Back in October, DH was invited to be a speaker at AWS Startup Day Singapore so I decided to tag along. We left Jakarta in the afternoon and arrived at our hotel just around dinner time. Based on one of our friend's recommendation, we went to Les Bouchons on Club Street. The restaurant wasn't difficult to find. It was small and cozy and it was almost full house. We were lucky that they had a table for two. I would say that 90% of the customers there were foreigners and majority of them were francophones. We ordered Ribeye and Sirloin, and they came with a bowl of salad each and bread basket. We were so full!! The food was good and reasonably priced. Was it the greatest steak we've ever head? No. But still good.
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| Bread basket |
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| Steak dinner and salad |
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| Creme Brulee |
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| Pub Street |
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| Wet pants and sandals |
The following morning, DH had to leave early for the AWS event so I took full advantage of the Sheraton breakfast buffet that was included with our stay. I loved the seating area.
After breakfast I went to Battery Road to meet up with one of my friends for lunch. It was a great catching-up time but we forgot to take pictures! We ate at an Italian restaurant by the river. I can't remember what the name was.
After lunch, I walked over to the National Gallery. At that time the famous Yayoi Kusama exhibition had finished. They had their permanent exhibition and ink painting exhibition at the time. So I went in and had a look...
There were three ink painting exhibitions. One was from a single artist whose paintings were highly influenced by South East Asia. So they look like Chinese paintings but with Coconut trees and beaches... Here's one example.
The other two ink painting exhibitions were connected. One was of over old paintings, mostly from China. They were quite amazing!
Look at the details of this painting. It was a large painting and I took two different pictures of it. In the second picture you can see the people. Each of the person in the painting was about 2 cm tall!
From the Gallery, I walked over to Suntec City. The younger workers at the gallery told me that I should take the bus, because it was far. It didn't look that far on Google Maps though. Luckily there was an older lady who told me it was walk-able but quite far. It's not too bad because it's mostly covered. So off I went. Not too far, it took me about 20-30 minutes. There were many art pieces on the pedestrian walkway...
I went to Suntec City just to pick up my Doterra order... :D
After that I took the bus to School of the Arts (SOTA) bus stop, and went to Curious Palette for coffee.
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| Good Coffee |
From there, I walked over to Plaza Singapura to meet with my darling friend from high school. We at dim sum and shopped at Spotlight! Well, she's accompanying me to be more precise. Lol... while I was going around with googly eyes wanting to buy all the fabrics they had there. Prices were not cheap but they have a lot to choose from. Here's a picture of us that I snatched from her FB :D
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| Grilled Stingray |
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| BBQ pork and duck on rice |
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| Crispy baby squid |
We went to the airport after lunch and flew back to Jakarta. On the flight back, over Jakarta, I saw this thick smoke coming up from a building that looked like it was on fire... In this picture below it's on the left side looking like a small yellow dot. I never found out what that was but still think it's interesting.
So that was my Singapore trip in October, stay tuned for the next post: Another trip to Singapore...
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