When in Singapore, it's always best to explore Bencoolen for cool cafes, hawkers at Bugis, and the ever-reliable Kopitiam!!! If given the chance, I would stay at the Bencoolen area next time 'cause it's near artsy places with great architecture, the National Library of Singapore, and various hawker centers.
In fact, there's a pretty decent hawker center just in front of Bugis market near the Chinese and Hindu temples. I love the fat Indian guy selling the yummiest Milo dinosaurs there. We went to the Bugis market to check out the Sunday crowd and my sister had a blast messing with the pigeons.
However, I opted to take them to Kopitiam near Bras Basah station at Bencoolen so they can have their pick of Singaporean food at an air-conditioned venue. Kopitiam is Singapore's fast food franchise where you can get anything from Hainanese chicken to Milo dinosaurs.
My sister was after one thing: kopi! She just HAD to try the strong coffee with condensed milk. We had a hard time recreating the brew at home and can only resort to Toast Box for our local fix.
After Hainanese and pecking duck, my mom ordered the iced kachang for novelty. She was painstakingly trying out ALL the foodie recommendations that was posted in Five Stones Hostel. I'm happy to see she's not one of those tourists who ignore the local cuisine in favor of convenience and sightseeing. She did not like this, though. It tasted like an overly sweet version of our halo-halo.
Speaking of sightseeing, we also went to the Night Safari where the giant python snake scared the crap out of my mom during the Creatures of the Night show. The snake-under-your-bench trick totally slipped my mind and we sat right on top of the box holding the snake. It definitely made our trip memorable, if you like shock fests.
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