If you ever come to Singapore, there are two things here that they will tell you to do before you leave: eat and shop! Well, I have been lucky to have several tour guides of this great country, and I’ve been shown all the great places for both things so far. I know I’m a couple days behind on updates, but my Internet here is so slow and I don’t have 3 hours to sit and update the site for one post. So anyway, this set is from November 4th. Siti and I went out for breakfast at Azmi Restaurant next to my hotel. I had milk tea, mutton, chicken ,and some Indian bread with cucumbers. Excellent!
I grabbed a Jasmine Tea (also excellent), and Siti and I went out to check out some stores. I took these neat pics of Batman and Superman at the DC Store right outside. We ended up walking around for about a couple more hours, saw some more buildings/stores/sights, and I met up with Vanessa afterwards. We got some more Indian food (I am in Little India, why not, right?), another tea (Lime this time, 5/5 stars), and hit Serangoon Road to see the sights.
We came across a bird shop, so I had to stop in. There was all manner of birds there from lovebirds and cockatiels, to budgies and a bright red Amazon. They even had a few African Greys. They also had a huge cockatoo, so I walked up and started talking to it, and it was so friendly, I could pet its neck and back. Pretty cool, but the owner wanted $3,000 SGD for it (like $2,000 US), so I had to say thanks and leave!
Vanessa decided I should try a durian, which is a local fruit that has spikes all over it. According to some it stinks, but I didn’t think it smelled bad. The taste is like a custard on a seed and really strong. It’s not offensive, but it doesn’t taste very good either! I would have to say that I’m not a fan, as you can probably see by the expression on my face.
We walked around some more, to Clarke Quay, the River, some malls, and Chinatown. I took a pic of the “wife biscuits” because I thought it was a funny name, but I didn’t want to try any because I wasn’t sure if it was made with fresh wife or not. We got some Dim Sum instead, and went back to Clarke Quay for a few drinks. I had a Singapore Sling (pretty tasty), and then about midnight it decided to RAIN. I’ve never heard such a torrential downpour, punctuated by bolts of lightning and claps of thunder. Kinda scary, so it’s a good think the Quay has a covered roof to keep us dry!
We hung out the bar next door for a bit, then took a taxi to a Chinese restaurant for some biriyani. This may well be one of my favorite foods now. Everything is so good, it’s no wonder that this is considered a food lover’s paradise. I haven’t even left yet, and I can’t wait to come back.
I’ll let the pictures do the rest of the talking for me.
That’s all for now, but I have plenty more pics coming, as well as some videos if I can find a decent connection to upload them on. Stay tuned and leave a comment below for me!