Singapore Part ✌️
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Hey guys! I'm back again with part 2 of my Singapore trip! I will do the same thing again by highlighting the places, the food, and the sites that stood out the most. So let's jump right into it!
Day 3
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| View from Suntec City |
We started the day off once again at Chinatown for our first meal of the day! We were there to try other different Singaporean dishes we haven't eaten the previous day. On our way, I found really cute decorations along the streets near Chinatown, so of course I had to take a picture of them!
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| Chinatown |
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| Year of the Rooster Chinese New Year Decoration |
We ate at the same hawker center as yesterday, and this time we got oyster omelette, char kway teow, hokkien mie, popiah, and fishball soup. The char kway teow fell below expectations because it was more on the saucy side rather than on the fried side as noted by the char in char kway teow. Next, I finally got to try for the first time hokkien mie. The hokkien mie was the best! It was flavorful in every bite, and it will be something I look forward to eating again.
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| Top left clockwise: oyster omelette, char kway teow, hokkien mie, sugarcane juice, popiah, and fishball soup |
The popiah was also another new dish I've tried, and it was also delicious! It looked like a Singaporean wrap containing noodles, shrimp, carrots, bean sprouts, and other sorts of vegetables. Lastly, I had fishball soup, and it was really different from all the fish balls I've tried. This one was soft almost to the point it can melt in your mouth.
To top it all off, we had sugarcane juice. This was good in that it was not mixed with the typical orange juice but just pure sugarcane. It was not too sweet and refreshing, and all for the price of about $2! Every time we ate hawker's food, this was the drink I always got. So every time you see any more pictures of hawker's food, I must have had sugarcane juice as well. Our dessert was es campur, and this was good! A mix of jellies and ice doused with condensed milk. What more is there to ask for?
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| Es Campur |
Our next destination was to see the Merlion! I've seen many pictures of the Merlion where people took those cliché drinking poses, and I know this has to be a must go!
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| Merlion |
And Merlion was a must go! It wasn't too crowded, so I could be less embarrassing with my photos, but... I was still embarrassing either way haha. I enjoyed this and the view I saw of Marina Bay. It was literally opposite across the bay or river (I'm not too sure).
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| Me just being me |
I think going to the Merlion side has a better view of both Marina Bay and the city, so this is a must see! I remember looking from the Marina Bay side, and the view of the Merlion was not that great. So definitely head to Merlion!
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| See how gorgeous the view is? |
We also went to Orchard Road again because shopping wasn't enough the day before haha. This time, we got to see a really great view of Singapore, a 360 degree view of everything, to be exact!
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| Views from Above |
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| MARINA BAEEE |
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| Orchard Rd x Scotts Rd |
Our next stop was Gardens by the Bay! We literally spend a few hours that day there just to see 2 of the domes and the light display of the Supertree Grove. Gardens by the Bay was really gorgeous from its garden containing the Supertree Grove to all the flora it contains.
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| Gardens by the Bay |
The 2 domes we went to were Flower Dome and Cloud Forest. The first one was the Flower Dome! It was sectioned into different floras from different countries or continents. At these different sections, there were animals made of either twigs or cement that blended in with the flora. Also, since the Christmas decorations were still there, we got a glimpse of a giant snowglobe and nutcracker decorations!
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| Flower Dome |
Fishes and Flowers at the Flower Dome
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| Hydrangea at Flower Dome |
The next place we went to was the Cloud Forest. We were greeted by a really cool waterfall that was a few stories high. The place also contained 2 cool skywalks that look like you were literally walking on air, mainly because they have this iron net, so you can see what you're walking on top of. This is good for those people who love views and can take heights, because personally, it scared me out of my mind. Not gonna lie. By the end of it, my feet were drenched is cold sweat. Literally. If you can look past the heights, the view is definitely amazing!
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| Waterfall at Cloud Forest |
Remember how we missed the light show the first night we were at Gardens by the Bay? Well, this time we finally viewed it! The theme was Asia, so they played different tunes from different countries, and the lights on the trees were in tune with these different songs. I can tell you, this left me in awe. It was so pretty, and it left me speechless. If I were to visit Singapore again, I would want to see this many times for sure!
Supertree Groves before the light display
Supertree Groves during light display
Just look at it! It's so pretty! See why I would see these displays again?
Since we didn't fulfill eating 5 meals a day, we decided to go for a late night dinner at Lao Pa Sat! Most of the restaurants were closed by the time we arrived there at 9pm, but this didn't stop us from eating! We ordered our favorite hokkien mie, beef ball noodle soup, and char kway teow.
The hokkien mie was good as usual, and it will always be something I look forward to eating if I get a chance to visit Singapore again. The char kway teow was better than the last time we ate it at Chinatown. It was really good in that it was more on the dried/fried side. It had that good sweet and salty flavor that I've been craving, and no doubt the hawker stall that we ordered from cooked it well! The beef ball noodle soup also was delicious especially for a soup lover like me!
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| From top clockwise: hokkien mie, beef ball noodle soup, char kway teow |
Lao Pa Sat is also known for their satay, so we definitely had to try it! It was different from the satay that I'm used to in that it looks like it has been marinated for a really really long time that all of the meat had this orange hue to it. The sauce was really good, but I wish the meat was more on the juicy side. It seemed too hyped in my opinion.
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| Beef and Chicken Satay |
This concludes the very heavily packed schedule of the third day in Singapore!
Day 4
The last day was a wind down day because the majority of our time was spent at Marina Bay Sands. We just wanted to have a look at different designer brands out of curiosity. In the meantime, I got really pretty shots of the mini river used for those gondola rides.
Other shots I got were the gorgeous city view. Just look at it!
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| City view |
We also ate at Marina Bay Sands, but the food was way too pricey compared to the hawker foods we have been eating. I got yong tau foo, which is also a well-known Singaporean dish, where you can choose tofu, tempuras, vegetables, noodles, and choice of soup. This dish was really good because it had that nice clear chicken broth with an assortment of tofu and vegetables. The sauces given to dip the tofu and tempura added a nice touch of flavor. I would definitely have this again but maybe at a hawker center for the affordable price, ya know?
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| Yong Tau Foo (don't mind my shadow haha) |
Our last of the last stop was Marine Parade, which had a local hawker center. You know how much I love hawker food by now, so we had to go here on our last day! This was near a place my mom lived before, so we had to definitely visit this place as well as the beach nearby. Since we had a pretty filling lunch, we got dessert instead!
Cheng tng and Iced Bubur Cha cha
My mom really enjoyed the cheng tng because it was definitely more filling with tapioca balls compared to the one we had at Chinatown. I always wanted to try Bubur chacha because it had those tapioca balls and taro bits drowned in this delicious milky substance, most likely condensed milk or just milk. Suprisingly, this was a really good goodbye treat! I really enjoyed this because it was really refreshing and because I never knew this mix would be that good.
Beach! (not sure what the name is)
The last stop was the beach! We found that locals would like to ride bicycles here and just hang out at the beach, but sadly, the rain stopped us from enjoying it even further. The thing I found interesting was that the horizon was filled with freight ships that were shipping containers and containers of goods.
And that concludes Part 2 of my Singapore trip! I hope you found this to be inspiring, and hopefully you guys will one day visit and enjoy Singapore as much as I did!
Side note, but Singapore will forever be another destination I want to visit again!
Till next time,
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