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A Week in Singapore 4

A Week in Singapore 4

A Week in Singapore 4

Wow! It’s been a while since I last done a weekly series of my life in Singapore so will continue with this blog post before I starting for forgot the details. Starting off with a set lunch at Yoyogi Japanese Restaurant – Tori Karaage Set S$14.50++.

A Week in Singapore 4

Saba Shio Set at Yoyogi Japanese Restaurant S$14.50++. Both set lunch comes with green tea. Overall, I find the food tasty, fresh and worthwhile. Will be back for more!

A Week in Singapore 4

Some home cook food (not cooked by me). 😛

Stir-fried Vegetables with Abalone.

A Week in Singapore 4

Spicy stir-fried prawns with spring onions.

A Week in Singapore 4

Steam Red Snapper.

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Lotus Root Soup.

A Week in Singapore 4

Pork In Sweet And Sour Sauce. Errm, what’s the sauce?

A Week in Singapore 4

Here is the Sweet And Sour Sauce. It is purposely separated so that the pork will not be soaked soggy and still retain the crunchy outer layer. Need sauce? Just dunk the pork in the sauce!

A Week in Singapore 4

Sea cucumber stewed with mushrooms, black moss (fa cai) and vegetables in gravy.

A Week in Singapore 4

Wandering around at Raffles City, while waiting for a friend to join for lunch. Think it was a Monday noon and there wasn’t much people around. Wanted to do some window shopping but my friend turned up early.

A Week in Singapore 4

Take-away dinner – Seafood Mui Fan (white rice served “wet”, with sauce or gravy on top) S$3.50.

A Week in Singapore 4

Take-away dinner – Yi Mian S$3.50. We usually eat in front of the television and will lay old newspapers on the table so that no wiping is required after we finished the food. Wahaha!

A Week in Singapore 4

Whampoa Food Center. You can find a lot of tasty food here!

A Week in Singapore 4

Went to the older food center instead to have breakfast. It was about 9am when I reached.

A Week in Singapore 4

Large Wan Tan Mee at S$3. Delicious! But I seldom pass by Whampoa area so maybe I have pen it down somewhere to come back and try other tasty food available.

A Week in Singapore 4

Off to Clarke Quay to grab some booze. Day view of The Cannery @ Clarke Quay.

A Week in Singapore 4

Wheat Ale 500ml (1-for-1 before 8pm) at The Pump Room @ Clarke Quay S$12++. Remembered that the happy hour 1-for-1 promotion on Monday is till 10pm. Will be back with whole gang then. Ha ha!

A Week in Singapore 4

Second round – India Pale Ale 500ml at The Pump Room @ Clarke Quay S$12++. Those who have UOB credit card, please use it to pay for the bills as you will be entitled to 15% discount.

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Night view of The Cannery @ Clarke Quay. It’s a nice place to chill out, dine and drink. Love the ambiance!

A Week in Singapore 4

Passing by Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple and went in to offer my prayers.

A Week in Singapore 4

The outside of Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple, where you can buy fruits, flowers, stuff as offerings for Goddess of Mercy.

A Week in Singapore 4

Went to a nearby food center to have Prawn Noodles S$4. This is one of the popular prawn noodles in Singapore and it’s very yummy!

A Week in Singapore 4

Oh, beside Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple, you can find Sri Krishnan Hindu Temple as well. Most devotees who came to this area usually will pray at both temples. 🙂

A Week in Singapore 4

In front of the Sri Krishnan Hindu Temple, there was a tentage and offers free food to the devotees who are queuing patiently for their turn to be shown their seats. Must be some festive or auspicious day!

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Walking around in Bugis area and saw a car with many balloons sticking out of the sunroof. Are they trying to fly? 😛

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Claypot Chicken Rice S$10 (for 2 person). Well, you have to fish out the chicken, Chinese sausages, vegetables from the claypot and put them on a plate. Then add dark soy sauce and oil into the claypot (both to each preferences) and mixed well. Once done, it’s ready to be served. Believe the main reason that most people separate the ingredients out is that we just want to season the white rice. 🙂

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Side dish to go along with Claypot Chicken Rice – Herbal Black Chicken Soup S$3.

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Also ordered some healthy Stir-fried Vegetables with Oyster Sauce to go along as the vegeables that comes along with the Claypot Chicken Rice is not adequate for us.

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Queuing up to pump Shell FuelSave 98 promotion at S$1 per litre. I waited for around 45mins before it’s my turn to pump. Also heard from the media that this promotion cause huge jams all around as Shell offers this 1-day promotion island-wide. For info, the usual pump price hovers around S$1.80 to S$1.90 per litre region (before discount).

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Selera Rasa Nasi Lemak (Ang Mo Kio). My above combination is S$4.

A Week in Singapore 4

Take-away dinner again as we seldom cook at home. This time is Xing Zhou Mi Fen S$3.50.

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Chai Tow Kway (Carrot Cake) S$2.50.

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Some fashion event happening at Ngee Ann City. Passing by to head off to ION Orchard (check out my ION Orchard Walkabout post).

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Large Katsu Curry at Tonkatsu Ginza Bairin (at ION Orchard) S$15.90.

This week post consists mainly of food. I will take photos of more places in Singapore to show you in the next weekly series!

Photos on this blog post are taken on Panasonic DMC-LX3K 10.1MP Digital Camera.

