Went for a walk down to Clarke Quays to look for somewhere to have dinner. There was an old guy in the underpass busking. Playing guitar and singing all western songs.
Found a place called IndoChine. Quite classy. We were guided right through a building (which I later found out was a club. Big couches, Massive fish tanks. The place was huge. Very hip.), through an outside area which would have been 20 or 30 metres (again with big plush couches. Must keep the staff on their toes when it rains), across a small lane way where we were seated close to the river. The meal was quite expensive but not unreasonable. I did object to paying S$15 for a bottle of water though. The food and the service was good so I’m not complaining.
There are some oddly themed restaurants around this area. One we passed was decked out with hospital beds and wheelchairs. They even had a drip set up with a strangely alcoholic looking liquid in it. I guess it’d be a good place to get legless. You could just nick one of the wheelchairs.
There were some guys across the river flying UFOs. Remote control things with lights all over them. Looked quite cool from where we were sitting.
G-Max have a reverse bungy and a giant swing along side the river as well. That looked pretty wild.
Grabbed a coffee from a little food court on the way back to the hotel. They call if kopi, made with condensed milk. I was told that the coffee has the consistency of black tar. You could stand a spoon up in it. It’s watered down and added to the milk. Apparently it has been handed down through the generations. The actual coffee, not the recipe. It was one of the best coffees I have ever had. Excellent stuff. And only about S0.80c a cup. The locals usually have it served up in a plastic bag with a straw in it. Easy to carry around I guess. I’m told that you can get a lot of things in plastic bags.
