Accidental Tourist
Our first meeting since Leung Jok: caogu, Irish, ww and me got together to bring Tiff around. We got to know Tiff, who was from the US (but came here from HK) because of hocc and it was her first trip here.
First stop, Chinatown Food St. Satay, stingray, fried squid, ngoh hiang and popiah completed the spread. I love satay! But the stingray was so spicy that both Tiff and I had to give it a miss. And it was hard to eat the popiah without creating a big mess, so ww got us some extra bowls and spoons from the kind uncle who obliged despite us not buying from his stall. (We still created quite a mess, btw...hehe...)
Things were a little awkward at first cos it was our first time with Tiff and we were a bit shy, oops! Who ask our PR manager Ms Fan Fan to have to go to work?! Anyway, we tried our best to be tour-guides and brought Tiff around Chinatown’s little alleys. Well, it was mainly souvenir-ish stuff and little stalls that she has probably already seen enough in Mongkok. She did buy some Bak Kut Teh spice packs though (wonder if ah C tried cooking those that we gave her last time?) and we passed Sri Mariamman Temple (hope I got the spelling right) where it seemed that some event was happening for it was so crowded.
Next, met up with Fran at Paya Lebar and found our way to the Malay Village market. I turned into a tourist and started taking photos cos it was my first time there:
More crowds, stalls, and stuffy conditions not unlike Ladies St or Temple St. Then it started drizzling so we decided to go back, stopping for some Tau Foo Fa first. We tried to plan for the next day, but ended up gossiping away about...keke! By the time we reached the MRT station, we had missed the last train and had to go back by cab!
The stupid surcharge is so much!! Cost like $16 for a short trip...Btw, after Irish alighted and we were heading towards my place, the driver became rather chatty. “Where you go? Malay Village?” Then he shared his experience about going to night markets and how he’d go on the last day to get the best bargains...blah blah... Lucky I don’t live very far from Irish! It took probably less than 5 mins with the minimal traffic at that time, and I was glad to be home.
Well, good fun to be out together again. Looking forward to this Sun...
First stop, Chinatown Food St. Satay, stingray, fried squid, ngoh hiang and popiah completed the spread. I love satay! But the stingray was so spicy that both Tiff and I had to give it a miss. And it was hard to eat the popiah without creating a big mess, so ww got us some extra bowls and spoons from the kind uncle who obliged despite us not buying from his stall. (We still created quite a mess, btw...hehe...)
Things were a little awkward at first cos it was our first time with Tiff and we were a bit shy, oops! Who ask our PR manager Ms Fan Fan to have to go to work?! Anyway, we tried our best to be tour-guides and brought Tiff around Chinatown’s little alleys. Well, it was mainly souvenir-ish stuff and little stalls that she has probably already seen enough in Mongkok. She did buy some Bak Kut Teh spice packs though (wonder if ah C tried cooking those that we gave her last time?) and we passed Sri Mariamman Temple (hope I got the spelling right) where it seemed that some event was happening for it was so crowded.
Next, met up with Fran at Paya Lebar and found our way to the Malay Village market. I turned into a tourist and started taking photos cos it was my first time there:
More crowds, stalls, and stuffy conditions not unlike Ladies St or Temple St. Then it started drizzling so we decided to go back, stopping for some Tau Foo Fa first. We tried to plan for the next day, but ended up gossiping away about...keke! By the time we reached the MRT station, we had missed the last train and had to go back by cab!
The stupid surcharge is so much!! Cost like $16 for a short trip...Btw, after Irish alighted and we were heading towards my place, the driver became rather chatty. “Where you go? Malay Village?” Then he shared his experience about going to night markets and how he’d go on the last day to get the best bargains...blah blah... Lucky I don’t live very far from Irish! It took probably less than 5 mins with the minimal traffic at that time, and I was glad to be home.
Well, good fun to be out together again. Looking forward to this Sun...
posted by yung | 1:31 pm
6 Comments:
Ah... you nvr been to Geylang Serai? It's Deepavali soon ma, of coz there's a crowd at the hindu temple la. kekeke
-mungy
ggeeezzz...u were so near my place !!! hahaha...
which yong tau foo did u all eat ?? :p
haaaa nice food.. *burps* that's my 1st time to geylang serai also...
haha...i think most of us (except mayb Fran) havent been to Geylang Serai b4...
bob: it's not yong tau foo but tau foo fa. This shop near the smelly tofu shop (think quite famous?) but i dunno exactly where...keke
whopps...haha...read too fast :p
hmm...i only know the Rochor Beancurd stall...hahaha...nvr came across any smelly beancurd before :p
yeah, that was the quietest table i've ever sat at =P .. haha, thanks for showing me around though.
Post a Comment
<< Home