Ex-Pat Street

Met up with Caza to celebrate the start of the weekend and her 1st week at work in Singapore. Decided to head to what we lovingly call "Ex-Pat Street", Pekin Street in the Business District. We discovered it purely by chance on our brief trip to Singapore about 2 months ago and thought we'd never find it again as it seems so hidden away. It's full to the brim with bars and eateries and has a great ambience with twinkling lights suspended in the trees up and down the street. Once Upon A Bar was our destination of choice as we'd had such tasty food there last time and the beer prices are not too bad for Singapore. They do ice-cold San Miguel pints for approx $8 during Happy Hour(s) - this is like Wetherspoon's prices in Singapore terms. Food-wise they serve up great bar snacks and we delved into first class moist and barbequey Chicken Tikka,  enormous pie-like Veggie Samosas, classic Thai Fish Cakes and an amazing Crispy Battered Squid which you plunge into a green chilli & coriander dip. They seem to do lots of different cuisines from the specialist kitchens to the back of the bar so you know you're getting something authentic. The beer slips down a treat too and we managed to sup several pints before slipping away into the night.

We decided to pop into one of the bars local to us in Robertson Quay on the way back to have one more Tiger for the road. Bizarrely, we were still slightly peckish so we decided to sample a pizza as well! The bar-restaurant is called The Sailors and is one of many Italian restaurants in town. It's not the most amazing bar around but the pizza was actually pretty darn good with a  lovely crispy base. The only thing it lacked was a bit of a chilli kick, but that's my problem not theirs! Great little late-night haunt overlooking the river playing very chilled music, just right before bedtime.....