K-pop star Sandara Park feasts on chilli crab, shops at VivoCity during S’pore trip
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South Korean singer Sandara Park of 2NE1 posted photographs on Instagram on Jan 29 with the caption: “I (heart emoji) SG.”
PHOTOS: DARAXXI/INSTAGRAM
Cherry Tan
SINGAPORE – South Korean singer Sandara Park of 2NE1 gave Blackjacks – the K-pop girl group’s fans – a surprise when she was spotted recently enjoying a seafood feast at VivoCity’s Yang Ming Seafood.
Park, also known by her stage name Dara, uploaded photos to Instagram on Jan 29 with the caption: “I (heart emoji) SG.”
The post showed her posing beside the restaurant’s live seafood tanks and taking candid shots in the establishment, including on its balcony.
Of course, the food was the star.
The 41-year-old singer-actress posted photos of the dishes she tucked into, including black pepper crab, chilli crab and Yang Ming Seafood’s signature Andrew Lobster – a poached Australian lobster served on a bed of chee cheong fun.
Park said in a subsequent Instagram post on Jan 30 that she had been in Singapore for a “short work trip”.
The post, which garnered more than 11,300 “likes” one hour after it was published, showed the singer and her team at the Singapore Zoo and Mandai Wildlife Reserve. They also dined at Temper Wine Room & Lounge in Mondrian Singapore Duxton and posed for photos at Merlion Park.
Park is no stranger to Singapore. Before this visit, she performed with 2NE1 members CL and Minzy at Waterbomb Singapore 2025
Then, she had also posted photos of herself travelling around the Republic after the group’s Waterbomb performance, calling herself “Tourist Dara”
This article first appeared in Stomp.
