Meeting Fauzi and Siti in Singapore

Tuesday night I mey Fauzi and Siti, dow ntown in a very hot humid Singapore. Its really steamy here right now, way more so than Bali.

I’m staying on Bencoolen St, downtown close to Bugis SMRT station . Bugis is a cool area, with outside food courts, a night market and some older buildings that give a bit of character of the old Singapore. I was wiped out by the time we met, getting up at 4am, sweating all day, drinking a beer, dealing with pushy sales people etc. Fauzi and Siti live towards the airport and were downtown warching a movie. We sat outside next regular Singaporeans, older Indian men , a young group of Chinese kids all, eating and drinking. Tiger beer is the local brew and we popped one ourselves. My evening meal was a mie goreng, with a sardine sambal (fried noodles with a large sardine in hot sambal). It wasn’t bad and along with 2 drinks cost US$6.30.

Fauzi said that most of the food in Singapore somewhat generic, “you can find the same stuff everywhere.” he said. Siti, however said no where else in the world had the luxury of so much good food, close at hand. The thing that makes food here special is the way they have blended certain aspects of the Malay, Chinese and Indian dishes. My mie goreng was not like in Bali. It had a thick, dark, spicy sauce, had prawns and squid and was served by Indian people. The outdoor food courts are where the deals are and just watch the locals, they use eating as a form of entertainment!