Today I decided to tour around Chinatown area as I had never really explored the town of Chinese neighborhood in the past 3 years staying in Singapore. Known as Chinatown (唐人街) among foreigner and non-Chinese Singaporean and better known as Niu Che Shui (牛車水), which literally means Bull Cart Water, among Chinese, Chinatown is enriched with Chinese culture especially in terms of architectural building.
Just above the underground Chinatown Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station, there are two major shopping complex namely Chinatown Point and People's Park Complex. Before I started my exploration into the Chinatown street, I had my brunch at a nearby hawker stall famous for charcoal-roasted duck and pork. It is none other than
Lee Kheong Roasted Delicacy located at Blk 32 #01-1040 New Market People's Park. The roasted pork rice I ordered is simply the best in Singapore.
Along Pagoda, Trengganu, Temple and Smith Street, there are stalls of variety food, beverages, souvenirs, and clothes. Most of items are cheaper than that of being sold in shopping complex. From my observation, it seems like there is a high percentage of elderly with roughly quarter of them who are wheel-chaired in Chinatown.
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| #2 Trengganu & Temple Street |
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| #3 Trengganu Street |
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| #4 Trengganu Street |
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| #5 Trengganu & Smith Street |
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| #6 Trengganu & Smith Street |
Apart from flea markets, there is a
Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum situated to the south of Chinatown area. I will blog about it in
details later. As Chinatown street is the most liveliest during Chinese New Year, I am looking forward to visit this town on Chinese New Year 2012.
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