​Map The Room is an Asian food dinner social that playfully reveals who’s around the table. 🍽️🗺️

​What if a room of strangers already had a little context before they started talking? And what if meeting people could feel like a game?

​Summary

​Join us this winter for a night of hearty food, shared tea 🍵, dataviz 📊, games, and puzzles 🧩, all shaped by the collective answers from a pre-dinner questionnaire.

(What are data visualizations? Think colourful charts, maps that turn the room’s answers into things you can see. The visuals are interpretive and playful — they’re meant to spark curiosity and conversation, not measure anything precisely. )

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Come hungry and curious: discovering patterns, overlaps, and the range of interests in the room is where the fun begins. Across the lightly structured evening, we’ll eat, explore the visuals, and play a couple rounds of creative activities. You’ll leave with a clearer sense of who was in the room and a few threads to follow. 🧵

​Note: This is a queer-affirming, inclusive space.

​Is this event for you?

• ​You believe sharing and talking food is a love language. 🥟❤️

• ​You tend to meet one small pocket at socials and you want a better sense of who else is in the room.

• ​You don’t love starting conversations with the same “so what do you do?” script all night.

• ​You’re intrigued about seeing patterns, overlaps in a visual way.

• ​You’re game for creative prompts and light games that ask for some lateral thinking (inspired by Family Feud, Only Connect, Chain Reaction and Catchphrase) and you're curious to see what emerges.

​Cost:

​🎨 Ticket: $45
This covers experience design and bespoke material costs.

and

​🍜 Food share: approx $30/person (tax and tip included)
Paid at the restaurant; we’ll order family-style and split evenly.

​How it works

​You’ll receive a short, playful questionnaire around the last week of January. ✍️ Your answers to the 11 questions will inform my design of the visual displays, your seating arrangement, puzzle design.

​This isn't a "What's your occupation, age" survey nor is it a "Tell me your biggest dreams or fears". The questions revolve around your curiosities and perspectives around scenarios.

​To make sure everything is thoughtfully prepared, there’s a cutoff for full customization. This event has a participant cap at 26 people. 10 people max will be at each table.

​Key dates

• ​Jan 23 2026 - Questionnaire (11 questions) sent to registered guests.

• ​Around 1.5 week to complete the questions

• ​Feb 2 2026 - Registration deadline for full participation.

• ​Feb 5 2026 - We feast, play, and map the room

​Late sign-ups

​You’re still welcome to purchase a ticket after Feb 2 if spots remain. Late registrants can fully participate in the dinner and activities, but may not be included in the prepared visual artefacts.

Refunds

I understand plans change! I offer refunds with at least 4 days notice before the event (Feb 1 11:59pm). After that point, tickets are non-refundable as materials are prepared and printed in advance.

​What the night looks like

​Note: Food and tea are shared throughout the night. The visual artefacts are also up the whole time to explore at your own pace.

​6:30-7:00: 👋 Arrival, Meet Your Seat Partners
Settle in, get cozy, meet your seat partners (the person to the right and left of you). Explore a display of visual artefacts that represent the room's answers to the questions.

​7:00: ✨ Feast begins!
We eat together, pass dishes, pour tea. To make ordering easier, I will start with ordering some of my own recommendations and welcome the group to top-up however they like.

​7:45-8:30: 🧠 Meet Your Table and Room: Mini Puzzles
Creative games that invites curiosity and discovery for new patterns and overlaps amongst your whole table.

8:30-9:00: Closing tea
We regroup and toast the room.

​About me

​Hi!! I’m Clarence (he/him), INFP. I'm a designer, data visualization artist and lover of game shows, classic and new. I work across creative mediums to spark wonder and understanding.

My passion is creating events that invite people to experience the familiar in unfamiliar ways : slower, more intentional and still playful.