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.

Hi again, Singapore - More Local Flavors

This Hokkien mee from an award-winning stall of the food court at VivoCity was unexpectedly yum. Don't forget to squeeze lime juice and add chili sauce to enhance the taste. I would have it again.

















My friend thinks we can only experience the real local flavors from where the local people usually go. Another reason is the pricing of local eateries is more friendly. Therefore, we spend out last lunch of the trip at Bugis Village Hawker Centre.

Fatty oysters were the keys to make a delicious fried oyster dish. 

















Char kway teow is another famous Fujian style dish.

















Forgot the name of this dish. Yet, the crispy shells were impressive.

















Thick durian ice-cream brick on crispy biscuits. A nice dessert to cool down in a hot day.

Both breads are from a local bakery chain store. The left one not only carried a cute face but also yummy taste. The right one is called Ikan Bilis. This cross-cultural little thing contains spicy tiny fishes.

Hi again, Singapore - A Touch of Local Flavour @ 21 Seafood

Talking about Singapore cuisine, pepper crab and chili crab are truly ones of those die, die, must try dishes. Instead of going to renewed seafood restaurants, my friend suggested to enjoy the local favorites at a rather small restaurant in a residential area - 21 Seafood.

The presentation doesn't not appealing? Well, it depends if you eat food or the look. This black pepper crab is meaty and rich in black pepper flavor. Slightly spicy. Super yum!

















My friend recommended egg yolk crab which is also popular among the local people. The taste was fantastic. The chef added herbs and chili which further enhance the aroma of the dish. Excellent.

















See the crab claw. It's in giant size compared to the crab body. Price in local eatery is usually more friendly. These 2 big crab were sold at SGD50-55 in total. A crab in a restaurant located in tourist area can be sold at SGD50-60. It may costs more if you choose imported crab rather than commonly used local mud crab or pick a live crab from the restaurant's fish tank. Check before you go. Otherwise, you may be shocked by the bill.

















Deep fried buns were good to soap up the thick sauce of egg yolk crab. The fried asparagus were good to clear the strong smell in mouth.


The battlefield of 2 humans and 2 crabs.

21 Seafood

212 Hougang Street 21

#01-347

Tel: 63430771

Hi again, Singapore - Garderns by the Bay

It's good to have something new to visit though I have been to Singapore several times. This time, I planned to visit Gardens by the Bay and Art Science Museum in Marina Bay.

Marina Sands Bay Singapore, a luxury hotel and entertainment hub welcome us when we got out from the MRT station. You can pay to have a bird view from the sky garden at the rooftop. But I prefer to save the money for other things. By the way, Gardens by the Bay is a good shooting point for the hotel. The sun set view is the most attractive in my eyes. We missed a lighting show at 8pm but it's said it's fine to skip it.

 

Featuring the Avatar-like silver leaf sculptures, Gardens by the Bay has attracted tons of tourists as the government planned. As budget travelers, we didn't pay to visit the 2 green houses or to broad on the observation bridge.
 
















I planned to visit the Art Science Museum after several shots. However, my friend liked the night view of the new attraction. We finally spent more than an hour there and watched the show, “Listen to the Forest”. It's a lighting show backing with music. The color of lighting keep changing to reflect the emotion of the forest. It's quite interesting at first but becomes a bit boring after a few minutes. 

















The bridge links to the Gardens by the Bay is a very good photo shooting point. The lake in the gardens brought a twin brother to the Singapore Flyer.

















A bit late to go to the Lego exhibition in Art Science Museum after watching the lighting show. A tiny pity to me. Let's see if I can catch it up somewhere later.