SG: Chinatown Food Street

One of the cleanest street food strip I've ever seen was in Singapore's Chinatown.

wow! Chairman Mao's origin

It looked early but actually it was around 7pm already, dinner time for us.



People started to flock the eateries but center street tables weren't occupied yet at this sun- still- up- time.



This particular resto which specialized in seafood, esp. the famous chili crab, was a favorite among the whites.
We checked the prices and . . .



found out that few steps away there's this stall served cheaper but quite tasty version of chili crabs. We figured, since this place was full of local tourist. we would have our crabs here.



So we ordered the black pepper crab with some sidings, had a photo here while waiting and when the foods were served, I found out my batteries died on me. haha. Sorry no photos of the food . And had to do an abrupt ending here. I couldn't remember what we had there. Pardon my memory growing everyday- gap, haha, but we've eaten like millions of dishes over our short stay there, can't name them without guide. That's why photos are important to remind me of things.

Discovery Food Court

At UStudios, SG, we were at The Lost World area  when the clock stroked near mid noon. Lunch time!



Right across the Jurassic Park with the same theme was the Discovery Food Court which offered  Singapore’s best selection of laksa, chicken rice and other local delights.

The building was exactly like the one featured in the movie Jurassic Park with the giant dino fossil.The fear of anticipation for raptors attacking you was inevitable. haha.

Good thing we went in a tad earlier ( which made a heavenly difference) before the queue became horrible.

It was our 4th day in SG and would you believe, we hadn't eaten a single plate of chicken rice yet. So at this point, we were actually already salivating for it.

I still preferred the one without skin. Loveth!

They want theirs with browned skin.

Each set meal came with a soy pudding. Not my type. I like our taho better, haha.



Gotta get out from here before a velociraptor finds me, hahaha. Yummy lunch!

Yummy Viet

Brother loves Vietnamese cuisine. I am not a fan. So when he saw Yummy Viet at Smith St., Chinatown in Singapore, he couldn't resist.

 Yummy Viet was small but claimed to serve authentic Vietnamese dishes. We entered and right away believed by the language the servers were using, that it was indeed serving authentic. No problem, we're easy, haha.

Well, I could only careless about the long list of dishes in the menu. My Vietnamese food knowledge begins and ends with only one dish _ the summer rolls ( fresh lumpia/lumpiang sariwa ). I don't even like their noodle soups cos I suspect they put lemon grass ( tanglad ) in them which my taste buds find it stranged.

Ok, let's get back to the summer rolls, so I got 2 pieces for SG$3.50. At the next table, customers could see batches of fresh rolls being prepared.

It was so good, I had to order another set. A lot better than what I had here.



Brother had this bread dish and reiterated that this should not be the way to serve it. He expertly said  that it should be sandwiched instead of dipping the bun in the egg sauce. No idea! I couldn't even recall the name of the dish. One thing was sure, he liked it so much, he didn't even care to let us taste it. haha.

SG: Food Republic @ Vivo City

In Singapore, if you came from Sentosa and you ignored dining in the island (cos 1. you were too busy having fun and 2. you are like us who were budget travelers), chances were_ you would land to Vivo City with ranting tummies. So we looked for a place to eat in Vivo but again budget restriction made us pass on a wished resto like:

Marche', a world popular Swiss resto serving all fresh ingredients and freshly cooking right infront of your eyes. Look how the long queue of patrons reached outside the entrance door.



So a little walk, still on top of the Vivo City, brought us inside Food Republic which was just fitting our budget and food choices were just interestingly awesome like other hawkers around the city which we preferred under this travel status.

So here was the set meal I got for SG$10_

A rice meal inside a bamboo which had mushroom and some meat I couldn't exactly identify . It came with a soup, a mango pudding and a drink which I regretted not to ask what flavor, first before buying.



All down the trash. First of all, I'm not a rice person, especially that mushy type being used in our local suman dishes. I don't even like arroz de valenciana for that matter. So why this meal? I like the bamboo, haha. The soup was forgettable. The mango pudding was too soft . And the juice, the juice!! was my hatest drink! It's the juice version of the one I had in my latest Boracay trip ( see here). It was a plum juice. Sorry, but I don't like any salty hint in my drink.

Good thing, I never missed to order ais kachang which was a savior.

So, I ended up pinching a little of the following from my travel buddies' plates :



chicken wings

roti prata- mutton curry

forgot what this called but it was a chicken rice, more like our local chicken asado but with a distinct Asian taste.



It was on our way out when I realized that fresh fruits here were not that expensive and selling as affordable as the ones in downtown's hawkers. Had I known it earlier, I would surely have had a plate of mixed fresh fruits.