VicX’s Cross Paths brings a one-night mahjong supper club to North Sydney on 25 November, pairing Japanese comfort food, vinyl music and shared tables.
There is a particular pleasure in discovering a place through an unexpected invitation. It might be a shared meal, a conversation with someone you have never met or the simple curiosity of learning something unfamiliar. At Victoria Cross in North Sydney, a new evening experience will bring these elements together around an activity that has connected generations across cultures: mahjong.
On Wednesday 25 November 2026, VicX’s Cross Paths campaign will present a one-night mahjong supper club at The Landing, bringing together No Flowers Mahjong Club, DOPA Donburi and social enterprise Two Good Co. The event will combine a Japanese-inspired dinner, guided mahjong sessions, a vinyl soundtrack from DJ BC and a silent screening of Wong Kar-wai's celebrated film In the Mood for Love.
The idea is straightforward but thoughtfully assembled. Twelve mahjong tables will fill Level 2 of The Landing, creating a shared space where experienced players and complete beginners can sit together, learn the game and enjoy an evening that moves between food, music and conversation.
For those who have never handled mahjong tiles, the evening will provide an accessible introduction. For regular players, it will offer a chance to enjoy a familiar game in a different setting.
But VicX’s Cross Paths is about more than mahjong. At its heart is an invitation to bring together businesses, creative communities and people who might otherwise pass one another without stopping. In a busy urban precinct, that opportunity to connect feels particularly relevant.
VicX’s Cross Paths Brings Unexpected Connections to Victoria Cross
Victoria Cross has become an important part of North Sydney's changing urban landscape. With new transport connections, commercial spaces, restaurants and public areas, the precinct reflects the way the lower North Shore continues to evolve.
Yet a successful urban centre needs more than buildings and convenient transport. It also needs places where people can spend time, encounter something unexpected and feel part of a wider community.
VicX’s Cross Paths campaign is built around that idea. By bringing different retailers, brands and creative operators together, the programme creates experiences that extend beyond the usual transaction between a business and its customers.
The mahjong supper club is a particularly interesting example. Rather than organising a conventional dinner or a standalone gaming event, it combines several distinct elements into one evening.
No Flowers Mahjong Club will provide the game and its social setting. DOPA Donburi will bring the food, while Two Good Co will host the event at The Landing. DJ BC will provide the music, creating an atmosphere shaped by carefully selected records rather than a conventional event playlist.
Each participant brings a different perspective, but the experience is designed to feel cohesive.
The result will be a gathering where people can learn a traditional game, enjoy a meal and discover businesses and organisations that contribute to the character of the Victoria Cross precinct.
A Mahjong Supper Club Built Around Shared Tables
Wednesday 25 November 2026 | Two sittings
Mahjong is a game with a long history and a strong social dimension. Played with a set of distinctive tiles, it involves strategy, memory, observation and a degree of luck. But its appeal has never been limited to the mechanics of winning.
Across many communities, mahjong is as much a reason to gather as it is an activity in itself. Games can unfold over long afternoons, accompanied by conversation, food and the familiar sound of tiles being shuffled and placed on the table.
The Cross Paths supper club will draw on this social quality.
Twelve mahjong tables will be arranged across Level 2 of The Landing, with No Flowers Mahjong Club guiding participants through the experience. First-time players will be able to learn the basics, while those already familiar with the game can settle into a more experienced rhythm.
The event will run across two sittings, allowing guests to choose the timing that suits them.
The first sitting will begin at 5.30pm with dinner, followed by mahjong until 7pm. The second sitting will begin at 7pm with dinner, before the game starts at 7.30pm and continues until 9pm.
This structure gives each group time to enjoy the food before turning their attention to the tiles. It also allows the evening to retain a relaxed pace, rather than feeling like a formal competition.
For newcomers, having experienced players on hand should make the introduction less daunting. Mahjong can appear complicated when viewed from the outside, but sitting down with someone who understands the game is often the easiest way to begin.
The emphasis will be on participation and connection rather than winning. Guests will share tables with others, learn through play and experience the small rituals that make the game so enduring.
