So the highlight of our stay in Singapore was undoubtedly the hotel. We stayed at Marina Bay Sands Hotel and it was excellent and by far the best hotel I have ever stayed in! The best part is, Hubby is a gold card member and gets a 50% discount, so a room which normally costs S$400 was only S$200! No, unfortunately it's non-transferable, Sis.no.2 already asked! :)
We even got a S$34 discount at the end of our stay, cause of the points collected while gambling. We only gambled for fun for around an hour and ended up with the same amount we began with. As far as casinos are concerned, that is already a 'win' in my books.
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| I'm loving the huge bathroom |
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| Burj al Arab |
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| Marina Bay Sands hotel lobby |
They also have a super fast elevator which gets you to the top in 5 seconds, no kidding! I was gobsmacked at first, cause I'm so used to our slow-poke elevator at home! :)
Hubby and I tried to have dinner at Sky on 57, a restaurant by celebrity Singaporean chef, Justin Quek, serving South East Asian fare with European influences. It was fully booked, and we heard that you had to book weeks in advance to dine there! We had a look at the menu, and there was even a clause in fine print at the bottom which said that you had to spend at least S$80 per person!! Good eh? I wonder when I can paste a sign on my pharmacy saying that whoever comes in must buy at least RM50 worth of goods per person!!! Surely get cursed at...
Anyway, Hubby and I enjoyed the jacuzzi and pool on the second day, cause the first day was overcast, plus with the winds at that height, it was way too cold for a dip. Only hotel guests are allowed to use the pool. Non-guests have to pay S$20 to go up for the restaurants or viewing decks. A taxi driver told us that it used to be S$70!
On the first night we went to a bar/ club by the pool, Ku De Ta, and there was only standing room. There was an area with comfy sofas which was cordoned off and reserved. Hubby asked the hostess at the entrance how one went about reserving that area, and she informed us that she could reserve it for us, "all we had to do was spend a minimum of S$2500"!
Okay.... we'll get back to you on that ya?...
We made a reservation instead for the second night at the other Ku De Ta, a restaurant and bar place at the other end. It was a lovely place to sit and chill. Little Brother and Hubby's high school classmate came over for some dessert and after dinner drinks. I love that in Singapore, smoking is like, not cool at all! Hubby's friend had to go all the way down to the ground floor to have a cigarette!
Oh yes! I managed to find Kitchen Capers at Kallang Bahru, a well-stocked shop selling hard-to-find cake decorating tools. I was as happy as a kid in a candy store and bought lots and lotsa wonderful fondant gadgets!! *bliss*
We also got to meet up with Sis nos.1 & 4 and Little Brother. Big Sis bought us dinner at Italiannies. The Italian food was very good I must say. Even the focaccia bread they served before the meal was yummy, with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. We must have eaten three or four loaves of bread alone!! When the food came we were no longer hungry!
The three cheeky monkeys... The kids back home would have loved to come and play with their Singaporean counterparts!!
So anyway, that was about it. To cap it off, here are some photos of the food we ate... what holiday is complete without some face-stuffing eh?!
Confucious say (read Hubby says) to find good food, just look for the stall that has a queue in front, and yes, the hae mee stall had a long queue!
This was at TWG Tea, I asked the guy if he would mind if I took some photos. He said, "No", as in I could not, but I thought he meant no, he wouldn't mind!!
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