Thursday 20th August 2015.
Running out of time and the list of things to do is still
long. I remembered seeing a travel show a few years back where the host was
eating marrow bone soup. In 2 minds about trying it, but I tracked down where
the show was filmed and it turns out the food centre isn’t far away from our
hotel. So after a small breakfast we head towards Beach Rd to catch the bus to
the Golden Mile Food Centre. Of course, as we walked down Arab St I had to have
a little peek into a few fabric shops so I would know where to come back to.
But as with many best made plans, our bus ride was totally waylaid when I found
a shop selling ready made clothes and then another selling tablecloths,
scarves, cushion covers and the like. The shop owner was an absolute gentleman
and he had great respect for his wares and his customers. The silk scarves were
absolutely diaphanous and the block printed tablecloths were a very reasonable
price, so naturally I had to buy. He even went as far as handing out bottles of
water because we had been in his shop for so long. A very nice touch and much
appreciated. Dilip Textiles 74 Arab St.
200m or so to our hotel, so back we go to drop off our
packages, including another ready made top and some fabric. Naturellement!
Blinkers on, we head back up Arab St for the bus. It’s only
one stop but it’s 1/2km and the less we have to walk at this stage, the better.
No problem finding Golden Mile, or B1-17, the appointed place for the marrow
bone. It’s about 12.15 by now and the cook is busy in his tiny stall but the
lights aren’t on. He tells us the dish isn’t ready and won’t be till 1pm, so we
grab a beer and sit down to wait. I think that must have impressed him, he
expected that we’d leave instead. I wish we’d discovered this food centre
earlier, it has the cheapest beer of the trip so far. A longneck of Tiger for
$6.30. The Sup Tulang (marrow bone soup) is 4 pieces of bone for $6, and it’s in
a dark tomato red sauce. Not all that spicy either. It’s really messy to eat, luckily
we had planned ahead and I wore a top that I didn’t mind if I dripped sauce on,
but the red stains our fingers and hopefully not our faces. It’s impossible to
eat without getting it all around your mouth. Not a particularly good look!!
The final part of eating this dish is to use a straw (BYO) to suck the marrow
out of the bones. Delicious if you like to suck the marrow out of the lamb chop
bone.
Also on the list of ‘to do’ things for the day is to go back
to Raffles to have a drink in the Courtyard, a Barefoot Contessa. Not served in
the Long Bar as we discovered on Sunday. It was really good, better than the Singapore
Sling the boys had and I’m going to have to find out how to make them.
There’s a Food Republic food court in Suntec and as we still
have some vouchers and Trevor wants to try the fried chicken we’ve seen in some
places, it’s over the road for 2nd lunch! We should have hopped a
bus to come home but set out walking, not the best idea really, but anyway…………
The phone rang in our room when we got back and the voice
asked if it was ok to bring something up to the room. ?? Mystery, what could it
be?? My money was on a birthday surprise for Trevor but I didn’t say anything.
Sure enough, 2 young women from Guest Services present Trevor with a piece of
cake and a birthday card. How nice! They also take a photo and promise to email
it to us. We’ve had a few little issues with this place, but on the whole, we’ve
been well looked after.
Some relaxation time in our room to cool off and recharge
before heading out to forage for food again.
Dinner. Another wasted
meal!!! No, we don’t have time for this! Too many places to eat, so little
time. I read about a hawker food place on Queen St, near here, that was
supposed to be very good. We got the ‘tourist’ serving, it’s all we can think of
to explain the size of the serve. It was nice enough, what there was of it. And
not wanting to be chased down the street by a man wielding a meat cleaver, we
didn’t complain! Whose opinion do you trust? The Golden Mile was far better today at lunch but who knows what it's like at dinner time?
Online check-in completed for our flight home tomorrow and the lovely people here at the hotel printed off our boarding passes and delivered them to our room. Really can't complain about this place. It's not flashy or new but the staff are always ready to do what they can for you.
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