Dinner at Tiong Bahru Hawker Centre

For dinner last night, I brought dhs to Tiong Bahru Hawker Centre. These were what we had.

Shui Kueh


Carrot Cake


Chicken Curry Noodle


Water Chestnut Drink & Coconut Drink


Soursop with Tadpole & Peanut Ice Kachang


(All photos courtesy of dhs.)

I wanted for him to try Hainanese Chicken Rice but alas, they were sold out.

It was funny listening to him recount how he spent Tue night. He had dinner at Jumbo Seafood, some drinks at Duxton and Clarke Quay and finally, was brought on a visual tour to "four floors of whores" somewhere near his hotel by some of his coworkers.

Interestingly, he was amused with some of the words we use here in Singapore vs. USA.

Alight vs. Get off
Queue up vs. Line up
Petrol vs. Gas
Bonnet vs. Hood
Boot vs. Trunk

And oh, MOS Burger and McCafe are not available in USA.

Dhs and I went Newton Circus for early dinner last night. We had Hokkien Mee, Mee Goreng, Oyster Omelette and BBQ Stingray. He enjoyed the last dish the best and promised to try replicate this dish for his wife. Stingray, I think, is not exactly Skate. Well, actually, I'm kindda feeling bad for eating the stingray because they do look adorable. Ok, no more stingray for me.



We then took the 7.05pm bus hub service from Sheraton Towers to get to Night Safari. We hopped on the 45-minute tram ride and walked 2 out of 3 walking trails - Forest Giants Trail and Leopard Trail. I saw many animals for the first time. We both concluded that we had a wonderful time at the world's first night wildlife park. If not for dhs' visit, I would have never set foot into this gorgeous attraction.

We got back to the hotel by cab which cost about $13. I had fun looking at dhs' pics on his brand new and sexy aluminium macbook. I also got to try american coke (which dhs brought specially for me) which doesn't taste at all like the coke we are used to here in SIN.


L - SIN coke, R - USA coke

Ingredients in SIN coke:
Carbonated water, sugar, caramel colour, phosphoric acid, flavourings and caffeine, contains permitted food additives of non-animal origin.

Ingredients in USA coke:
Carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, cramel color, phosphoric acid, natural flavors, caffeine.

The difference is that we use sugar while they use fructose corn syrup.

Dhs bought some chocolate gold coin he thought was SIN-design coins from Bugis to be used as Hanukkah gelt. Actually, they are not SIN coins at all. :P

He had ayam penyet ria for lunch today and thought it tasted very delicious. Our plan to visit Sentosa today was aborted because of the rain and also on my part, a last minute arrangement to visit a friend.

Meanwhile, I have to congratulate PW for completing The Singapore Marathon yesterday. :)

Dhs is coming to town.

Dhs should be arriving SIN in less than an hour. This long weekend will be busy. We have plans to visit the Night Safari and Sentosa. I think it will likely be a case of the blind leading the blind. I've never been to Night Safari and the last time I explored Sentosa was many moons ago. I suppose, getting lost can be an adventure too. Fortunately, Singapore ain't that huge. Ha.

Singapore hasn't much night activities I realised, except for pubbing/clubbing, suppers and late night movies. Even last entry to Night Safari is before midnight at 11pm.

Gotta run now to the airport. Ciao!