A Stop-Over in Singapore
We arrived in Singapore on Friday evening (20 Oct) and was supposed to spend the night at my friend, Moolet’s place but since Darrius was still having fever on and off, we decided to spend the night at my uncle’s place instead. Moolet has a son who is just one month younger than Darrius so we do not want him to get the sick bugs from Darrius as he had just recovered from some bacterial infection a few weeks back.
On the next day, we only went to Bedok Interchange (neighbourhood central area at the eastern side of the island) for lunch and short walk as the weather was not very good… very hazy. Since Darrius was not feeling very well, we stayed home after lunch. Later in the afternoon, we went to pick my parents up at the railway station at Tanjong Pagar (they came to join us for the DeepaRaya holiday as dad’s company was shut down for a week). That evening we went up to my Ah Pak’s (dad’s elder cousin) place for dinner. The food was yummy and the price was reasonable too and just too bad we forgot to snap any photos as all of us were too busy digging in! 
On the following day, we went to visit PiggyBeng’s friend who will be celebrating Hari Raya at Woodlands. They cooked lunch for us and we chit-chated for a while before we make our way back to the city. Singapore was seriously hit by the haze… the photo above was taken outside Raffles Hotel and we can hardly see those high rise buildings which were just metres away at Raffles Place!
Then we went to my friend, Arlene’s house near Kallang as she has just given birth to a baby girl. She was having some problems breastfeeding her baby so I went over to give her some guidance and pass her my breasfeeding guide book. Hope she is doing fine now.
That night we went to East Coast Park for seafood dinner with my parents, Aunt Susan and Max, my cousin (was his birthday that day, so as a birthday treat). It was Darrius’s 11th month birthday the day before too… so another reason to feast… hehehe. As usual, we went to our favourite pepper and chili crabs restaurant by the seaside.
These were the 2 unlucky crabs which were chosen by us..hehe. Both weight more than a kilo each. The current pricing was like $30/kg, so these 2 fellows cost us more than $60 (RM130). We decided to have the crabs cooked into 2 different style, one with black pepper and one with chili.
We also ordered the fried man-toa (plain steamed buns) to go with the chili crab beside the other dishes.
On Monday we stayed at home as the air PSI was quite high so it’s unhealthy to go outside. In the evening, we finally meet up with moolet and her hubby for dinner at one of her favourite chili crab haunt. The place was located along Jalan Besar (facing the Jalan Besar stadium) so it was off the main road.
The carbs here are much smaller as they are not Sri Lankan crabs. They charged $30 for 2 mid size crabs. The place is also famous for its sambal fish. It’s quite spicy for me but Moolet loves it… she even ordered an extra plate of the sambal to go with other dishes.
The other dishes we ordered were the crispy ‘Ko-lou-yuk’ or sweet and sour pork, fried vege and the Singapore styled Mee Goreng (fried yellow noodles).
Overall, the food were all very tasty and the 4 piggies can’t even finish all the dishes as the serving was really huge. Price tag: $70+… which is really reasonable. The restauarnt name is Lai Huat if I’m not forgotten. So, if you happen to be in Singapore, this place is worth a try.
After dinner, we went to Moolet’s place to meet her son, Matthew. This is the first time they met up. Matthew was a little shy but my Darrius was like his usual kaypo self and not a wee bit shy at all. Moolet let Darrius sat in Matthew’s walker and he was a bit blur initially as he did not know the walker can actually move! He was so busy banging on all the fixtures on the walker and also the steering wheel which is one of his favourite.
