Dining experience in Singapore

In Singapore, we have lots of options available for food. Well-known for our local dishes, somehow I think most of the nice places to dine at are the high end restaurants. Personally, I like to go to quiet places to eat. Best if there's only a table occupied by me. Some restaurants can be very noisy and disturbing to eat in.

For the best local dishes, it's always highly recommended to go to the hawker centres. However, there's one big issue. Most of the hawker centres are open usually in the morning. So either you work really near there, or you have lots of time to slowly eat at your own time own target in the morning.

My parents used to be a hawker, and typically we operate from 6.30am till 3pm. After that, the hawker centre will be like a ghost town. Sometimes the stall owners will stay back to prepare for the food to be used the next day. Some will also stay back for a beer or two after a hard day of work.

One issue I face here is that all the fine dining restaurants sell food that I don't like. They are either cold or raw. We don't really have quiet, restaurants selling chinese or local food. Well, you can say if i want local or chinese, why don't i just go coffee shops. But it's a little too noisy for me. I'm not very atas person, i can eat in hawker centre, it's just that if you have a special occasion that you want to celebrate, chances are, you will reserve a restaurant for that special day.

However, a look in the menu you will see dishes like shaved ham (cured? still raw to me). Smoked salmon? (Same thing --> RAW). Caviar --> erm raw eggs?! Usually served cold. OR, food like foie gras --> hmm.. very cruel to me. Nothing against people who likes them. It's just a personal preference. My brother once told me that geese don't have such a big liver. People feed them as much as they can to get a bigger liver out of them. T.T so poor thing. I never tried before hearing this story. And I also never did after that. I am a Singaporean who don't eat pig organs. I can eat Kway Chap with preserved veg, fish cakes, braised egg and tau kwa. Lol!  Also... truffles?! super pungent moldy smell. It's enough to ruin my appetite.

We now have dining inside a "Fish Tank", in a revolving tower and at a very tall height (72 storey or something). I haven't tried all of them. But i think the revolving tower place serves chinese food. I'm going to give it a try sometime soon. As for the other two, maybe I'll just go for erm.. drinks or sides. Hahaha.. or if they serve international buffet.