Right after the plane landed, August 18, 1:00 am. I was half asleep I guess. Passed through the immigration officer then got my luggage. My sister was waiting for me outside. First thing she told me… “ Lets drop your luggage at home then head back to Clark Quay. Having a little party. Exactly what we did! When we reached Clark Quay, makes me wonder if I indeed landed in Singapore. The place was packed with Europeans, Australians and Americans and a sprinkling of Asians. Went straight to a bar - China One where our Adobe friends were waiting for us. Had a couple of grapefruit vodka on the rocks and partied till dawn almost broke. What was great about the bar scene here in Singapore is that it’s non-smoking! Well perfect for me! John was sharing that smoking is not allowed in bars, restos and hotels here and that soon Europe and Other Asian countries would follow that policy. (Hmmm... I can imagine a lot of squinting from my smoker friends)
4:00am, after partying, Bruce got sooo hungry and wanted to treat us to his favorite dimsum place at Geylang. We rode a Mercedes Cab (they travel in style by the way) and went to 126 Eating House - Street Hawker food! It was great! The sio pao was yummy, yummy. The bread was really light and melts in your mouth and it was perfectly white. We also had different varieties of crisply fried and just-got-out-of-the-steamer hot hot dumplings -shrimp, pork and sharkfins. Their fried fish fillets was really great! It has a crisp crust and the fish was well cooked, juicy and tender. Dimsum here in Singapore are very flavorful, though generally less salty as compared to the ones in Manila. Since Bruce is Dutch-Indian and John is Malaysian-Chinese, we had interesting conversations about our different cultures, food and religion (Indian God Ganesh with an elephant head!) John suggests that I try should try the pastries and cakes at My Secret Recipe in Malaysia. He says its good! This is just a great way to end the night… or start a day!
