Once A Year in Singapore - Some Local Flavors

What kind of food taste the best in Singapore? Definitely those dishes appear on the local's menu often. Here are some recommendations.

Kenyan toast is my all time favorite in Singapore. The locals prefer to add soy sauce and peppers for a boiled egg.

This eatery specializes in stuffed bean curd which is identical with a long queue. My conclusion is the queuing time worths.

Chicken rice is also a must-try dish in Singapore. Lucky I found this recommended eatery and got my take away version of chicken rice before I left Singapore. 

Once A Year in Singapore - Snapshots

A lazy giant near Victoria Hotel. Why he's in sky blue? Any implication?

How sensual can it be?

Old style building around Chinatown.

A Buddhism temple.Not sure why the exterior is more or less in Japanese style.

Chijmes was once a Catholic convent, of which day time can better reflect its purity in the past. Back to years ago, who could imagine this convent now houses a number of restaurants and pubs which are many party animals' favorite at night.

Hi again, Singapore - Sweet Ah Chew

The queue up here signage is indicative of the popularity of this dessert shop.

















The interior setting is full of ancient artistic Chinese decorations.

















The freshness of mango sago pomelo was impressive. The taste was strong and clear.

















Red bean ice with durian a successful fusion dessert of Hong Kong and Singapore.






















Ah Chew Desserts
1 Liang Seah Street
#01-10/11 Liang Seah Place

Hi again, Singapore - Snapshots

"Time for Taiwan" promotion campaign showcased famous food and scenery to attract Singaporeans at a MRT station.



This giant fan was as powerful as air conditioner.



Everybody likes pandas. This advertising set is for promoting the newly open River Safari where the 2 pandas live (next to Singapore Zoo).



Old buildings in Bugis. There is full of eateries.

Hi again, Singapore - Revisit Universal Studio Singapore

I only spent around 2 hours on my first visit to Universal Studio Singapore on when it was under soft opening in Jun 2010. At the time, many facilities were not yet ready. This time, both my friend me immersed ourselves in the theme park from 10am to 6pm, as long as a work day. My friend who is a truly thrilling ride lover, tried almost every ride and show. So did I except all roller-coasters.


2 things I love most of the park. The first is the WaterWorld show based on the movie under the same name. Featuring real explosions of fire and water, this live show is very sensational.
















 

















Transformers the Ride comes as the second. The strong motions and special effect made me feel like falling in the universe. I tried it twice even I am not a ride lover.

















Here is my friend's No. 1 ride in the park - Battlestar Galactica: Human vs Cylon, 2 scary roller-coasters. My friend kept saying they were so good and played 6 times at least.

















I felt regret to try this Canopy Flyer. This ride swings too much in the air, so I just closed my eyes to release my tension. And thus I couldn't enjoy the bird's eye view of the park.

















The excitement brought by this fierce dino was much more easier to handle. 



















A slow ride like Sesame Street Spaghetti Space Chase is good to me. And I was happy to meet up with the old buddies.


The boat ride in Madagascar is another safe ride to catch up with old buddies. The penguins often look like they have something indecent in mind.
 


Many characters sent greetings to tourists this time.



Complimentary beautiful sun set scene featuring cable cars when we left.

Hi again, Singapore - 3 Meals A Night

Loy Kee Chicken Rice is a highly recommended Hainanese chicken rice stall. My friend and me ordered a friendly plate for 2. We picked Hainanese and roasted chicken. Besides, the set came with vegetables, soup and rice.

















The chicken was very tender and full of flavor. My friend said the lemon juice at the back was very refreshing. The deep fried tofu was good too but I prefer the chicken.


One thing I like Loy Kee is it's powerful air-con so that I could focus on my tasty meal and forget the heat outside.

We felt very satisfied after finished the supposed only dinner of the day. However, I found this famous Fa Qi Ren Bak Kut Teh (347 Balestier Road). Still had room for food? Not much. Wanna try? Sure. So, we lined up for the ad hoc second dinner.

Love the pork rib with little bit fat and Chinese donuts soap up the strong white pepper soup. The braised pig's trotter was good too. We cleared all the dishes though our stomachs were quite full of chicken. Well, now you can imagine how tasty this meal was.
  
















After a short rest in hotel, my friend suggested to have durian in Geylang. It's funny that my friend couldn't distinguish the difference between D24 and a pack at SGD2. Sweet vs tasteless; tender vs dry were the two major differences. Yet, the best time for durian is late June to early July.

















The 3 meals in short time made my friend felt wanted explode. For me, it's hard to sleep that night because my stomach was working hard to digest such a big feast.

Hi again, Singapore - Singapore Zoo

It's my first time to enter Singapore Zoo even I had been to Singapore for 5 times in less than 10 years. Hardly believe this frequent traveler hadn't visit the renowned tropical rainforest zoo before.

Lucky the zoo was not too crowd even we went there on Sunday. It's probably because most students were busy preparing for the exam in the coming week at home.

Singapore Zoo is renowned for its open setting. Tourists can observe animals closely. Fragile Forest is the most appealing zone to me because of the diverse and lively species.

What attracted these ring-tailed lemurs to queue up?

















Yeah. It's feeding time. The lemurs waited patiently while the two little red parrots rushed to having meal on the feeder. I didn't realize such little things could have big appetite.

















A feast in the rainforest. Invited guests include two-toed sloth, Malaysian flying foxes and red parrots. See how they enjoyed the tropical fruits.

















Butterfly was relatively introvert so it preferred to have a corn on a side.

This lesser mousedeer was very shy and tried to escape from the humans surrounding him.

The zoo keeps an array of monkeys. Here are some representatives: proboics monkeys,
black and white colobus monkey and orang utans.
































 

















Fierce big cat - white tiger.

















A true speed hunter - cheetah.

















Tree kangaroo - an aussie buddy.

















My all time favorite - penguins.


A nice scene in the zoo.