No Flowers Mahjong Club Makes the Game Accessible
The involvement of No Flowers Mahjong Club will be central to the evening.
Mahjong can be intimidating to someone encountering it for the first time. The tiles carry different symbols and meanings, and the rules vary across playing traditions. There is also an element of table etiquette that becomes easier to understand through observation.
Having the club involved will help bridge that gap.
Its role will be to guide both beginners and experienced players, ensuring that guests can participate regardless of their previous experience. For first-timers, this will mean learning how to recognise the tiles, understand the basic structure of a hand and follow the flow of a game.
For more experienced players, the evening will offer a chance to enjoy mahjong in a social setting that places less emphasis on competition and more on the experience of playing together.
The format also reflects something important about traditional games in contemporary cities. As more social activities move onto screens, there is renewed value in experiences that require people to occupy the same physical space.
Mahjong demands attention. Players handle the tiles, observe the moves of others and respond to what is happening around the table. The game creates a natural reason to talk, laugh and interact.
That tactile quality will become one of the evening's recurring themes, extending beyond the game itself into the music and atmosphere.
DOPA Donburi Brings Japanese Comfort Food to the Table
Food will be an integral part of the Cross Paths experience, with DOPA Donburi providing the main meal.
The supper club ticket includes a donburi bowl, a drink on arrival and dessert from Two Good Co. Guests will select their preferred main dish when booking, choosing from four options.
The menu will include wagyu beef don, chicken don, grilled king salmon soba salad and an eggplant soba salad that can be prepared vegan.
The variety allows guests to choose according to their tastes and dietary preferences, while keeping the meal relatively straightforward for an event built around a shared activity.
Donburi, a traditional Japanese rice bowl dish, is well suited to this kind of informal supper. It is a practical, satisfying meal that can be enjoyed without interrupting the evening's flow.
For those wanting to order something extra to share, DOPA will also offer karaage and agedashi tofu for purchase on the night.
There is a natural connection between food and mahjong. In many cultures where the game is popular, meals and refreshments are part of the social ritual. People gather around a table not simply to play but to spend time together.
The supper club will take that familiar combination and give it a contemporary North Sydney setting.
Two Good Co will also operate the bar throughout the evening, with additional drinks available for purchase.
The Landing: A Community Space With a Social Purpose
The choice of venue adds another dimension to the event.
The Landing, located on Level 2 of the Victoria Cross precinct, is a purpose-led community hub and event space operated by Two Good Co.
The organisation is a social enterprise with a broader mission than hospitality or event hosting. It works to support, empower and employ women who have experienced homelessness, domestic violence and complex trauma.
Its involvement means that the Cross Paths supper club will have a purpose beyond providing an enjoyable night out.
All proceeds from the mahjong event will be reinvested into Two Good Co, supporting its ongoing work and the opportunities it creates for women rebuilding their lives.
This gives the evening a practical connection to the organisation's values. Guests will share a meal and take part in a social activity while contributing to a business model that places dignity, employment and community support at its centre.
The Landing provides an appropriate environment for that approach. Rather than operating solely as a commercial venue, it creates room for events and experiences that bring people together around a shared interest or purpose.
For Cross Paths, it becomes more than a place to host twelve mahjong tables. It is part of the story of why the event is taking place.
DJ BC's Vinyl Soundtrack Brings a Different Atmosphere
Music will shape the mood of the supper club, with DJ BC providing a soundtrack drawn from an extensive personal vinyl collection.
The selection will include music influenced by Red Point Records Warehouse in Singapore, a distinctive record destination known among collectors for its enormous collection of recordings spanning several decades and musical traditions.
Located on the sixth floor of a Singapore factory building, Red Point Records Warehouse is run by carpenter-turned-record collector Ong Chai Koon. Its collection includes Chinese music from the 1950s, Cantonese pop from the 1980s, rare Singaporean pop recordings, jazz, funk and soul.
For collectors, places like this are about more than finding records. They are repositories of musical history, where overlooked recordings and unexpected discoveries can reveal connections between cultures and generations.
