THIS IS WHERE LOCALS GO IN SINGAPORE | Foodie Tour Through Geylang Serai Market + Katong
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- čas přidán 25. 06. 2024
- Singapore is more than just Marina Bay Sands, Gardens By The Bay and Crazy Rich Asians. Most locals who live here lead much more simple (but still very nice!) lifestyles away from the city center, that are very community driven. In today's video I was kindly shown around by two local friends, Edwin and Jessie, and they took me to a couple of really cool areas of the city that I had never been to before which is Geylang Serai Market and Katong, which is especially famous for its Peranakan Chinese history. We tried lots of great local food at both the hawker center and individual stores, that was honestly some of the best that I've had in Singapore.
I would definitely recommend booking a tour with Edwin since he is a licensed tour guide in Singapore, you can get in touch with him by using the links below:
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I watched a film about Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and his son, PM Lee Hsien Loong, and have always been so impressed with how Singapore became a prosperous and harmonious society based on the policies they put in place. The public housing system with quotas by ethnicity would never work in the US even though it encourages diversity. We could learn a lot from Singapore!
Absolutely. They definitely have a lot of good things going that most countries could learn from.
Im a singaporean, all that harmony is surface level, dig deeper and it pretty quickly becomes evident the majority race here is racist and has oppressive tendencies. Tje govt isnt all fantastic. Its got its own rubbish for sure, what ur told by locals here, the chinese, take it with a pinch of salt.
The govt is good but its also very dirty.
Lee kuan yew worked for the japanese during world war 2. He was a translator for them. Its anyones guess what he did for them. He isnt a saint like many deluded singaporeans here believe he is.
Good job , Alina . I am a Singaporean and this video touched on the rich cultural heritage area of Joo Chiat / Katong / Geylang Serai . Your tour guide friend , Edwin I believe was a former SIA flight crew member who did a fantastic job showing you places , local foods of different backgrounds with a great understanding of the architectural history of the areas . Well done .
Glad you liked it!
We absolutely loved this video which uncovered so many hidden finds - Edwin did such a great job with all his recommendations! Come back again soon Alina 😉❤
One thing most people do not notice was the handling and sale of raw meat in this country. All raw meat are chilled in covered chillers to a certain degree to prevent bacteria from forming and from flies getting to the meat. Room temperature meat are prohibited by law.
Alina, glad you get to see the other side of Singapore other than those touristic attractions, which by the way was well covered by you. Love your adventurous spirit in trying out various cuisines and venturing to all parts of Singapore. Its truly the way to discover a country, the culture and its people.
Thank you! 😊
I am ashamed to call myself a Singaporean because a lot of things Edwin said are new to me (haha). Edwin was so eloquent and he is a walking historian/tour guide. Elina thank you for bringing us on this tour and Jessie for being such a lovely host. Wow 2 thumbs up for this video!
Slurp slurp, thank you Edwin for the comments and introducing the local food from Geylang Serai and Joo Chiat. Thank you Alina for sharing this video and hope you can accept the Singaporean's taste
Well, you definitely saw a side of Singapore that I never did in my short time there. I don't think I even took an MRT past these area's or I didn't really comprehend what I was seeing if I did. You ate your way across the city and tried a lot of different items. Very unique tour and I'm glad you took your viewers along.
Sure did 😊 lots for you to see on another visit!
I could almost taste the same foods that you were having because I ate all of them before.
Singapore food is really something.
Wow, Edwin is so knowledgeable!
