Amara Hotel - Funology SG53 Buffet & Durian Party

First, start off with appetizers and seafood galore...

Savour the main course with its wide spread of local and international delights...

Lighten up with some fruits and desserts, not to mention Haagen Daz ice cream...

Finally, end off with a selection of the finest Mao Shan Wang and Red Prawn durians - freshly opened by chefs right in front of you...

Available from 3 August to 9 August 2018, 6.30 pm to 10.00 pm at

• SGD 88++ per adult
• SGD 36++ per child (6 to 12 years old)

2 persons dine free for every 8 other paying guests. 

Plus:  Free flow of iced tea with a group booking of 53 adults to celebrate Singapore's 53rd birthday!

Old-school games and activities are available on the 3rd and 9th August.

For reservations and enquiries, call +65 6879-2607 or email Element.SG@amarahotels.com.

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Chinatown - The Chinese New Year Pasar Malam On A Hot Hot Day

Chinatown

Central, Singapore

January 2016

Merlion Wayfarer was recently at the Chinatown Festive Market just before the Chinese New Year weekend. Held in yearly, the festive market spans the grid between Smith Street, Temple Street and Pagoda Street. Here are some of the more interesting snapshots of the walkabout...

Joining the "Packed Like Sardines" crowds this weekend to soak in the festive mood
on a sunny day under a clear blue sky...

A stall full of pomelos (柚子) in the Festive Market. Pomelos signify abundance, prosperity and family togetherness (by the large and round shape)...

Need some cooling from the hot sun and "heaty" cookies? 

Go for these watermelon blouse and matching green shorts on sale...

Rainbow colours abound with biscuits and jelly from Taiwan...

Lost in the crowd at the Chinese New Year Festive Market...

The regular roast/waxed (烧蜡) meat stall at the Festive Market has changed hands and changed location. This outlet is quieter and with a smaller selection...

What better way to usher in the Year Of the Monkey for the kids
than to get one of these colourful Monkey Balloons?

Golden-orange pomeloes with "福" (Prosperity) stickers near Lucky Chinatown. Huat Ah!

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Elusive Durian-Detection Skills

Wonderful Fruit Enterprise (旺德福名种猫山王)

147 Sims Ave, along Geylang Lorong 17

Singapore 387469

July 2012

           

One fine night, Merlion Wayfarer was sidetracked by all her friends' delicious posts on the latest durian posts on Facebook and decided to venture out seeking the thorny shells herself.

                

On that weekend night, Geylang was as usual chaotic with the evening traffic and the dining crowds. Many bright stalls beckoned, but filtering from left to right, or right to left, in the onslaught of cars and buses and heck-care-the-driver pedestrians proved to be a mountainous task. There were no bright neon "P" signs to indicate available parking in plain sight.

      

Finally, a bright light appeared in the horizon where ample parking space abound in the lane and estate behind. On goes the indicator light, and soon the car was parked.

       

Known for her acute sense of smell, Merlion Wayfarer sniffed a few pokeys in the pile. Uh-uh, she knew they were the pale yellow type.

      

“你会不会选?" the Ah Chek asked. Well, maybe he didn't like people to dig up his entire pile to find the better-tasting ones.

  

“来我帮你选!" Not a good decision, but he had already opened a few.
     

 

Mai hiam, for a lower price than some of the stalls they saw and much larger fruits, they settled. (After all, must look ai-zai mah. A bit paiseh to admit they didn't know their fruits well hor?)
   

      Out of the four durians bought, only one tasted solid with darker flesh and a bitter pungent taste.
   

 

Well, it's time Merlion Wayfarer brush up on her durian detection skills!
         



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The full album is available at: Merlion Wayfarer's Picasa (Food - Fruits)

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