A Walk in the Wong Shoes: Singapore

Despite the many challenges at work this World Voyage on the Queen Mary 2, I had to make time to have fun. If you're not having fun on the ship, I'm not quite too sure what you're doing then. There are many ways to have fun on the ship. Socializing is one of my favorites. If I dont socialize, I would definitely go completely mental.

I start to have dinner with my assistant, Meagan, Patrick, Dom, and Russell. Fun group. We're all big movie fans. They don't quite understand my love and need for rice, but who does?

Drinking is another way to have fun. Although it's not quite the healthiest thing to do, with the right crowd and a limit, things don't turn out too bad.

The top thing to do is go out to port. There were around 30 ports on the 2014 World Voyage this year. My favorite ports this years were Sydney, Hong Kong, and Lisbon.

I went to the Taragon Zoo in Sydney! Amazing zoo! Fun! Most of the animals were sleeping when we went, but still a blast to walk around and see all the different animals.

I was waiting for Singapore!! Meagan and I did a little shopping and I walked around the botanical gardens. Oh how I wished to stay longer at the bontanical gardens. It was so peaceful and beatiful. I felt like I was in my own little world away from all the madness.

I always love Hong Kong! I went out with Emily my first day. We walked around Ladies Market trying to find gifts and things we probably don't need. The next day I went on an amazing tour as an escort. I got to visit the Big Buddha again and see it with new eyes. We got a good view of the bridge and visited a little fishing village.

Food: one of the most important things in life.

Who doesn’t enjoy food?

Singapore is filled with all sorts of food, mainly Asian cuisine. They have Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Singaporean, Thai, Indian and Western food. I got a little taste of each while I was there. Many restaurants have outdoor seating as well as indoor seating, while some only have outdoor seating. It's really typical to have outdoor seating because the restaurant will be able accommodate for more customers and because it's hot and humid all year round.

Curry Times

My mom and I were feeling in the curry mood when we passed by this place. There are so many malls in Singapore. I can't remember which mall this was in. Ha-ha-ha.

Curry and free cookies when leaving

We also had a plain naan with our meal! Everything was curry-licious!

Heng Heng Curry Cafe

This place has tasty curry. I just wished the chicken didn't have bones, since the chicken was cut up weird.

Chicken Curry

Bali Thai
My parents and I got some tasty Thai food here. I loved the chili sauce! It wasn't too spicy at all. The mango sauce was okay.

Chicken wings and squid in chili sauce

Hallow vegetables in chili sauce and fish in mango sauce

Grandma's Restaurant
I won't say too much about this place. The food was good, but the service ruined our moods. This restaurant serves local food.

The Soup Spoon

I love this place! I was in the soup mood. You can have a pot pie top with your soup too!

Tokyo Chicken Stew and Thai salad

Chinatown Seafood Restaurant

I finally got to try black pepper crab! You have to try the black pepper crab or chili crab. I love me some Chinese food! Delicious!

Black pepper crab and sesame chicken

Fish and mushroom veggies

Nom nom nom!

Bibigo!

Korean food! Yummy! Although I don't think we ordered the right things. We ordered too much fried food, so we didn't have much variety.

Sweet and Spice Rice Cake and Fried Mondoo

Hot Stone Chicken

Tonkichi
Can't get enough Katsu! We grind our own sesames for the Katsu sauce. Yummy!

Sushi for appetizers and grinding sesames

Oyster and Hire Katsu

Saboten

Another Katsu place we tried out. I like this place better. I feel I can get more variety in my meal and the salad is more chilled.

La Maison Fatien

I love French food. (I'm thinking I say "I love...food" so many times! Ha-ha-ha.) This is a great little place.

Cohana poëlé

Fondant au chocolat

Menya Musashi

I can't get enough Ramen! Singaporean Ramen is interesting. The broth is very rich, but it's good. It's just more filling than most Ramen I eat.

I went here a couple of times.

Gyoza

Red Ramen and White Ramen

Spicy Miso

Hong Kong Sheng Kee Dessert

This is fast-ish food restaurant. I say it's "fast-ish" because the food comes out pretty quick for a sit down restaurant. The food is fast and decent.

Minced beef in bean sauce over noodles

Carrot cake and red bean soup for dessert

Ajisen Ramen

This is a chain joint because I see it in many different places beside Singapore. The Ramen was okay. It tasted more like really thin spaghetti than ramen.

Food Court Madness!

The food court has some really good food. If you just want a quick bite and/or don't want to pay a 10% service charge, the food court is for you. Yummy!