Be like a snail
Even locals said it was one of the hottest days in Singapore today. This is what the day looks like when you are:
1. Jet lag
2. Getting over a terrible throat cold
3. Nose and eyes itchy from allergies
4. Melting in the heat
Moseying through hawker centers, drinking sugar cane and eating Mee Rebus (a local, spicy seafood noodle dish).
Then, hopping into air conditioned shopping centers to look at gadets and gizmos of all sorts:
- Ga-zillion camera stores filled with Leicas, Rolodex’s, polaroids.
- For the Record — a great vinyl store with 80’s and 90’s punk rock, international soul, and of course the usual suspects: Sade, Janet Jackson and Bob Marley.
- And my find of the day: $10 vintage suede pumps black/gold/silver at Granny’s Day Out, a favorite vintage clothes boutique of mine here.
Once it cooled down we were out to for dinner which included Satay by the Bay (fresh prawns, mutton, and beef). For those of you who think mutton is tough and chewy, you never had the real thing. It is so good and the mutton here actually has flavor, unlike the lamb we get in the states.
After $0.70 satay skewers we then went to my favorite cocktail bar — Maison Ikkoku, in the Arab Quarter, for apperifis. The mixologists ask you “sweet” or “savory” and your favorite booze and they mix you up a cocktail (dealer’s choice).
They made me a raspberry whiskey sour with egg whites on top, which was like a deliscious raspberry smoothie (with whiskey) — yum. We then got hungry again and couldn’t resist ordering the smoked GOOSE. Another mind blowing taste delight and I went to bed happy.
