Singapore
Sunday 12/8/13
Singapore is sticky. Even in the "cool" month of December with temps "only" in the mid-70s to mid-80s, it was hot and sweaty business for us walking around Little India today. But in the shade you can feel a nice breeze, and sitting down to sip an iced lemon tea at a sidewalk cafe was quite enjoyable.
Iced lemon tea was all I really wanted for lunch after our big breakfast, but Andy ordered a chicken curry that was so good he spooned up the curry sauce like a good tasty soup after he'd eaten all the chicken and veggies. He also ordered a banana ball (deep-fried dumpling with bananas), a sesame ball (smaller than the banana ball, with a slightly denser dough surrounding a caramel custard-like center), AND a fried banana.
This wasn't just any fried banana, either. I didn't even know he'd ordered it until it appeared on our table, a golden crescent of frothy crispy tempura batter surrounding a banana. It was delicious.
i've never seen so many places to eat in such a small area. Our hotel is within a couple blocks to Little India, and we can easily walk to a dozen different Indian restaurants within three or four blocks. It seems like every few steps there is another sidewalk cafe or restaurant -- most of them pretty much hole-in-the-wall places with extensive menus running the gamut from the deep-fried to the steamed and stir-fried. In addition to various regional Indian cuisines, just about every other Asian cuisine can be found near here. There's even a Mexican place where we had excellent pre-dinner margaritas (but disappointing chips and salsa). There's an "All Western" place offering lasagne, spaghetti, pizza and hamburgers, a Starbuck's, a Subway Sandwich shop, and -- it hadda happen -- a McDonald's. We went inside just to see if the menu really is the same as you'd get in the States, and except for one "Kampung Burger," it does seem to be the same.
We're eschewing McDonald's and that ilk, of course. What's the point of coming to Singapore if you're just going to go to McDonald's???
Sunday 12/8/13
Singapore is sticky. Even in the "cool" month of December with temps "only" in the mid-70s to mid-80s, it was hot and sweaty business for us walking around Little India today. But in the shade you can feel a nice breeze, and sitting down to sip an iced lemon tea at a sidewalk cafe was quite enjoyable.
Iced lemon tea was all I really wanted for lunch after our big breakfast, but Andy ordered a chicken curry that was so good he spooned up the curry sauce like a good tasty soup after he'd eaten all the chicken and veggies. He also ordered a banana ball (deep-fried dumpling with bananas), a sesame ball (smaller than the banana ball, with a slightly denser dough surrounding a caramel custard-like center), AND a fried banana.
This wasn't just any fried banana, either. I didn't even know he'd ordered it until it appeared on our table, a golden crescent of frothy crispy tempura batter surrounding a banana. It was delicious.
i've never seen so many places to eat in such a small area. Our hotel is within a couple blocks to Little India, and we can easily walk to a dozen different Indian restaurants within three or four blocks. It seems like every few steps there is another sidewalk cafe or restaurant -- most of them pretty much hole-in-the-wall places with extensive menus running the gamut from the deep-fried to the steamed and stir-fried. In addition to various regional Indian cuisines, just about every other Asian cuisine can be found near here. There's even a Mexican place where we had excellent pre-dinner margaritas (but disappointing chips and salsa). There's an "All Western" place offering lasagne, spaghetti, pizza and hamburgers, a Starbuck's, a Subway Sandwich shop, and -- it hadda happen -- a McDonald's. We went inside just to see if the menu really is the same as you'd get in the States, and except for one "Kampung Burger," it does seem to be the same.
We're eschewing McDonald's and that ilk, of course. What's the point of coming to Singapore if you're just going to go to McDonald's???
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