Singapore around

Singapore around

A trip to Singapore, stay in the Hotel, hotel M M M hotel is close to the airport, which is 5-6 minutes by car.

This is a medium-sized business hotel, around all Office space, guests also to business guests. The hotel's lobby citing Grand, but the simplicity of style and soft tone is so refreshing. Hotel lobbies a crazy Bull copper statue, much like New York Wall Street Bull, from the description text is aware that this bull symbolizes the bull Bull Market, I think it symbolizes not only stock market bull market, but also all the vigor of the industry, this statue shows out of the hotel management with originality, but also to stay in the various sectors of the business guests to add some kind of M hotel.

One night, a taxi from the M hotel, no two minutes after a bustling market, quickly let the driver to stop in the past, the original is Singapore renowned PA Lau Pa Sat.

"PA" is the Malay language meaning of "market". PA is a single-layer of Victorian architecture of the open type, supporting the entire construction of cast iron skeleton form the beautiful geometric patterns, its history can be traced back to the eighteenth century. PA turned out to be a market, has now become the most attractive Singapore dining establishments. Here 24 hours a day, where you can taste the various flavors of Singapore. PA on the West side of the road every night from 7 to be closed and let the Satay hawker stall, Satay is Malaysia bunch, is the most famous one of Singapore's gourmet. Every night from 7 to 3 points, the night side of Venda Street Boon Tat Street becomes Satay paradise.

We arrived at the PA is the night when it was nearly 9: 00, and PA inside cooked meals were not too many, but the PA West Venda Street stalls of Satay is hilarious, Satay stall's name is very interesting, and has called the Traditional Satay, has called the Best Satay, Salay Power and Fatman Satay is flaunted the most authentic, in fact almost everything.

Hawkers also speaks various languages selling desk is now on the folding table, the menu is in English. As already eaten dinner, we tried a mutton, beef, chicken satay, Satay roasted very delicate taste of the sauce is also very authentic. Here tourists and local people half, Satay stalls also supply of beer, the freezing point and flavoured seafood. Singapore night than by day and cool many hawkers, peddlers and the blending of the noise of tourists, the air is filled with grilled Satay of coals of smoke, and the whole street crowded, full House, the atmosphere was very warm, compared to the PA of cooked food stalls inside, here is the most popular places. See light arch holding PA the unique styling of historical architecture, feel the night Satay paradise of noisy atmosphere, I feel that the PA is the experience of Singapore Customs of one can go.

Another time, lived in a carton Hotel Carlton Hotel, this hotel's location is very good, in the city centre, opposite the glorifying square, next to the Raffles Hotel and Raffles City (City Hotel & Raffle Raffle).

Many famous attractions are not far away from the hotel, or even the Capitol building and the Singapore River from this hotel you can reach on foot. The hotel lobby bar in the evening with singer of live performance, Raffles City next to the hotel, is a connection between The Swissotel The Stamford and MRT large shopping malls, there are between Robinson Department store, Raffles City inside the merchandise while behind the ngee Ann city upscale Orchard Road, but still have a lot of first-line brand sold. Is a worth a stroll around the place, on the third floor of food Plaza Food Junction, you can also savour the flavour of the variety of Singapore, it is recommended to try the Malay snack dishes Nasi Padng and India flavor Prata Stall the two stalls, in particular the latter's India pancake with cheese sausage tasty. The ground floor of the Raffle Marketplace, there is a medium-sized supermarket, there are a lot of coffee shop, snack bar and a characteristic shops, it is recommended to try Baquette Viet Nam snack bar. We advise you not to try to Singapore's barbecue pork with rice (hotel), because I had two places of barbecued meals. The taste is very poor, it is not only not as good as turnoff, Hong Kong, even the Guangzhou and Shenzhen have not.

Praise the square opposite the hotel Chijmes, by the way.

Here was a church, later turns into a school for girls, finally became the Church, through a series of changes, now turned into restaurants, shopping and entertainment venues. Afternoon praise square, not many people, each kind of style restaurant and bar as yet from the night of sleep completely revived. Inside the main building is a Gothic of classical architecture, Gothic arches and multicolored glass filled with old era of style, so impressive. The main hall can provide public services, organizes lectures, concerts and wedding Party. Praise the square there is a lot of restaurants, bars and shops, each has its own style, because of time constraints, we just walked through the photographs. Opposite the Raffles City that exports a money exchange shop, exchange rate than the hotel's strong, it is said that after 10 pm is the hilarious moments here, every Christmas, new year's Eve festive here must be overcrowded.

Singapore's little India area is a place worth a visit.

