2. Food, Flowers, Flings and Slings in Singapore

Food, Flowers, Flings and Slings in Singapore

The Curious Man is staying in a nice hotel,  but no way is he going to pay $30 for breakfast. The Nice Wife has researched where the locals eat, so an hour later, after a train journey and a longish, but pleasant, trek through the suburbs, 

they have arrived in Tiong Bahru and are feasting on rice cakes, vegetable concoctions and coconut juice for the princely sum of $5..

Curious man looking very pleased with his bargain breakfast.

Then it's off to Raffles Hotel for a couple of Singapore Slings (invented by a barman in the olden days so the ladies could secretly imbibe alcohol without appearing brazen) and a chance to munch on peanuts and carelessly fling the shells onto the floor.  (Ironically for the Curious Man, this little adventure will cost him almost as much as the spurned hotel breakfast!)

Enjoying a life of decadence before the bill hits