Food in Singapore

Other than my family and friends, the thing I miss most about Singapore is the food. The trip back home in December obviously included a lot of eating. However, most of the time I was busy eating and not taking pictures. DUH. The following pics were actually taken by Rachel, my American Born Chinese gal pal who flew in just for my wedding. :)

My bro and Rachel at Swensons in Parkway Parade. I had the crawfish pasta. The "crawfish" in Singapore is actually called "Slipper lobster" in the USA.

The American "Crawfish"

It's very different, isn't it? The crawfish pictured is found in swamps and lives in very muddy waters. It has a slight muddy taste and is last on my list of goodeating shellfish.

Breakfast! Prata and chai tao kuay to be exact. Even though there are so many Singaporean/Malaysian restaurants here, there's nothing that comes close to hawker food in Singapore. Oh, did I mention that ONE piece of plain prata costs US$3.95?

Since moving to the USA, I've had my fair share of burgers and I know a good burger from a bad one. By american standards, burgers in Singapore would hardly fill the tummy of an average american teenager. Well, unless you go to Billy Bombers. Bob had his burger fix there. haha. My fave burger since I was a teenager is the Double Mushroom Swiss Burger from Burger King. But honestly, an average American would need two of those to get full.

Double (?) Mushroom Swiss Burger... looking inadequate in my bro's hands

Before my wedding, I said that I'd be one of the few brides that actually EAT on her wedding day. COME ON... the food was GREAT! I didn't get pics of the dinner, but the lunch buffet in my house after the tea ceremony was darn awesome too. Obviously I didn't care that I had to take care of guest... I was starving! If someone wanted to see/talk to me, they could just hunt me down themselves. I have to take care of this thing called HUNGER.

Buffet line... yummy!