After 3 long weeks, I am finally home!!! I LOVE YOU SINGAPORE!!! MUACKS MUACKS!!!
No more cars horning all over the place. No more stupid china ppl spitting on the ground like nobody’s business. Yucks.
Of course, there are things I will miss about China, mainly the super CHEAP FOOD. And considering how important food is to me, I shall dedicate the entire post to what I ate there.
Xiao long bao – 10 for RMB10 (there’s only 5 in the picture coz we were too hungry. BUT! Only S$2 lehh!!)
But after that we found a place that (gasp!) had even cheaper xiao long bao! *drum rolls* ONLY RMB 5 for 8!!! SG$1 for 8 pieces of juicy xiao long bao!!!
We also discovered this Hong Kong cafe near my dad’s place that soon became our favourite eatery. I’ll let the pictures (and prices) speak for themselves.
Si-ping (4 items platter) - RMB 48
We chose the char siew, roast duck, roast meat and steamed chicken. All these for less than S$10!!! How to find this kinda price?! Even kopitiam also don’t have lorrr!!!
Diced chicken and salted fish fried rice – RMB 20 (S$5 for this enormous plate enough to feed both of us)
(Ok, I’m kinda tired of converting to Sing dollars, so kindly divide all RMB prices by 5.)
Abalone mushroom with broccolli – RMB 38 (not cheap, but to-die-for. The abalone mushroom really tasted abalone, so just imagine you’re paying that price for the real deal.)
HUGE baked mushroom rice – RMB 25
To illustrate how big the plate of rice is, please see the “After photo”.
After 30 min, I only managed to finish half of the portion. Definitely value for money.
Other than Chinese food, China had some noteworthy Western food eateries too.
First stop – Papa John’s
OMG the pizza there is soooooooooooo good. Its 1,000,000 times better than Pizza Hut. I’m like having withdrawal syndromes already! Seriously, someone pleeeeaaasssssseeeeeeeee bring Papa John’s to Singapore! I swear you will earn big bucks! Say ‘No’ to Pizza Hut’s monopoly!! I’ll be your most loyal customer!!!
New Orleans roast beef sandwich. Most people (at least, most Singaporeans) don’t normally order sandwiches as a meal because…… Well, it simply isn’t worth it. But take a look at the size of this bugger!! And don’t think that just because its “only a sandwich” that they will skimp on the fillings. The beef was really tender and just look at how generous they were with the liao!!
Baked penne with bacon and mushrooms
Prawns and cilantro spaghetti – RMB 15 (ONLY S$3!!!)
Whole meal (plus a missing plate of lasagne) for RMB 67 i.e S$13!!!!!
Wahhhhhh……. With all the cheap and good food I’ve had, I think I’m gonna have serious problems forking out S$3 (I realised few places sell it at $2 liao) for a plate of chicken rice. That’s RMB 15 lehhh!!!!!! LOL.
Ok, that’s about it. More pictures when I have the time (and mood).
