in the Penh.
APAD 076: Moto wash
The numbers of motorcycle in Phnom Penh alone is pegged at about half a million {source: me, bwahahhaha}. Can you imagine the scene during the rush hour?
And with such number, the demand for moto wash is huge therefore a lot of locals are cashing in on the demand. You can see signs like this – some hand-painted like you see in the pic, and others, digitally-printed – everywhere. A car wash business is a very simple and easy business that can be set up at home with very little effort and with equipment as basic as high-pressure water hose, soap, and plenty of rags/cloths.
APAD 072: Barracks
The logos on the sign are not familiar to me but they must be related to the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces.
APAD 068: Ferrari?
Yours?
It’s red-hot alright but looks a lot like my younger brother’s matchbox.
It’s a strange little thing, obviously another rip off.
This car is definitely an attention-getter! Now I want to hear its mighty roar, hahahaha.
APAD 063: Fun with words
We were driving right behind this vehicle when the sign caught my attention. I didn’t know what to say so I pointed it out to my husband. He didn’t know what he was looking at in the beginning but when he realised it, he was amused.
The humour comes in the use of letters. Replace the “e” with “a” and you have “Kawasaki” which is an international company in Japan specialising in motorcycle stuff.
Makes me wonder though if the sign was actually intended to be funny, or, this Keweseki company actually exists and piggy-backing on the popular brand name by replacing some letters to avoid being slapped with a lawsuit?
I hope it is just the former. I can’t wait to find some “SUNY” appliances, “TAYATO”, “Metzubeshe”, “Yemehe” or “Sazaki” vehicles running around town and photographed them! Lol.
APAD 059: Fake?
I really wonder if this is the real-deal. ZARA is a Spanish clothing and accessories brand known by most fashion-conscious people.
According to the store’s official website, there are no Zara stores yet in Cambodia so I was really surprised to see this sign. Well, I don’t exactly need to go to ZARA’s store and investigate. The official store signs of ZARA bear only the name “ZARA“, and not “ZARA’s” as displayed in the above picture.
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