Explore 3 Best Attractions in Chinatown Singapore

Explore 3 Best Attractions in Chinatown Singapore

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 Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum

Located in Chinatown of Singapore, Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum has long been famous for unique architecture and holy reputation. The temple is a place of worship of the Buddha.

 

Built in 2007, the temple is prominently characterized by architecture and furniture of Buddhist art and history. As the name would suggest, the temple is named as the left tooth of the Buddha. The relic was brought here from Kushinagar, India.

This Chinese-style pagoda was designed by Venerable Shi Fa Zhao, the president and Abbot of the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum, and Abbot of the Golden Pagoda Buddhist Temple with the help of local residents and foreign consultants. Temple’s construction costs up to 75 million USD. The architecture of the temple is based on elements of Tang Dynasty style and Mandala, a symbol of the universe in Buddhist culture.

The Buddhist Culture Museum on the third floor exhibits relics related to the Buddha, such as the bones and tongue. Noticeably, the Sacred Light Hall on the fourth floor is placed the temple’s most important treasures. It is the Buddha ‘s tooth preserved in the giant tower weighing 3,500. The tower is made of 320 kg of gold, of which 234 kg is donated by worshippers. You might enjoy the relics at the separate observatory from 9 a.m – 6 p.m everyday. Bear in mind, you have to ask for permission of monks before entering the reserve.

Sri Mariamman Temple 

Originally a wood – and – attap (palm fronds) structure completed in 1827, Sri Mariamman Temple on South Bridge Road is the oldest Hindu temple in Singapore. Commonly referred to as Mariamman Kovil (« Mariamman Temple » in Tamil), the temple has been serving as the place of worship of Goddess Mariamucted man by immigrants from Nagapatnam and Cuddalorre districts of South India.

« Mari », meaning « rain » in Tamil, is an important life – giving element in rural life, while Goddess Mariamman is also known as the curer of diseases. In addition to a place of worship, the temple was also closely intertwined with the Hindu community as it served as the first refuge for new immigrants, dispute mediation, and an early resgistry of marriage for Hindus.

Especially, if you visit Sri Mariamman Temple in October and November, you would definitely have a chance to witness the annual fire – walking festival named Theemithi.

Skybridge of Pinnacle@Duxton

Pinnacle @ Duxton is a public housing in Singapore, opened in 2010. This area has seven buildings, including 1,848 apartments and, significantly, all buildings were connected by a bridge on the 50th floor and 26th floor. The bridge of 50th floor, which is named Skybridge, definitely enables tourists to hold panoramic views of the stunning city and harbor. The entrance fee for visitors is very reasonable, which is priced at only $ 5 per person. However, the local authorities limit the number of visitors a day at 200 people so that they do not disturb the daily life of the inhabitants. Thus, if you want to make a visit to this amazing place, you should book tickets in advance.

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The first chicken that you would be best to try (taste) while traveling in Singapore

The first chicken that you would be best to try (taste) while traveling in Singapore

By sdvthuongmai   10:44 PM   No comments:

Hai Nam chicken rice was named “ fisrst chicken” at Lion island. Which is worth for visitors to reach kilometers thousands to visit Singapore country.

Hai Nam chicken rice is one of the traditional dishes of Singapore. That is simple dishes rice but at fascinating over-years. Boiled chicken is required is thin fat layer, fatty (greasy), tasting deliciously buttery between layers of meat and skin, to dip with chili sauce, to eat with rice cooked fragrant scented soft chicken. Piece of chicken piece of chicken is like melting in mouth your, tasty sweet gravy which stimulate all tenses.

Hai Nam chicken rice with chicken right quality tuste has become famous wouldwide.​

When Hai Nam people migrated to Singapore in mid-19th century, they only served the Brifish colonial or assistiry in restaurants. Hai Nam people often serve master of the house with chicken rice. They think that simple boiled chicken dishes will statisfy every differren fastes. Chicken rice story has been began to change when the Japanese to occupy in the second world war. The British had to leave Singapore and Hai Nam people was best their jobs. At that time, the first chicken rice restaurant was born to make a living.


According to Foo who is a Tian Tian restauranteur, the chicken is boiled for about an hour, then it is soaked in ice water. This way will keep chicken with the flavor and beautiful full skin layer. After the cold soak for about 30 minutes, the chicken is brought to hang in the next 30 minutes before cutting to lay on the rice.


The waster has just boiled chicken is used to cook rice, to make soup and to add chili sauce. Chicken fat is left which will bee mixed with sesame oil and spreading on chicken before taking up dishe to serve guest at a meal. The total completion time of chicken rice about two hours. However traditional seeret dicisions original flavored chicken can not disclose.

From first glance, chicken rice in here is not much differen from the version in the Tian Tian restaurant except the rice is contained in expensive plated bowls.

The most important part of the dishe is not chicken that is cooked rice. The rice must be aromatic, restaurateur Chatterbox shared: with lemon grass, ginger, garlie and pineapple leaf, the rice is so delicious that it can be eater separately. Chicken rice at Chatterbox is tasty and enough flavor as in Tian Tian. But four times more expensive price, you get move order of rice, luxury dining and chicken meat is brought from Malsysia. Chicken meat is softer and moreisher.