Little India residents is 1820 South by South India gradually came, more than 100 years, and have been holding their own cultural traditions, the Singapore National color most keen. One afternoon, I was alone Shuttle in small streets with India, eyes see is colorful and old architecture, the colorful flower bunch of worship, wearing Sally Sari curvaceous body, women's eyebrows in a cinnabar, Bollywood star's big picture poster, leatherSkin dark India crowd, nose smell is coming in the air of incense mixed India who smudge of coconut oil with the flavor of the "India", ears hear is India accent and everywhere from the rhythm of India, no wonder some people say that to a little India do not need to use the map, sensory experience. This kind of feeling, so that I could have visited India.

Although the land was called little India, actually lived here in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal, South Asia, many countries of immigration and labour, many of whom are engaged in building roads and other manual labor, builders of Singapore.

Serangoon Road, little India Serangoon Road is one of the most important North-South streets, is a cross-cutting small arteries of India, from flowers, Farrer Park Park station to little India station Little India is a small comparison between the bustling area of India. The sides of the jewelry store, handicrafts stores, Lisa shop Sari and restaurant, Serangoon Road lined with many of the small side streets, there are numerous restaurants, hardware store, grocery store, woodcarving shop, perfume shops, embroidery stores, Barber shops, book stores, video stores, electronics stores and wholesale stores. Many small side streets are busy, bustling.

STB presentation, not to the bamboo feet Center Tekka Centre and curtain Dafa Center Mustafa Centre is not too small to India.

Bamboo feet Center located at stesk road Buffalo Road and the junction Serangoon Road, little India's most bustling markets, local people call PA Kandang Kerbau KK Market, which sells a variety of authentic side of India and of all peoples, cheap snack stalls also need Queuing, popularity quite visible.

On the other side of the sale of fresh vegetables and fruits, fish and meat, flowers, perfume, second floor, there are articles and garment and bronze and antiques for sale. Although little India, but inside they are Chinese, there are Islamic halal food stalls. To learn more about the little India area residents ' daily life, this place is the most representative. Hear past bamboo feet Center next to stesk road, is the dance of the Tramp and the fortune teller's paradise, now a festive to appear. My bamboo feet Center outside of India experienced a fortune teller, however due to the Fortune is not too confident, or not to open the foreign meat. In my view, the bamboo feet Center also is a supermarket and snack square, in addition to stall and many customers are dark-skinned people of South Asia, something cheaper, memorable things not too much.

In the end the Serangoon Road, Serangoon building Serangoon Plaza, mustaffa Centre is located here, this is little India's largest department store, open 24 hours, the sale of general merchandise, electronics, jewelry, pharmaceuticals, supermarket, post office, travel agency, upstairs is a cheaper hotel, outside there are also conversion shops.

Singapore is the cheapest department store. In my view, where the goods though cheap, but very rough quality workmanship, also weak, like our 1980s or early 90 's products, many of these as our stock, but may be the price just meet here many South Asian labour demand, but also from one side confirms small India South Asian labour consumption capacity. Runs the shopping centre of Mr. Mustafa, the 70 's was just one sale shirt shop owners now have two department stores, also operate supermarkets, hotels, travel agencies and other businesses, it is said that the value is too small, became widely known in India.

In Serangoon Road and shuangxi Sunge Road junction, there is also a place of two linked together in a new building Tekka Mall and Tekka Centre, Tekka Mall Food has a six-storey shopping centre, but the top is not yet fully leased out.

Ground floor has a India restaurant, the name is Kerala Cuisine, look good, no time to try again. Underground on the second floor has a large food supermarkets, sale of all kinds of food, seafood, vegetables, etc., with air conditioning, people here than KK PA man, the price is slightly expensive that impressed me most was a large rack of curry sauce, curry paste, curry powder, curry sauce, various packaging, a variety of brands, red, yellow, and green. I counted more than 60 foot, it is to me.

Tekka Centre's Food II is a new breed of large supermarkets, operating and a supermarket, basically no fresh food and vegetables and fruits, mainly operate daily supplies and packaging of food.

It's cheaper than the city of commodities, many people also. A layer is a food court, air conditioning, dining environment, which sold a variety of snacks, Singapore, China Japan Korea Malay-Indonesian flavour, taste of India, South Asia, many of the stalls, and even Nepal dessert and Durian taste for sweets stalls. I'm here to eat a variety of India spices prepared Martha Sala Masala fish and a bowl of a Malay taste laksa Laksa (Curry and coconut, rice noodles made of raw oysters with shrimp and fish cake bean sprouts bean curd as raw materials for soup food), the taste is delicious, spicy taste so you have a desire to conquer it, the price is cheaper than in the city centre is 10-15%.

If you are interested in India's arts and crafts, small Little India Arcade India Center is also a place where you can stroll.

