Singapore: Chinatown, 2

Continuing our walking tour of Chinatown, and then some...

Main hall of the Buddha tooth relic temple; monks tending the display; the silk
embroidery is the background

More high-rises

Now in a civic center, the best model ever, so far, showing the entire island/city/
state, in detail; Collin explaining the government's growth/environmental plans

Detail, showing the Marina Bay area, where we'll spend some time...

Most of the tour then adjourned to the Maxwell Food Centre,
across the street, one of the better known hawker centers

Where we tried the famous chicken rice dish (famous for its blandness? I asked)

From this place

Being a fan of the early Bourdain (when he still smoked), I couldn't resist the
oyster beignet

"Where's the oyster?"

Oh, there, with the pork and mushroom, etc.

A bit of the interior of the Maxwell Food Centre

Among the hawkers

After our hawker center experience, we continued walking around Chinatown

 

Peanut gallery

Done with scissors, not just silhouettes

Making bakwa, a flattened grilled pork New Year specialty; we'd be back in
Chinatown on New Year's eve...