Yummy Adventures

First of all, I’m sorry for the long pause. I’ve been enjoying Singapore too much, as my second home, and I’ve been tremendously busy with school. I’m blessed with flatmates that have this insatiable hunger for great eats, that really research alot about good restaurants, and hawkers here, that I just find myself looking forward to every weekend that we will be eating out, and trying something new.

Newton Circus must be the most popular hawker center in Singapore. It’s swarmed by tourists, and it’s too popular that sometime in the past, there were news of allegedly overpricing happening there – one certain stall overcharging a tourist 200 sgd ( divide by 1.5 to convert into US dollars ) for four pieces of tiger prawns! But the thing is, for every first timer in Singapore, the Newton Circus always comes to mind because it’s a sure shot for really, really delicious Singaporean food, no buts, no whys. Haha!
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A few weeks ago, my friends and I went on a very spontaneous trip to Bintan, Indonesia. With the lack of good beaches here, they say that the nearest good beach around would be an hour’s worth of ferry ride from the Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal, to Bintan, Indonesia. I was more than game to get my dose of beach-lovin`, for I love, love going to the beach!

I promise you better photos when I go back, for the weather wasn’t so nice when we went there – it was pouring. My goodness. We only managed to stay for a night there and return the day after, but one unforgettable thing we did there was definitely dining in Saffron, one of Banyan Tree’s fine dining restaurants.

Banyan Tree is one, big luxurious spa resort that has really jaw dropping pool villas and accommodations. As we checked in the Angsana Resort, the resort nearby Banyan Tree, we requested to be driven there for dinner. We dined in Saffron, a very Asian ( well, Thai and Indonesian, to be exact ) restaurant, and from the moment we went in, we were mesmerized.
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