…I’m back, I’m back from the dead! After my grueling final exams from makeup school, I guess it was time for a short vacation, as I accompanied my very good friend Tin and her sister Nana to Singapore to have some fun!

As almost every hotel was booked for July, we settled for Southeast Asia Hotel located in Waterloo street, near the Bencoolen Link. It’s a small hotel located just beside the Chinese temple, and well, in my point of view, the accommodations were mediocre, but very much okay for the price already. Of course - we don’t plan on staying in our hotel rooms all day since we were going to walk around and shop, but in fairness, the beds ( three beds, would you believe ? ) were very much comfortable already! Our money are allotted much much more for..shopping and food, of course!

For every destination I go to , I always make it a point to savor and relish the the signature dishes of the area. Call me Anthony Bourdain divided by two , since I’m not THAT adventurous but I’m always willing to try something unique.

For my first taste of Singaporean food, we ate at a Chinese resto near our hotel, and tried the very famous Katong Laksa, which is the spiciest soup that I’ve tasted to date :

The noodles were very firm but good, there was a mix of seafood - shrimp, fish cakes, and oysters, and I could just tell that they were very fresh ( except with the fish cakes, of course! ). The soup, I was surprised, had coconut milk, sort of mixed with really super spicy chili sauce. I appreciated it , but as my bowl went one third empty, I decided to give up, unknowingly why, maybe because I got tired of the taste easily.

Have you ever tasted Katong Laksa ? Any thoughts?

Anyway, I’m posting more Singaporean food trip entries, stay tuned!