Guidebook for Singapore
Food Scene
The Maxwell Road Hawker Food Centre is well known for its affordable, tasty and huge variety of local hawker food.
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Old Nyonya
1 Kadayanallur StThe Maxwell Road Hawker Food Centre is well known for its affordable, tasty and huge variety of local hawker food.
Avoid going at night because only a handful of hawkers will be open. A fair number of them open in the morning, but they are busiest during weekday lunches.
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I-Hong Lim Market & Food Centre
531A Upper Cross StAvoid going at night because only a handful of hawkers will be open. A fair number of them open in the morning, but they are busiest during weekday lunches.
Located in a small HDB shophouse at Everton Park, Nylon Coffee Roasters is a coffee roaster that serves one of the best coffees in Singapore.
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Nylon Coffee Roasters
4 Everton ParkLocated in a small HDB shophouse at Everton Park, Nylon Coffee Roasters is a coffee roaster that serves one of the best coffees in Singapore.
As one of the most popular coffee houses in Singapore, Chye Seng Huat Hardware is definitely on the list of any cafe hopper's itinerary.
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Chye Seng Huat Hardware
150 Tyrwhitt RdAs one of the most popular coffee houses in Singapore, Chye Seng Huat Hardware is definitely on the list of any cafe hopper's itinerary.
Chinatown Complex Food Centre is a great place to have local traditional dishes and Singaporean street food
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Chinatown Complex
335 Smith StChinatown Complex Food Centre is a great place to have local traditional dishes and Singaporean street food
Tucked away in Telok Ayer Street, Sarnies is prized rarity for sandwich cafes located around CBD.
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Sarnies
136 Telok Ayer StTucked away in Telok Ayer Street, Sarnies is prized rarity for sandwich cafes located around CBD.
Sightseeing
Singapore's Chinatown is an ethnic neighbourhood featuring distinctly Chinese cultural elements and a historically concentrated ethnic Chinese population.
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Chinatown MRT Station
New Bridge RoadSingapore's Chinatown is an ethnic neighbourhood featuring distinctly Chinese cultural elements and a historically concentrated ethnic Chinese population.
he Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum is a religious and cultural institution in Singapore’s Chinatown.
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Ibhetheli leBuddha Tooth Relic
288 South Bridge Rdhe Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum is a religious and cultural institution in Singapore’s Chinatown.
An excellent museum chronicling how Chinatown came to be and the privation suffered by early migrants.
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I-Centre ye-Heritage ye-Chinatown
48 Pagoda StAn excellent museum chronicling how Chinatown came to be and the privation suffered by early migrants.
One of Singapore's oldest mosques, built in the 1830s by Tamil Muslims in an Indian style.
Masjid Jamae (Chulia)
218 South Bridge RdOne of Singapore's oldest mosques, built in the 1830s by Tamil Muslims in an Indian style.
Formerly the traffic police HQ, now a design center painted firehouse red with a museum devoted to contemporary design.
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I-Museum ye-Red Dot Design
11 Marina Blvd Formerly the traffic police HQ, now a design center painted firehouse red with a museum devoted to contemporary design.
Singapore's oldest and most important Hindu temple and worth a visit for the intricately carved gopuram (statuary above the entrance), which gave adjacent "Pagoda Street" its name.
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Ithempeli yeSri Mariamman
244 South Bridge RdSingapore's oldest and most important Hindu temple and worth a visit for the intricately carved gopuram (statuary above the entrance), which gave adjacent "Pagoda Street" its name.
The oldest Hokkien temple in Singapore, dating back to 1821, although the structure was thoroughly refurbished in 2000.
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Ithempeli yeThian Hock Keng
158 Telok Ayer StThe oldest Hokkien temple in Singapore, dating back to 1821, although the structure was thoroughly refurbished in 2000.
Visitor gallery with large scaled models of the entire country (ground floor) as well as the city centre (incredibly life-like), which provide good orientation of the country for first-timers.
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I-Singapore City Gallery
Visitor gallery with large scaled models of the entire country (ground floor) as well as the city centre (incredibly life-like), which provide good orientation of the country for first-timers.
Raffles Place, the heart of the central business district, is located in the downtown core of the central region.
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Raffles Place station
Raffles Place, the heart of the central business district, is located in the downtown core of the central region.
Essentials
The nearest supermarket to get your basic necessity.
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Cold Storage China Square
18 Cross StThe nearest supermarket to get your basic necessity.
Drinks & Nightlife
An alcove of bars and restaurants stand in attention along Club Street.
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Club Street
Club StreetAn alcove of bars and restaurants stand in attention along Club Street.
A refurbished riverside development of old warehouses consists almost exclusively of bars and restaurants.
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Clarke Quay
3 River Valley RdA refurbished riverside development of old warehouses consists almost exclusively of bars and restaurants.
Ann Siang Hill is another popular hangout place with terrific tapas bar and vintage cafes.
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Ann Siang Hill
Ann Siang HillAnn Siang Hill is another popular hangout place with terrific tapas bar and vintage cafes.
Shopping
This is the place to shop for the typical Chinatown and Singapore souvenirs.
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Pagoda Street
Pagoda StreetThis is the place to shop for the typical Chinatown and Singapore souvenirs.
Numerous shops selling electronics, clothing, clocks, Chinese medicine and jewellery.
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People's Park Complex
100 Upper Cross StNumerous shops selling electronics, clothing, clocks, Chinese medicine and jewellery.
A shopping mall that mainly sells handicrafts, there are other shops selling gifts and watches as well as beauty salons.
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Chinatown Point
133 New Bridge RdA shopping mall that mainly sells handicrafts, there are other shops selling gifts and watches as well as beauty salons.
Sells a wide range of department store merchandise, well known brands such as Adidas, Giordano and Billabong have counters in the building.
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People's Park Complex
100 Upper Cross StSells a wide range of department store merchandise, well known brands such as Adidas, Giordano and Billabong have counters in the building.
Pearls Centre
100 Eu Tong Sen StLabyrinthine old shopping mall with a bizarre assortment of stores.
Everything Else
Among the Chinese, the obligatory souvenir is some sweet red bak kwa (barbequed pork), available both fresh off the grill and in convenient vacuum packs.
Lim Chee Guan 林志源 (People's Park Complex)
1 Park RdAmong the Chinese, the obligatory souvenir is some sweet red bak kwa (barbequed pork), available both fresh off the grill and in convenient vacuum packs.