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4 Days in SG - Accomodation/Transporation

A 3-bed dorm room @ Costa Sand Resort (Downtown East) occupied by me only for the 3 nights of stay :)

This "downtown" resort is indeed rather remote from major tourists' spots, which is in the eastern side of SG, near the airport. It's located in a quiet neighbourhood, the Pasir Ris, which is a terminus of an MRT line.

As I bought a stored-value card, MRT was the major means of transportation. But since it was quite a loooong ride from the city center (around 45mins?), one night we actually took a taxi back from the Old Bazaar after our late dinner :P

I like the ample space for standing!

They got double-decker too :)

I like the fact that their road signs come with symbols :)

Labels: Costa sand, Downtown East, MRT, Pasir Ris, Singapore

4 Days in SG - Eat Eat Eat (main dish)

1. 黃亞細肉骨茶 Ng Ah Sio Bakuteh

- The soup was so peppery! Reminds me of 鄭太's 胡椒豬肚湯

- Drank two bowls in a row, and then my nose bled a little bit (!)

- The marinated bean curd puff was ok

2. Tian Tian Hainan Chicken Rice 天天海南雞飯

@ Maxwell Food Center

- Next time let's go there to try out more shops?

3. 黑胡椒蟹 @ Jumbo Seafood Restaurant, Clark Quay

- juicy and giant piece of crab meat, 啖啖肉 :)

- a bit pricy, but worths a try!

- the "Fried Noodle in Indonesian Sauce" was great too (though a bit oily)

4. Laksa & Nyonya Noodle

@ Old Days Kopitiam ("Coffee Shop")

- this joint is located in the shopping mall of the resort I stayed in. I think they also got branches in different malls;

- Every morning I could use the "SG$ 3 breakfast coupon" to have a meal there

- The nyonya noodle was sour & spicy, quite strong-flavoured; like the Laksa more :P

- Yummy laksa for around $3 or $4 :)

Labels: 天天, 海南雞飯, 肉骨茶, 黃亞細, 黑胡椒蟹

4 Days in SG - Eat Eat Eat (dessert & drink)

1. Kopi (Coffee with Sweet Condensed Milk) [SG$1/$1.5]

- Just learnt from the internet that there's also Kopi-O (black coffee), Kopi-C (coffee with white sugar and evaporated milk), Kopi-C Kosong (coffee with evaporated milk but no sugar) & Kopi Peng (iced coffee with sweet condensed milk)

- It's a good morning drink for leisure days :)

2. Teh Tarik 拉茶 (SG$1.2)

- It's black tea with condensed milk and prepared by "pulling" (pouring) between two vessels from a height

- it's not as thick as the Hong Kong milk tea, but the balanced sweetness and bitterness makes it a good drink for lunch or dinner time :)

- This store at Old Bazaar always got a queue when other drink stalls were rather quiet;

- also tried the "Teh Cino", just to find out it's an idea originating from "Cappuccino"...There's a layer of sweet milk foam prepared using a pump or something placed on top of a cup of "Teh Tarik". So it didn't really worth the SG$0.8 to have the sweet and airy milk foam :P

3. Ice cream sandwich @ Street stalls (SG$1)

- The wafer goes well with coffee ice-cream :)

- hoho it actually tastes just like Apollo's "Monaka", but you could choose from a wide variety of flavours of Wall's ice-cream, and making the sandwich with wafers or white bread