Another day, lots of delightful gastronomical surprises and that does deserve another edition of Singapore Culinary Chronicles...
After getting ready, and before proceeding to Orchard Road, I was keen to show Neeti my favourite Balestier Food Market. We went to the central koptiam, but Neeti wasn't interested in kaya toast with soft boiled eggs. She went around the market looking for something appetising and different...
But true to my addiction to the Singaporean breakfast, I hogged on kaya toast with eggs and yes, not to forget kopi-c .....
Neeti took a stiry-fry vermicelli with tofu and cabbage...
And she took a large mug of Chinese to down the umami-ness from the fish sauce in the vermicelli noodles...
But I was truly hungry...
I took a pork pau for 50c to supplement the kaya toast...
The pau is steamed bun, filled up with loads of goodness - shrimp, chicken, pork...
Later in the day, at ION Orchard, we came across an outlet of TWG Tea, which claims to be celebrating 1837, when Singapore became a free port and a trading hub...
Seeing the prices, we gave it a miss!
The tea menu was tantalisingly exciting, but we were glad we resisted the temptation... Afterall we were in Singapore on a shoestring!
Finally headed for Nirvana at the Chinatown Food Street!
Reminding you of a bygone era...
Everyone seems to be having a great time here!
The hawker stalls have an interesting look to them!
Su su for anyone?
Everything looked great around here....
But I settled for this stall...
I placed an order for the Laksa
The chef doing his magic for me!
Here comes my laksa....
Laksa is a noodle soup in a coconut milk base...
My laksa had bean curd cubes and hardboiled egg.... and it went well with sambal and red chilli sauce
Hearty and creamy, laksa brings together Chinese and Malay flavours and is a classic Peranakan dish...
Lovely juices here... we settled for a glass of sugarcane juice...
Man was once the beast of burden here...
After a trip to the ECP, we landed up at Balestier, famished and absolutely hungry...
As we saw people eating, we hungrily waited for food to get ready...
And finally came the hearty goodness of chicken rice, which both of us enjoyed!
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