Chinatown Food Street - Nostalgic Alfresco Dining

Chinatown

Central, Singapore

February 2015

 

Chinatown Food Street (CFS) celebrates the assembly of specialty dishes from main Chinese dialects and the different races in Singapore, all under one roof. The 100-metre street, located at Smith Street, has undergone a $5 million facelift. This includes adding a high-ceiling glass shelter and a built-in cooling system.

 

 

Comfortable, sheltered and well-ventilated seats...

 



 

Located in the heart of Chinatown, the revitalised CFS seeks to create the most authentic Singapore dining experience for locals and tourists alike. With street hawker stalls, shophouse restaurants and festive street kiosks, complete with the alfresco dining style along the street, one can revisit the Chinatown of old.

 

Start with a light appetizers of Kueh Pie Tee...

 

Or Satay from Newton Circus Ahmad Ibrahim Satay (Stall 19)...

 

24 specially-selected hawker stalls will serve a variety of street dishes, priced between $2.50 to $10 a dish, and ranging from traditional dishes reminiscent of yesteryear to modern cuisines of today. Taking the form of street carts, these stalls recreate the boisterous wok-clanging food street that old Chinatown was known for.

 

Dig in to the local favourites - Steamed Chicken Rice from Bugis Street (Stall 04)...

 

Savour the spicy and intense Chicken Curry Noodle from Thim Kee (Stall 02)...

 

And Laksa from Maxwell Road's Soon Soon (Stall 20)...

 

Top it off with refreshing lime juice and cooling mango ice kachang (Stall K1)...





 

Chinatown Food Street opens from 11am - 11pm daily. From 13 February to 03 March 2015, spend $10 in a single receipt at Chinatown Food Street and get a 20% discount voucher off Trick Eye Museum admission tickets.

 

Chinese New Year specials include the lighting of electronic firecrackers and games...

 

 

Not to forget a plate of traditional yusheng to usher in good fortune for the year ahead,

priced at an auspicious $28 (small) and $38 (large)...

 

And the Emcee giving out angbaos filled with vouchers for each correct answer!

 

Merlion Wayfarer wishes a bountiful Lunar New Year to all.

Huat ah!

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Science Centre Singapore - Transformers 30th Anniversary Exhibition

Science Centre Singapore 

Jurong East
West, Singapore
February 2015

The Transformers 30th Anniversary Exhibition celebrates 30 years of evolution of the much beloved and world-famous Transformers Series with its final stop in Asia at the Science Centre Singapore (SCS).

Encompassing a science-enriched narrative showcasing the Transformers from the time they appear in classic cartoons on TV to movie characters with CGI graphics beside real humans, the TF30SG exhibition also promises the biggest display ever of Transformer characters by both Hasbro and local collectors.

The bus that transforms?

 

It's a Decepticon in disguise!

Despite the size of the annexe, the designers of the Exhibition have creatively fitted in 8 exciting zones. Each of the zone has an encompassing storyline and is filled with exciting activities. Kickstart your journey with a mission card to unearth the inner workings of the Transformers!

Zone 0 - First Encounter

The Transformers have just crash-landed on Earth.Who are they? Where do they come from?

Protect or Destroy?

Zone 1 - Time Warp

Travel back in time to know the history and evolution of the Transformers through the ages...

 What is the AllSpark?

After the destruction of the Transformers' planet Cybertron, its life-source, a legendary cube, called the AllSpark, crash-landed on Earth, several million years ago. The Decepticons and their evil leader Megatron plan to use the power of the AllSpark to transform human technology into a new army of Decepticons, and take over the universe.

Seek out the AllSpark, feel its energy and study its glyphs

to decode its hidden secrets so that you may protect the Earth.

Grimlock ends this zone as one steps into the next zone...

Zone 2 - Devastation of Chicago

Combining the plots of two movies - Transformers (2007) and Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011), the secret location of the All Spark has been discovered by the Decepticons. To prevent it from falling into the wrong hands, join the Autobots and their newfound human allies to transport the AllSpark to a new hiding place.

Optimus Prime heads the fight in his majestic stance...

Unbelievably, this 2m high creation is made from recycled auto parts...

He appears again in a 3D hologram viewable from any angle of the glass pyramid...

A fierce ensues, who will you side?

Zone 3 - Desert Skirmish

In the time of the Dynasty of Primes, the seven leaders of the Transformers race sought to preserve their race by finding a sun capable of providing the Energon to power the AllSpark. With an army of Constructicons, they built a Star Harvester to absorb the energy from suns. The Primes did not turn the Harvester on any solar system, as they had but one rule when setting out: Never destroy a sun sustaining lifeforms. The deactivated Sun Harvester was concealed in a pyramid, but The Fallen, a power-hungry member of the Dynasty of Primes, ganged up with the Decepticons to reactivate it.

The race is on to see which side locates the Matrix hidden within the desert...

The clue...

Go through a laser maze in your quest...

A line-up of the real-life cars that appear in the show...

The Rest

Mapping Prime using projection mapping techniques...

The Nemesis warship has crash-landed on Saturn's moon, and is now functioning as a secret HQ of the Decepticons. Megatron is plotting to revive the Protoform Decepticons that are in stasis on-board the ship. What is his next step?

What can we learn about his plans for the meteorites which landed on Earth from outer space?

How about the other artifacts recently discovered?

Activities for the young ones include scrap metal art, foam colouring, clay art, cardboard robots, posing for pictures with Transformers figures and a ball pit...

The Collectors' Showcase with rare collectibles...

Some from the earliest generations...

Some wearable...

Some mimicking other superhero characters...

Including comics...

There were some coated with a metallic sheen which gleamed under the spotlights...

The amazing fact about Transformers is that each and every figure is carefully CAD-designed to have parts that are cross-functional - both in Transformer mode and vehicle mode...

Collectibles and huggables on sale...

Trivia boards on "transformations" in science...

Wonder why Megatron and the Sentinel calls humans "puny"? Measure yourself against the 7-metre tall Optimus Prime and Bumblebee...




Take a photo with a walking Optimus here...


Exciting? Come to the Singapore Science Centre to explore in depth the other fascinating zones,
each themed to a specific concept in the Transformers storyline...

Hurry! The Transformers 30th Anniversary Exhibition ends on 01 March 2015. Tickets are at $30 for Adults and $22 for Children. Discounts and packages are available. For more information, refer to Science Centre Singapore > Exhibitions.

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This blog has been replicated from Merlion Wayfarer Goes Green,

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