Little India Centre is a two storey oratorio lane between the shopping, the yellow building has a lot of character, his North is the famous banana leaf restaurant. Little India centre there are a variety of India spices, accessories, bedding, India crafts, there are clothing stores and bookstores. There are also second India dessert shop, selling all kinds of India snacks, tasted very sweet after. Little India located at Tekka Mall behind in Serangoon Road Serangoon Road and CampbellAt the junction of the Lane. This place is very popular, a lot of tourists.

In little India MRT station, next to shops to buy curry powder, shop India boss said that India Curry can be divided in to taste and mild, yellow curry, Red Curry and Sarah Curry is to taste, Green Curry, white Curry is mild.

In General, white Curry and lamb, Green Curry with tofu, Martha, Curry and seafood, yellow curry and sheep bone, Red Curry with chicken is a better match, listen to the boss, bought the chicken with curry made malleable Sarah Curry seasoning, ready to go back to personally try authentic Curry made do with Curry Chicken, a large box, as long as two SGD.

I think that little India tour, shopping should not be the primary purpose, do not expect to enjoy modern facilities.

Visit the characteristic architecture and a variety of religious temples, experience where multi-ethnic culture of inclusiveness, feel the upheavals of the rich taste of South Asia, where authentic India cuisine, with this mindset, you won't be disappointed.

Little India distance Yarra Street walk, just 15 minutes away, but in Singapore this hot climates to go in the past, but also to make human sweat.

Yarra Street in Kampong Glam Kampong Glam, Arab cultural district. In 1928 the reconstruction of the Sultan Mosque mosque in Sudan is a landmark building here, white building with Golden Grand Dome, Turkey, Persia and Malay architecture style, this is Singapore's largest mosque, under the 5000 most accommodation. I got there is 4 pm and a half, golden top shot in sunlight, making this shining building more so solemn. This church can be visited free of charge for visitors, but there are time constraints. 5 cent, microphone came the sound of prayer, in this moment, the entire Arab district seem serious but quiet, believers are dining also told their children not to play a sound. It is said that such prayer five times a day.

Arab region area may not have little India half as big, but the impression is more refined, more rich romantic, the rhythm of life is more relaxed.

Sultan mosque Bussorah Street in front of a very distinctive, the sides are towering Palm trees, with both sides of the Muslim restaurant, there are many lovely shops. Shop of souvenirs are great Islamic character, I see a shop shoes are very like the eighteenth-century Arab pirates wear, many of the shawl is also very beautiful. Upstairs there are small shops in the hotel, Sun West, many of the visitors to Europe and the United States and India, in roadside Cafe, sigh with thick coffee or ice tea, or just talk, or lazy trance, or quietly reading a book, not knowing that they are really into the world of the book, or wander in this relaxed atmosphere of the tourist? anyway, most of them looked excellent ..... laid-back, completely ignored there 30 degrees of heat. I even saw many wore a turban wearing long coat of Muslim lady was there to taste the halal food, I really admire their resistance to heat.

Yarra Street the most is the silk shop, silk color colorful, high-quality and more.

Each shop is packed with groups of Arab women and tourists. Here it is the Arab women on their own national costume preference. Islamic pilgrimage supplies, rattan, carpets, jewelry and gemstones, the Arab is also the natural flavor of traditional commodity here, wander in innumerable shops, feel the ubiquitous Arab style, ears from time to time there, long Islamic prayers sound as though I entered the mysterious Oriental night Tan.

Several Singapore trip are urgent rush, no block of time to savor the taste, the impression is more fragmented.

Although also went to the merlion Park, cultural square, East Coast, Orchard Road, night Zoo, Clarke Quay, Netherlands village, Raffles landing point, the Orchid Park and Sentosa, etc, but always found artifacts visible places it's not that the original flavor and national partisanship in the impressive to me. Singapore area is small, but the nation's culture has been preserved intact. Chinatown, little India and Kampong Glam will give off a strong smell of different nationalities, in which, as if to a completely different one small nation, I thought it was worth the time to feel and aftertaste. If you have the opportunity to live in each area a few days, must be deeper experience where different cultures and tradition.

Back to Singapore's national day is just around the corner (August 9), the entire Singapore everywhere filled with festive atmosphere, many celebrations started early, various attractions, major shopping malls, and even the language of the common people residence window, are hanging out celebration of banners and flags, feeling on the Singapore national day, most places here than the domestic but also pay attention to.

In a Chinese, Malays, India and other ethnic people inhabited country, can have a power to various ethnic groups, it is very valuable. I often see Chinese Buddhist temples, India Hindu temples, Islamic mosque, Catholic Church and the Christian Church in neighbouring, coexistence and common prosperity. Singapore left the deepest impression is her food and inter-ethnic harmony.

PA Lau Pa Sat's Satay paradise

Bamboo feet Center curries and halal ingredients

Little India Centre

Little India India Dim sum of Center

Sultan mosque

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