I was at Singapore recently to attend the Spikes Asia Festival of Creativity 2012, one of the largest and most prestigious events in the field of advertising. It is here that the greatest minds in the advertising and marketing fields come together to share their ideas in the hope of inspiring not just their fellow experts but also young professionals and students such as myself. During this event, some of the greatest or award-winning advertising and marketing campaigns are displayed, and awarded.
I won't be talking about the entirety of this trip, nor the Spikes Asia festival of creativity for now. For this particular blog post, I will be focusing on food, which certainly was plentiful there. Singapore, being a mixed-race city-state, offers a wide variety of food to cater to the tastes of the different nationalities there, so it isn't uncommon to find Chinese, Malay, or Indian food stalls side-by-side at the food courts.
Though I was not able to take photos of every single meal I had eaten while I was there (fast food places don't really seem to be worthy to be included here, in my opinion), I do hope that the following photos would still be enough to inspire you to try out what Singapore has to offer. Enjoy!
Day 1: Lunch
After my classmates and I had settled at our hotel, we asked the hotel receptionist a good place to sample local cuisine. The receptionist directed us to this food court type of place called Sidewalk, located along Hill Street. It was a 10-15 minute walk from The Bayview Hotel Singapore (where we stayed). For those who don't mind walking under the Singapore heat, walking would be a good way to get there, but you may take a cab if you're too lazy to walk (though taxi rates in Singapore are quite expensive).
Sidewalk has a decent selection of Chinese, Malay, Indian, Japanese and Korean food. I decided to settle on this noodle stall (I forgot the name, but it's the one at the farthest end of the food court opposite the entrance, at the rightmost side). The servings were huge, so it was definitely enough to keep me going for the next several hours. I also bought an iced tea drink to go along with it at another stall (again, the name escapes me--but it's the first one to the right as you enter the place.
Dessert: Wall's Ice Cream Sandwich
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| Photo courtesy of kathangisip.com |
If you're craving for something sweet, then this might be the perfect dessert for you. At only $1, you can already get yourself an ice cream sandwich from Wall's (known as Selecta here in the Philippines). I bought mine at one of the many Wall's ice cream carts along Orchard Road, the famous shopping street in Singapore.
Day 2: Lunch
For our second day in Singapore, we decided to explore Universal Studios at Resorts World Sentosa, one of the newer tourist attractions to open in Singapore in the past few years (the other being Marina Bay Sands). For lunch, we tired the Hainanese Chicken Rice (one of the dishes that Singapore is known for) at the Discovery Food Court located at the The Lost World section of the theme park. The meal cost around $5-$7, which is already inclusive of a dessert. The drinks are bought separately, though.
A tip: If you opt for a large drink, you have to make sure that you're either really thirsty, or you'd be willing to share the drink with someone. The drink is HUGE--definitely much, much bigger than the large drinks we're used to here in the Philippines (just take a look at the photo!). The same goes for a lot of other food places throughout Singapore. You have been warned.
Day 2: Dinner
For dinner, we headed over to Master Duck, one of the many food stalls at Kopitiam, another food court place located at the corner of Bras Basah Road and Bencoolen Street (also right across the Singapore Management University campus) which is where our hotel is located. At $7, the Smoked Duck Rice here is still fairly cheap compared to the restaurants in the Philippines where they serve duck. It was my first time to try duck meat, and I was certainly not disappointed.
Day 4: Lunch
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We attended the Spikes Asia Festival of Creativity on the 17th and 18th of September. On the 17th, we had lunch at Long John Silver's at the Marina Square mall. Long John Silver's is a fast food place that specializes in seafood.
On the 18th, a couple of classmates and I went to the food court of the Marina Square mall located at the 4th floor, which offers a stunning view of the Singapore skyline (it was stunning during the day--I'm sure the view would be 10x more stunning at night). I tried the Kimchi fried rice (Kimchi bokkeumbap) at the Korean food stall. The servings were huge and the prices were reasonable. The dish, of course, is spicy, so this is when the large drinks would come in handy.
