Email Rough Guide to Singapore
Thought I’d share this quick list I threw up for a friend who’s visiting SIngapore with his filming crew. Kinda miss Singapore after I churned this out. Disclaimer: this is not my ‘fave’ list.Bars
Scenic:
- Ku De Ta on top of Marina Bay Sands
- Lantern at Fullerton Bay Hotel
- One Altitude at OUB Building in Raffles PlaceChill Area
- Blu Jaz and the surrounding Arab Street/Haji Lane area
- Brewerkz & The Pump Room at Clarke Quay
- Em Bar @ Gallery Hotel, Robertson Quay
- The Merry Men, Bar Bar Black Sheep, at a quiet stretch down the river from Em Bar @ Gallery HotelClubbing/Lounge:
- The Royal Room: lounge with club music, drinks
- Club Filter/Mink: clubs, booking recommended
Food
Local Food:
- Newton Circus Food Centre: closest to town and very popular. Also have quite a few tourist trap stalls. I tend to go only for this ‘carrot cake/蘿蔔糕’ store… I think the name is ‘榮’, not 100%, it’s run by a husband and wife team, and I only get the ‘white version’. The other shops I go to there are this fishball noodle place in the corner and a minced pork noodle shop by the entrance from parking lot
- Old Airport Food Centre: on the fringe of town, near the Stadium, this place is pretty famous among locals. Good Chinese style satays, during the day it has one of the best 粿汁 in town. The ‘Hokkien Mee’ (Singapore style, not Penang) is also well-liked. Lor Mee is also good but not open at night. Mattar Road Seafood stall serves very good crabs, white pepper, chili crabs… as well as good BBQ stingray and other seafood.
- East Coast Park Lagoon Food Centre: this is the hawker centre near the seafood restaurants in the East Coast Park, next to an artificial lake with cable skis. Very popular also.Local Restaurants:
- Boon Tong Kee: this is a chain of chicken rice restaurants in SG. 2 more prominent locations; one on River Valley Road and the other on Balestier Rd. Decent chicken & home-style southeast asian Chinese dishes.
- No Signboard: seafood restaurant, also with multiple outlets in SG. Recommend either the original store at Geylang or the classier one at Esplanade
Scenic:
- Ku De Ta on top of Marina Bay Sands
- Lantern at Fullerton Bay Hotel
- One Altitude at OUB Building in Raffles PlaceChill Area
- Blu Jaz and the surrounding Arab Street/Haji Lane area
- Brewerkz & The Pump Room at Clarke Quay
- Em Bar @ Gallery Hotel, Robertson Quay
- The Merry Men, Bar Bar Black Sheep, at a quiet stretch down the river from Em Bar @ Gallery HotelClubbing/Lounge:
- The Royal Room: lounge with club music, drinks
- Club Filter/Mink: clubs, booking recommended
Food
Local Food:
- Newton Circus Food Centre: closest to town and very popular. Also have quite a few tourist trap stalls. I tend to go only for this ‘carrot cake/蘿蔔糕’ store… I think the name is ‘榮’, not 100%, it’s run by a husband and wife team, and I only get the ‘white version’. The other shops I go to there are this fishball noodle place in the corner and a minced pork noodle shop by the entrance from parking lot
- Old Airport Food Centre: on the fringe of town, near the Stadium, this place is pretty famous among locals. Good Chinese style satays, during the day it has one of the best 粿汁 in town. The ‘Hokkien Mee’ (Singapore style, not Penang) is also well-liked. Lor Mee is also good but not open at night. Mattar Road Seafood stall serves very good crabs, white pepper, chili crabs… as well as good BBQ stingray and other seafood.
- East Coast Park Lagoon Food Centre: this is the hawker centre near the seafood restaurants in the East Coast Park, next to an artificial lake with cable skis. Very popular also.Local Restaurants:
- Boon Tong Kee: this is a chain of chicken rice restaurants in SG. 2 more prominent locations; one on River Valley Road and the other on Balestier Rd. Decent chicken & home-style southeast asian Chinese dishes.
- No Signboard: seafood restaurant, also with multiple outlets in SG. Recommend either the original store at Geylang or the classier one at Esplanade
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