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The Arena at Clarke Quay

The Arena at Clarke Quay

The Arena at Clarke Quay

Today, I am blogging about something different as all the while I was covering mostly all my day events. As Singapore was ranked second for its nightlife and dining by the Global Country Brand Index (2006), I thought it will be good for me to cover a night spot which I have patronized a couple of times recently – The Arena (beside Whopper Bar Singapore) which is located at the prime entertainment hub of Clarke Quay (Address: 3B River Valley Road #01-08 Clarke Quay Singapore 179021).

The Arena at Clarke Quay

With a huge 10,000 sq. ft area and S$3 million renovation bill, the decor is modern, classy and luxurious. Ever since its opening in 2007, The Arena has established itself into a popular R&B / Hip hop live music destination for a crowd of all ages in Singapore. The place was still empty when we reach early around 10pm but most of the good tables were already reserved. Photo above shows the entrance and exit doors.

The Arena at Clarke Quay

The party-goers will start arriving around 11pm and in no time, the place will be packed! In front of us, there was a group of ladies celebrating Hen’s Night for their bride-to-be friend. Also, they played a few games with the other party-goers, including us as well. 😛

The Arena at Clarke Quay

The Arena’s house band that comprises of the multiple talented African-Americans will entertain you with the popular R&B / Hip Hop hits from the likes of Black Eyed Peas, Beyonce and Shakira.

The Arena at Clarke Quay

Bar counter at The Arena – classy chandeliers and meretriciously-detailed illuminated walls. Nice!

The Arena at Clarke Quay

We sat near the bar counter, away from the stage and dance floor area, as it was quieter so that we could still talk. For those who like to catch the best action, do camp near the stage area! Beware as it’s going to be loud but still it has it’s perks! 😛

The Arena at Clarke Quay

Spotted a disco ball near where we were seated. Hmmm, let me check whether I brought along my laser light? ^_^

The Arena at Clarke Quay

Our booze for the night – 2 bottles of Chivas Regal (comes with 3 mixers free for each bottles).

The Arena at Clarke Quay

Some snacks to go with the drinks – chicken wings and cheese fries. Oh yes, no smoking in the club! You have to go out of the club to get burn your ciggies.

The Arena at Clarke Quay

Also, in The Arena, there will be numerous friendly ladies going round to sell tequila shots. If you need extra boost of alcohol, do call out for them and they will be most happy to serve you. Finally leaving you with some videos that I took in The Arena. 🙂


Video of The Arena at Clarke Quay Singapore.


Live Band (singing Beyonce’s Halo) at The Arena at Clarke Quay Singapore.

Photos on this blog post are taken on Panasonic DMC-LX3K 10.1MP Digital Camera.

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Burger King® Whopper™ Bar Singapore

Burger King® Whopper™ Bar Singapore

Burger King® Whopper™ Bar Singapore

Burger King recently opened the first Whopper Bar in Singapore on 17 September 2009. The Whopper Bar restaurant is located at Blk 3B, River Valley Road, #01-06, Clarke Quay (beside The Arena Live) and operates daily from 12pm to 3am. Being the first Whopper Bar in Asia Pacific and the third in the world (after Orlando and Munich), I just have to check it out and my schedule allows so on a Thursday evening.

Burger King® Whopper™ Bar Singapore

Burger King‘s new Whopper Bar offers Whoppers, Double Whoppers and other specialty burgers with 22 different toppings to choose from. Also, the most important point to note is that they do serve beer in the restaurant. With every value meal, you just need to top-up another S$2 for a Tiger Beer or S$3 for a Heineken 330ml.

Burger King® Whopper™ Bar Singapore

A pretty different approach to the regular fast-food styled Burger King restaurants in Singapore, the Whopper Bar comes decorated as a trendy and contemporary bar-like look and feel. It’s probably a 2 storey restaurant as I do see stairs going up but at that time, the stairway was blocked by some chairs.

Burger King® Whopper™ Bar Singapore

Waiting at the side to collect my orders. The whole bar is basically covered with flames design, probably promoting and strengthening it’s flame-grilled specialty.

Burger King® Whopper™ Bar Singapore

A signage beside the collection point.

Burger King® Whopper™ Bar Singapore

Our orders – 1 Luscious Tendergrill (Chicken) S$6.95 and 1 Value Meal (Double Mushroom Swiss, Large Onion Rings, Heineken 330ml) S$11.95. Total is S$18.90.

Burger King® Whopper™ Bar Singapore

The Luscious Tendergrill (Chicken) S$6.95.

Burger King® Whopper™ Bar Singapore

My Double Mushroom Swiss with Heineken 330ml. First time having beer while eating BK burgers. Interesting experience!

Burger King® Whopper™ Bar Singapore

The Whopper Bar restaurant is also Wi-Fi and iPods enabled. Ambiance is pretty good as well! I will definitely come back again and blog from here in the future! 🙂

Burger King® Whopper™ Bar Singapore

The view of the ordering counter from where I was seated. The crowd is pretty bare, probably because it’s a weekday evening and also might be due to the fact that not much peeps are aware of this new concept Burger King restaurant that was recently opened in Clarke Quay.

Burger King® Whopper™ Bar Singapore

While leaving the Whopper Bar after we had our meal, I noticed a flaming BK signage together with phase “Man Discovered Fire for a Reason”.

Burger King® Whopper™ Bar Singapore

We left Whopper Bar and went to take a walk around Clarke Quay, looking out for places to continue with some drinks. After 10mins of wandering around, we decided against it as we still need to work the next day. So we left after I took a photo of the Riverside Point (from Clarke Quay), one of my favourite food and drinks hunt as well.

Photos on this blog post are taken on Panasonic DMC-LX3K 10.1MP Digital Camera.