Merdeka in Singapore III: More Makan

While we were out hunting for breakfast, I spotted the same tourist I saw at Yakun the day before, having his breakfast at Toast Box. Recognized his topknot, painted nails, and Kodama tattoo on his hand. Guess he's kopitiam hopping for the duration of his stay. We gave kopi and eggs a miss, and went to Albert Centre for prawn noodles instead. Compared to Malaysia, Singapore's version is often porkier with the choice pork ribs or pig tails. 

Met up POD, Nic, and Suzy over a delicious Teochew lunch at Sin Chao Gardens, River Valley Road. For the first time ever, I met Suzy's boyfriend. Both POD and Nic were their usual lou fu, lou chai selves, and they always had fantastic tales to tell. Everyone was busy, so we didn't have round two. 

As luck would have it, HornyBF was in town, on his way out to Boston. Caught up with him with at Xin Wang, Suntec with a whole different click. The only other person I knew was Nivlac, Azzuro Hyperion's hubby. Being an impromptu meet up, we didn't stay long, and left for the ArtScience Museum. Randomly bought tickets for "Sensory Odyssey", and exhibition about the extraordinary way animals use their senses. The most interesting exhibit was how bats use their natural sonar. 

Didn't have anything else planned till dinner, so we loitered around MBS, Marina Square, and Millenia Walk. When we got tired, we stopped for kopi at Coffee & Toast which actually has light soya sauce instead of the usual dark soya sauce for the soft-boiled eggs. 

Later that night, my brother bought us dinner at a super expensive Thai omakase in Hamilton Road called Khiri. Including the wine, the bill was in excess of MYR2,000! Not that it wasn't good, but I would never spend so much. The most memorable item was the kao pad kid terng, definitely "a fried rice to remember". A very, very, very, very good fried rice with salted fish and fresh crabmeat.