In ancient times, people often use these all egg laying hens to make chicken rice. Therefore to ensure most tasty chicken flavor as possible, they use chicken water in rice and chicken. As much as possiple, Chatterbox restaurant owner talks about the origin Hai Nam chicken rice. Chicken rice is a enough nutrients and savings food.


One of the first chicken rice restaurant from that time is Yet Con (25 Street Purvis city) appeared from the 1940s. Currently, it has remained at the old address and serving traditional chicken rice. Chicken rice here is not use sauce of sesame oil on the surface.

In the 1970s, early 1980s, chicken rice has began to add sauce of sesame oil water to rise more attractive as today. But the Yet Con restaurant, chicken rice has remained version 1949. Another difference in Yet Con is chicken is dried naturally that it is not let in the freezer, the chicken food is drier than new style.

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Adventure games you should try in Singapore

Adventure games you should try in Singapore

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Thrilling games appear quite adequate in Singapore making this place is considered the mecca of those who prefer adventure sports in Southeast Asia.

Jetpack
This is a type of very popular water sport in Hawaii. However, if you want to try this game in Asia, Singapore will be the ideal address for you. Imagine, thrust of water will push you to a soar to 10 meters in very safe condition because you still control it. The Seabreeze Water-Sports Park (Wave House Sentosa, Siloso Beach, Sentosa Island) will be the address for you to experience and try out this game. You will be very excited knowing that do not need to spend a lot of money to fanning the excitement.

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Mega Zip
Mega Zip is an interesting adventure game in the MegaZip Adventure Park, Imbiah Hill Road, Siloso Beach, Sentosa Island, Singapore that visitors should try. You will be hanging in the space by a cable and then be dropped freely. Depending on the courage that visitors can select the speed, the different dropping levels. The cable system Mega Zip of Singapore 450 meters long, at 72m above sea level and has 3 lines hanging pulley will give visitors a great view about the canopy of tropical jungle below.

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Climb Max
Climb Max is one of interesting adventure games in the MegaZip Adventure Park Imbiah Hill Road, Siloso Beach, Sentosa Island Singapore that tourists love. It is the game in which you will walk on cable in the space. Guests will pass a narrow path 12 meters long, connected by wooden planks and ropes. Depending on the age of players, altitude will be different. However, guests assured because there is a team of experienced protection will ensure your safety.

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Flying Trapeze
Flying Trapeze is an adventure sports game appeared recently in Singapore. If those who have been to the circus and was impressed with the acrobats in the air, this is the opportunity to try experience. Guests will climb the high podium, with a guide to help you hook 2 feet into one timber. Upon hearing the command is ready, visitors let go of their hand and flew.

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iFly Singapore

iFly Singapore is an adventure game simulating the largest indoor skydiving environment in the world environment. The lower part is a wind turbine can generate wind of 300 km / h, but it usually blows with speed from 160 to 190 km / h. There will be the instructors to assist visitors can keep balance and experience the excited feeling of free falling in zero gravity.

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Wave House
Surfing but not on the sea, that is ... in the wave house! This game is intended for who want to try the feeling of surfing but scared to try it directly on the sea.

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Sentosa Wave House is a construction with area in more than 6,500m2 located along the beach. Coming here, those who love surfing, want to ride on 3m high waves will be enjoyed this amazing feeling but still was very safe. Even those who never surf also do not be afraid, because you will get the help of the experienced guides at Wave House.

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Carefully be fined and go to jail while traveling in Singapore

Carefully be fined and go to jail while traveling in Singapore

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With discipline and strict security, Singapore is one of the most secure cities in the world. According to the Straits Times, 10 the following actions will make visitors will be fined when traveling in Singapore.

1. Do not wash on the streets, public places, or in public water reservoirs, etc. These violators will be fined up to 1000 SGD.

2. Harassing people in public places or take actions or words of provocation, pornographic. Beware ... According to Article 294 of the Penal Code of Singapore, this offense will be fined or imprisoned up to 3 months and may be you must be responsible to both penalties.

3. Business, distribute or lease products related to pornography such as pictures, books, music CDs, etc are illegal. According to Article 292 of the Criminal Code, the defaulter shall be sanctioned in both forms: by cash and detained for up to 3 months, or one of two forms.

4. Acts of deliberately obstructing others to follow the direction that this person has the right to go to is unauthorized. Persons guilty of imprisonment not exceeding one month or fined in cash not exceeding 1,500 SGD, or be subjected to both penalties.

5. When you go shopping, pay attention, because defrauding in size, weight is also alleged to violate the law. Under Section 265 of the Penal Code, anyone cheating in weight, length could be sentenced up to a year in prison, fined in cash or both forms are applied.

6. In Singapore, dogs biting people is illegal. Any owner allows his dog to bite other people, causing injury, can be fined up to 5000 SGD. If you go with a dog while traveling you should pay attention to this.

