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I was lucky to sample a number of Singapore Delicacies during the recent business trip.   First to mention is the national dish - crab.  We went to a  No Signboard Seafood  that local families go.  Target: White Pepper Crab! Let's start, hooray!  One Sri Lanka crab for two of us.  Spicy scallop, prawn roll and Samal Kangkong 馬來风光, morning glory fried with chilli paste.  The signature dish is White Pepper Crab.  It is cooked with spring onion and ginger, looks the way my mom cooks at home.  I like its sometimes dominant and sometimes subtle white pepper fragrance.  I could taste the natural sweetness of the crab.  Big piece of crab meat, double happiness.  Marvelous! One can order scallops cooked in different ways.  We asked for XO sauce, turning out very spicy but pleasant.  Yum!  The prawn roll was relative so so standing next to the fantastic dishes.  Two nights later, Jacky took ...

It's another time this year visiting Singapore for work.  Last time we had a luxus dinner at Marina Bay Sands , having superb views of Singapore's skyline from all perspectives.  It's a pity that we could not admire the beautiful outlook of the modern architecture of the casino itself.  But this time, as I came the first night alone then joined by other colleagues, I had the freedom of having a closer look yet with some distance of the marvelous building group.  Adjacent is the ArtScience Museum in the lotus flower look.  They complement each other, leaving audience an unforgettable impression of Singapore. Anshu (ex-colleague) addressed my desires for the outlook of Marina Bay Sands and Singapore crab by bringing me to the Esplanade . It is a theatre built in the shape of durian and situated next to the Singapore River. It's 6 hectre large. The theatre can sit 2000 people. It stands proudly at the waterfront, competing attention with the nearby Ma...

Singapore, a rare choice for independent travellers.  It's a business trip, a glance of the city in the night with its glamour shining.  The most impressive is the casino Sands at Marina Bay.  But since we were there on the top floor, I show you what I saw from there.  The most striking one is the Art Sceience Museum in a shape of lotus flower, modern elegance. Talking back a bit during the day, a Sunday.  I went to Little India , trying to find Indian jewellery made with stones. No success.  A floor of the Mustafa Centre is full of gold.  One stall sells precious stones, piece by piece.  But they are very expensive.  Outside the mall was many Indians, the only place I saw with many Indians after its motherland.  Fast food restaurants dotted the place and grocery stores as well. I met an ex-colleague, an Indian and his family and had authentic Indian home food.  It's good, mean for the chat, reunion and also the food. Th...