Welcome to Singapore. You could have visited the biggest hawker centre in Chinatown - Chinatown Complex. Other hawker centres to visit at Chinatown are Hong Lim and Amoy. That's where many locals will go to. Newton/Lau Pat Sat/Tian Tian chicken rice are more for tourists LOL. Nasi is rice, lemak is fat. That's essentially rice cooked in coconut milk with various side dishes which may or may not has fried chicken. A simplest most traditional version is just wrapped in banana leaf containing coconut rice, fried small anchovies , sambal chili (I love those with onions), egg, cucumber, peanuts.
Thank you for the recommendation! Wasn’t aware of the Chinatown Complex. Will def go there next time. I always had the traditional nasi lemak w chicken so I thought itself is basically coconut rice w fried chicken. You are very helpful! Thank you.
The comment about Singapore being hot would be simply stating the fact, rather than being a complaint. Singapore sits right on the equator, latitude location in principle closest to the sun. People going to Singapore constantly complain it being hot. What do you expect ? It is right on the tropical line.
Nothin wrong with it, except the fact that Singapore is hot 365 days in the year, with some parts of the year hotter than others. It is like drinking a glass of water with ice in it, and saying it is cold. Or going to the artic , and saying it is super cold. Well, before going to the artic, a bit of research would have told you that that part of the world is cold. Or going to Dubai, and say that it is super hot and dry. Should it be expected to be any different?
Well it’s just a comment which I believe this is a safe space to express it regardless of how useful it is. How else would you describe the climate… maybe pay a visit to HK and you will probably say it’s so humid every minute 🤣
15:28 - OMG, that is the exact breakfast that I always have at YY. Kaya toast, half-boiled eggs, and delicious kopi! I add soy and pepper to the egg and just spoon it up.
Not only tourist, but locals do as well. The difference is, it’s not local’s first choice of hawker center as it caters more to the tourist scene over the years.
Valerie. If u ever come back so early in the morning, i suggest u take a taxi and asked him to take u to RANGOON ROAD to eat their famous BAK KUT TEH. Am sure u'll enjoy this meal to kick start ur day !!!!!!. If my recommended meal fall short of ur expection, i'm most willing to refund u ur money spent. That's a very very CONFIDENT promise to U !!!!!!! Trust me cos me same as u being a FOODIE !!!!
this is proof of not doing your homework before visiting a country vlog looks like. like who goes to Newton in the day? of cos the food like chicken rice or noodles there are gonna be 'meh'. Newton is a place u go for dinner and supper. the seafood, chicken wings, oyster omelette, satay, etc. and she has local friends. why didn't her local friends tell her these things. why not stop her from wasting time at Joo Chiat lol. or why go to those artsy fartsy place to have nasi lemak, other than the fact that she probably goes to those fancy cafes and restaurants for instagram worthy pictures. the kwai lo vlogs are more interesting, where they are not afraid of the heat and truly bask in the local scenes, visited the local hawkers and have true hawker food.
You are SO SO SO SO right - Singapore's Hainanese chicken rice is NOT worth the hype. There are much better ones in Malaysia in every state, but you need a friend/local to recommend. Apparently, Singapore has a knack for 'misappropriating' dishes from its neighbouring country as its own; then marketing it massively online.
Hate the sun in Singapore, hate the rain in Singapore...so u hate weather or you hate weather in Singapore but love the rain n sun from where you're from...we might be high tech but I don't think we can create weather...yet...we don't control the weather....