DJ BC will bring some of that spirit to the Cross Paths evening, with a set expected to include artists such as Bonobo, Nujabes, Aiir, Hiroshi and Yoshimura, alongside jazz selections and sounds associated with Japanese jazz listening cafes.
The use of vinyl is particularly fitting for an event centred on tactile experiences.
As DJ BC explains, the physical nature of mahjong and record playing creates a connection that digital alternatives cannot quite reproduce.
"Keep it tactile," he says. "Mahjong is all about touch. The clack and feel of the tiles are a way of connecting that can't happen digitally. Vinyl does the same for music, because people can actually watch the sound being handled."
It is a simple observation, but one that captures the thinking behind the event.
In an environment where so much entertainment is delivered through phones and screens, the evening will bring attention back to physical objects and shared experiences.
The turn of a record, the movement of mahjong tiles and the presence of other people around a table will all contribute to the atmosphere.
Wong Kar-wai's In the Mood for Love Sets the Scene
A silent looping screening of In the Mood for Love will provide another visual layer to the evening.
Directed by Wong Kar-wai, the 2000 film is widely recognised for its distinctive visual style, restrained storytelling and evocative use of music and colour.
Set in 1960s Hong Kong, it follows two neighbours who gradually develop a close connection after discovering that their respective spouses are having an affair.
The film is known for its intimate atmosphere, carefully composed interiors and sense of emotional restraint. Its recurring images of narrow corridors, shared spaces and passing encounters make it a particularly interesting choice for a gathering built around connection.
Presented silently and on a loop, the screening will function as a visual backdrop rather than the main focus of the evening.
Guests will be free to concentrate on their meals, the music and the game while the film provides a subtle cinematic presence.
The choice also gives the supper club a cultural dimension that extends beyond food and entertainment. It draws on a film whose themes of chance encounters and unspoken connections sit comfortably alongside the idea of strangers coming together around a table.
Event Details
Wednesday 25 November 2026
The Landing at Victoria Cross
Level 2, Victoria Cross, North Sydney NSW
$18 per person
Choose Your Sitting
First Sitting
- 5.30pm: Dinner
- Until 7pm: Mahjong
Second Sitting
- 7pm: Dinner
- 7.30pm to 9pm: Mahjong
Ticket Includes
- Drink on arrival
- DOPA Donburi main meal
- Dessert from Two Good Co
- Guided mahjong experience
Main Meal Choices
- Wagyu beef don
- Chicken don
- Grilled king salmon soba salad
- Eggplant soba salad, with vegan preparation available
Additional karaage, agedashi tofu and drinks will be available to purchase.
Tickets $18
Book Tickets Through Humanitix
Guests will select their preferred dish and provide dietary requirements during the booking process. As places are arranged around 12 mahjong tables, advance booking is recommended.
Victoria Cross is well connected by public transport, with the Victoria Cross Metro Station providing convenient access to the precinct. Visitors should allow time to find The Landing within the development.
A Different Way to Meet in North Sydney
There is a quiet significance to the idea behind VicX's Cross Paths.
Modern city life creates countless opportunities for people to occupy the same streets and buildings, but relatively few reasons to interact beyond the practicalities of work, shopping and commuting.
An event like the mahjong supper club offers a different possibility. It gives strangers a shared activity, a meal and a reason to stay at the same table for a little longer.
The combination of traditional gaming, Japanese food, vinyl music and cinema might seem an unlikely one at first. Yet each element shares an appreciation for physical experience, atmosphere and the pleasure of discovering something through participation.
The involvement of Two Good Co also gives the gathering a wider purpose, connecting an evening of entertainment with an organisation working to create meaningful opportunities for women facing significant challenges.
For North Sydney residents, workers and visitors, the event will offer an opportunity to experience Victoria Cross in a different way. Not simply as a transport interchange or commercial precinct, but as a place where community and creativity can meet.
When the tiles begin to move around the tables on Wednesday evening, the most memorable part of the night may not be learning a winning hand. It may be the conversation with someone new, the sound of a record turning or the unexpected pleasure of discovering a game that has brought people together for generations.
Sometimes, the best way to find a connection in a busy city is simply to take a seat and join the table.