7. Being in a state of drunkenness, it is better that you stay home. Regardless of who is in a state of having yeast appearing in public places and take disruptive behavior, harassing can be detained up to 6 months or be fined 1,000 SGD (Singapore dollar), you can be detained and be fined.

8. If you like kite flying, be careful. Anyone playing kites, or performing any action that interferes with traffic may have to pay a fine of up to 5000 SGD. If you really want to fly a kite, the West Coast Park and dam Marina Barrage are the best choice for this pleasure.

9. Anyone causing noisy, annoying to everyone around in any form can be fined up to 1000 SGD.

10. In Singapore, drinking or even carrying alcohol to public hospitals is one of the taboos. Anyone who unintentionally or intentionally drinks alcohol in any public hospital can be imprisoned for up to two months, fined of up to 1,000 SGD or be subjected to both forms, unless hospital has signposts allow action on.

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Top 5 grossest foods in Singapore

Top 5 grossest foods in Singapore

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Fried pig oviduct is one of Singapore's dishes that just hearing the name making diners feel disgusting. If you plan to travel to Singapore, maybe you will be witnessing these horror dishes. Here are the dishes voted by World Tourism Community were the scariest in Singapore.

1. Stir-fried pig fallopian tubes

Hearing was feel horror; pig oviduct was chopped and fried with curry Singapore and vegetables. Hearing was quite disgusting but when eating diners will be impressed because brittleness, toughness of this unique dish.

2. Stinky fermented tofu

The tofu dish originated from China, but stinky tofu is a popular dish in Singapore. According to some person who had eaten, stinky tofu was very fat and delicious surpassed commonly tofu. However, to enjoy you suffered a horrible odor similar to the smell of sewage. This dish is usually eaten with hot pot and young tofu.

3. Turtle soup

What do you think if you have to try the soup in which there is a turtle floating with vegetables without having been chopped as other dishes? If you can overcome the fear, you can enjoy one of the unique dishes of Singaporean cuisine.

4. Pig's brain soup

If pig's brain soup is cooked with a lot of eggs, shredded chicken, vegetables, mushrooms, etc looked not so scary, then in Singapore, pig's brain soup is just simple as a brain soaked in broth. Ensure whether you are a fan of pig brain soup, you will have to be "frozen" for a few seconds when see this dish.

5. Oviduct of frog (Hashima)

Singaporeans are extremely interested the dessert called Hashima made from dried frog fallopian tubes cooked. Although hearing the name of dish is very horror but the truth is this is a very nutritious food for kidney and lungs.

Century eggs
The ammonia smell of century eggs, literally translated as "thousand year eggs", probably led to the rumor that they are cured in horse urine! However, that's just a myth (urine is not alkaline enough to cure the eggs). Century eggs are widely popular as an appetizer with pickled ginger, or chopped up and cooked in congee.

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Take a yacht and experience the feeling of freedom in Singapore

Take a yacht and experience the feeling of freedom in Singapore

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Singapore is considered one of the busiest ports in the world. Not only is an anchor of the tankers, but it also is the destination for luxury yachts.

In recent years, the Singapore tourism is growing, yacht companies in the Lion island nation began to open a series of sea journeys extremely interesting for visitors. Therefore, you absolutely can easily find a journey suitable with the needs, hobby and your pocketbook.

Enjoy the sunset on the sea

If you do not have much time and want to save costs, the journey for watching sunset on the sea lasted 2 hours is the ideal choice for you. Lloyd Marin is one of the companies in Singapore providing this program.



Yachts depart at 18 hours and return to dock at 20 hours. On the yacht serves free wine and pastries. Join the journey, in addition to watching the sunset, visitors can admire the scenery harbor of city at night as well as track musical fountain show at Sentosa. Cost: from SG $ 160 / person. The minimum number of people for a journey is 12.

Sea Journey

Luxury yachts worth millions of dollars are not just for millionaires. You can also experience the feeling of crossing sea by yacht and visit the beautiful islands if involved in a half-day trip organized by companies specializing in renting yachts.


Departure from Sentosa, you will be taken to the neighboring islands such as Kusu, St.John, etc. Upon arrival, you can have fun on a yacht or can participate in some activities such as walking on the beach, boating kayak, swimming in the lagoon. Cost: from SG $ 400 / person


If being went to Orchard road many times, visiting nearly all the Marina Bay area and looking for something new, then you can think of the trip within 1 day on the sea, beginning at 11 hours and ends at the middle night.

In particular, if travelling in groups, you can rent the whole yacht with more preferential prices. Company Yacht Long Ranger leases yacht that can accommodate 37 people with price SG $ 5250 / day (including catering).

On weekends, the companies regularly organize the long journey of about 2 days 1 night. During this trip, not only are tourists visited Singapore, but they also are gone to all the waters of neighboring countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia.


Company Yacht Ventures organized tour Singapore Malaysia by boat at prices SG $ 1,400 / person, including costs of tour, entry and catering (excluding fee of rent rooms if guests wish needs to stay overnight at the hotel). The yacht can accommodate up to 10 people, departing at 10 am at the Changi Sailing Club and returned at 18 pm on next day.

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