No Plans in Singapore
We arrived in Singapore with no plans, which made us a bit nervous, but after our very well planned out visit to Australia, which was great at the time, but left no room to just wander around and relax. So, Singapore will be different for us, no plans, none. We want to feel like we are really experiencing the a true and authentic Singapore, and not be a part of the touristy thing.
After checking into our hotel, we took advantage of their free Wi-Fi and did a search for restaurants in Singapore, we were very hungry since we didn’t eat the food served on our flight, we really don’t care for airline food, no matter how they say they’ve improved on it. We weren’t too far from the Central Business District, also called CBD, and the site we found on the Internet recommended ‘Table 66′.
When we walked to the CBD, the first thing we noticed was how much of the city is underground! Every building seems to have these big shopping malls underneath them. We wandered through the CBD over to the river and walked past some very delightfully restored shophouses, which now house restaurants, bars and cafes. That’s where we found ‘Table 66′. We were really impressed with the design and the atmosphere, very chic.
I ordered the Duo of Suos Vide Pork Belly, a dish cook in two ways, braised in balsamic and roasted with crackling skin, served with sauteed apple mustard miso. My husband ordered the Duck Breast and Confit of Leg, it’s a smoked seared duck breast and sous vide crispy duck leg served with broccoli and water chestnuts in a butter monte orange jus. We didn’t get any appetizers, because we wanted to savor this dishes. We weren’t disappointed, all we can say is we were in absolute heaven with every bite. We looked at each other not believing the food we were eating, exquisite, delectable, savory and oh so good! We were beginning to really enjoy not having made any plans and we were truly enjoying just being at the restaurant, and not having to worry about making it to our planned tour; it was really nice.
After our wonderful meal, we wandered pretty aimlessly, taking in the sights, smells and sounds. We passed by a row of market stalls, shops and then this beautiful temple or shine that was right in the middle of, well we don’t know where. There was a fat Buddha right outside the temple and we saw people rubbing his belly, we guessed for good luck. So, we went up and rubbed the Buddha’s belly.
Since we had no plans, we found an Internet cafe’ and decided to look up some more great restaurants, because that last restaurant only whetted our appetite.
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