September 20, 2011

• Song of the Day
  

  Street Hawker Food (air-conditioned version) in Singapore - After hitting up all the tourists spots in the Lion City, we were longing for some shopping and cool-down time in one of the mega malls. There are lots of wonderful and reasonably priced restaurants throughout. Amongst are TEN Din Tai Fungs scattered all over this tiny city, seems like the locals very much love to eat at this joint. We are going to the one inside the Paragon. The remainder of the Din Tai Fungs are at: Junction 8, Tampines Mall, Wisma Atria, Raffles City , Jurong Point, 313@somerset, Baits @ Resorts World Sentosa, Marina Bay Link Mall and nex @ Serangoon Central. Too bad we only stayed for a couple of days here, or else there’ll be a Din Tai Fung eating tour…..

  The grand entrance to each and every Din Tai Fung is pretty much the same, with a glass enclosed food prep area where most of the staff are busy making these little dumplings…..
  

  A super sized dumpling photo, explaining there are about eighteen folds on each dumpling…..
  

  Hmmm…..I think the count is correct…..about eighteen folds each…..
  

  Appetizer – sliced tofu, seaweed and pepper…..
  

  The typical veggie dish with a nice twist, topped with a few pieces of meaty shrimp…..
  

  The Chinese version of chicken n’ noodle soup…..
  

  ChatterBox at the Meritus Mandarin Hotel is another popular hangout for the famous chicken over rice dish…..
  

  The freshest ingredients: top quality COBB 500 chicken, wholesome premium jasmine rice, and the fragrant assortment of home made sauces…..
  

  Tender and succulent slices of de-boned chicken making this an iconic Singaporean dish…..
  

  Food Opera @ ION Orchard has 22 hawker stalls come complete with chandeliers, commissioned art, acrylic chairs and marble tabletops. Hawker fare in hoitytoity surroundings. Here, the 3rd generation Prawn Noodle stand…..
  

  The menu is clear and simple, price is very good indeed…..
  

  Spare rib and prawn noodle…..
  

  Another noodle stand that specializes in fish balls…..
  

  There are several types of noodles to choose from…..
  

  Fish balls with skinny noodles…..
  

  Fish balls with flat noodles…..
  

  When in Singapore, a visit to the Long Bar (inside the Raffles Hotel) is a must…..
  

  Singapore Sling and Mai-tai…..
  

  Haagen Dazs has joints all over the city, here, we are having “sushi ice-cream”…..
  

  Tiny pieces of fruit and ice-cream arranged in the shape of a sushi roll…..
  

  The “nori” is actually made of chocolate…..
  

  We had this shaved ice at one of the stalls inside the ION Orchard Mall. A special ice shaving machine prepared shaved ice in this ‘silky’ drapery form – Green Tea flavour with Red Beans…..
  

  Din Tai Fung Paragon Branch | 290 Orchard Road #B1-03/06 Paragon Shopping Centre | TEL:65-6836-8336 |

  Chatterbox | Level 5, Meritus Mandarin Hotel, 333 Orchard Road | TEL: 65-6831-6288/91 |

  Food Opera | Basement 4, ION Orchard, 2 Orchard Turn |

  Long Bar | Raffles Hotel, 1 Beach Road | www.raffles.com |

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