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Trip so far…..Singapore
Hi foodies!!!! I’ve now been in Penang a week, so I figured that I better write something about Singapore.
We checked into the Albert Court Hotel, which was located in Little India. Though we didn’t know much about it and picked it only after our other choice of hotel was full booked out. As it turned out, the location was perfect! We were a 5 minute walk to the MRT, and everything we wanted to go to was one stop away. As a result most of our travelling came to about SG$1. 
Score!
The hotel was decent, not the best, but it was clean enough and the staff were decent. I read the reviews for the place which said that the staff weren’t very smiley to guests, but after 3 hours in Singapore, I realized that the WHOLE of Singaporeans just are not smiley people.
Food wise, the food we have back home in Perth was of a better standard than the hawker food stalls. After checking into the hotel, we were famished, so we wandered over to the other side of the street and found a traditional hawker centre with lots of different stalls. we settled on chicken rice, chicken byriani and Mee goreng. The chicken rice was fantastic, the chicken byriani wasn’t that great and i really did not like the Mee goreng. For one thing it was fluoro red. And covered in peas. :S My travelling companions loved it though, then again, they are uneducated in local foods. 
Their knowledge of Mee goreng is limited to what they get from the Chinese restaurants in Perth, and not the “real” stuff with the spicy tomato sauce…. I’ve yet to locate it here yet, but will have to chat to my cousins. The restaurants were however fantastic!
We went to a Japanese restaurant called Sho-U. I loved the food, even though it was on the pricey side. I ordered the Sea urchin and avocado. It made me realized that I love sea urchin!!! I loved the place, the interior was nicely done, influenced by Japanese kabuki. It even had a Love Cove. that was a room that was all white, shag pile walls, a couple of circles for windows, and the entire booth was cushioned. 
Even though we spent quite a lot there, we were not yet full considering the portions. So off we went in search of Chilli Crabs. Our guide found us some super duper yummy ones, and we ended up having that with pineapple fried rice. YUM!
We later on went to check out the night life there, after giggling our way past Hooters, especially seeing as we realized how different the American standards were from that in Asia. ;P The night life was good, but it was so stifling hot. We found a bar that had a hospital theme to it. Tracy and Dzung tried to race each other in the wheelchairs. They served their drinks in IV drips! I got some weird looks from passerbys when I walked into the middle of the fountains for a photo. I don’t think they realized I found a dry path. 
The MRT was quite convenient for traveling. The majority of them came up to major shopping districts. The change overs and that were really easy to follow, and when we used it, it seemed busy, but there wasn’t a major overcrowding problem.
The bird park was a big disappointment, but I think it was largely due to a big part of the park was under renovations. I was amused to find that they had a flock of seagulls in their enclosure. We were joking bout how we tried to blow up our pesky seagulls back home with bicarb and coke, and here were the lucky ones which got a regular feeding. The Zoo and the night Safari was awesome though. Even if we did get eaten live by mosquitoes. :S the night safari was quite cool, but as it was dark and we weren’t allowed to use a flash, I didn’t get any photos. 
The animal shows that they held was really good though. I loved the one at the night Safari, the trainer’s wit and humor reminded me of that of my friend’s. Especially when she said if anyone was caught using a flash we can push them off the tram rides. Then she said she was kidding. Well I think that’s enough for now. I’m currently in Penang, and will be heading off to South Korea next week. I’ll keep eating my way though my holiday, all to research and report my findings just for you. Don’t you feel special? Bye everyone!!!!
that sounds like the clinic? :p my friend was telling me about it…food is korea is great, especially if you like seafood and chilli
have fun!
lol At least they have imagination – a pub with a hospital theme and IV drips! I can imagine it can be quite popular….. *cough*
Glad Sho-U was good, especially since you said it was the best thing you had there. Fluoro red noodles does not maketh a mee goreng. First of all, mee goreng is friend noodles. Red is not found as a natural or normal noodle colour. :p
But I have to admit something here… I actually kind of like the Australian-ised mee goreng. I know. Sad. :’(
We found a reasonable mee goreng.
But it wasn’t at a mamak stall, it was a Chinese stall. 
Tracy said that the Burmese make something similar. 3 days to Korea!!! CAN’T WAIT!!! ^_^
try the streetfood in seoul, especially the stuff people are lining up for (i always assume that usually means it’s good…but then they were eating larvae, and i didn’t try that
)…the fresh hotteok (pancake thing with cinnamon) is so yummy!
I wonder if you can make hotteok in a microwave. :p
Penny will try the larvae and the live squid.
maybe i should try microwaving it :p
Pen. You didn’t get to try good Nasi Goreng because you weren’t in the district for it.
In Sg, different areas are renowned for diff foods. The area you were in were more known for Indian food… I remember it was the paper Thosai and Pratha (don’t think you’ve tried either…).
Foods like Nasi Goreng… I believe you’ve gotta be in Changi to try. Too bad you weren’t here for longer, if not I would have brought you. XD
It alright though, you got your chilli crab, even though the best place for it was really ECP.
And Maguro – you’re right. The pub at clarke quay with the hospital theme is the Clinic. =)
See, Pen? I read! But I don’t know how much of Korea I will read because I wasn’t there!! LOL!
Very Nice Site! Thanks!