Lovely video, Alina. I commend Edwin for his great presentation and in-depth knowledge of SG’s heritage and culture 👏
Though I am not a local, but I do love the local food from Indonesia 🇮🇩, Malaysia, Singapore 🇸🇬 like : OYSTER OMELETTE, CHAR KWEI TIAO, BOBO CHA CHA, MEE SIAM, NASI GORENG, etc…, etc…
Thank you for this educational video Alina! So proud of my good friend Edwin! Thank you for sharing our rich cultural heritage in the Katong area where I grew up and live. Love the explanation on Mr. Chew Joo Chiat (1857-1926) and his vast coconut tree plantations (King of Katong indeed!). From the history of Peranakans to the mythical creature Qiling, it’s all super interesting. Thank you also for highlighting the 'not-so-touristy' bits with your friends and getting them to savor delicacies such as 'putu piring', popiah (Singapore's version of a burrito! haha), and ondeh-ondeh (mochi balls 😄). I also liked how you highlighted the 'racial quota distribution' on public housing. As always, ever so clear! Walking tour soon please! 🙏
Singapore's hawker centre culture ensures that people looking for inexpensive food get food that is healthy, uses fresh ingredients and is cooked to order. This should be the norm throughout the world, and should replace the fast food culture in places like the US and UK, where poor people looking for inexpensive food are forced to eat food made from cheap, processed ingredients and prepared in an unhealthy way.
Accommodation may be very expensive in Singapore, but food can be cheap. If you eat at hawker centres you can get by on USD 20-25/day. My personal favourite centres are the Golden Mile, Maxwell Centre and Old Airport Road.
BTW I loved Sri Lanka! I hit some of the spots you recommended and you didn't let me down!! 😍
Yeah North America could definitely take on the example!
Glad you enjoyed Sri Lanka 😊
Fyi, official stats, the chances of getting food poisoning from Hawker Centre is extremely low compared to most expensive Restaurants. It is decent, affordable, hot and fresh daily comfort food for all residents.
As a singaporean USD 20-25 is honestly way too much for hawker food 😅😅😅 15 USD would actually be more than enough to get you 3 meals in the hawker centres of Singapore :D
I was there (in exactly this street) just two weeks ago! It's such a cool place. Thanks for making this video. I live in NZ but am originally from Denmark, so Singapore is a convenient place to stop over on my way between Europe and NZ. I love this city-state.
I'm having so much fun traveling with you. Thank you for all your time and effort! 😁
Thanks guide for us to see beautiful places
Harriet and I have done many foodie tours in Singapore. Aren't they fun . Those nice little markets away from Marina Bay Sands are real finds. So many great memories. We hope to get there sometime next year. Hope all is well with you Alina. Sending you Hugs🫂 and Kisses💋 from Castelo Branco, Portugal Harriet, Jim and Yuki
Thanks so much guys!
Hi Alina, thanks for coming Singapore.
Excellent video. That is awesome Alina❤
The guide have good knowledge of ancient Singapore culture
I’m so glad when I see your videos because your videos are really good ❤
Thank you!
Excellent video thank you for sharing. Lots of love from Montreal 😊
Thank you for a very entertaining and informative video of some Singapore highlights ❤
Hi Alina! 😁🙏👋✨🌟 I hope your having a super amazing day! This is really a fantastic video! 😄👍❤️👏📹🇸🇬🍲🥇💯💫✨🌟 Nice to meet Edwin and Jessie! 🙂👍👋🌟 The city of Singapore looks so absolutely wonderful! Also Geylang Serai Market and Katong is really magnificent! Even the food from the kiosks and food stores look so very delicious! I would definitely like to visit Singapore one day. It is really a excellent place! Thank you very much Alina to share with us this wonderful video! You are the best and greatest world traveler adventurer! 😃👍👏✈️🌏📹🥇🏆💯✨🌟 I wish you Alina a magnificent marvelous blessed day. 😊🙏❤️👋👍💯💫✨🌟
It sure was! Thank you 😊
Very engaging and informative video, especially on the cultural and food aspects. Excellent job 👍🙏
at 6:10 .. that is otak-otak originally from Palembang city, South Sumatra, Indonesia...this food becoming popular in other parts of Indonesia, Malaysia, & Singapore...you can also find Rendang originaly from Padang city, Sumatra in other parts of Indonesia, Malay, Singapore, & other countries.
Beautiful scenery along the way going to the Foodie Tour Through Geylang Serai Market. Wow! All delicious food been prepared and served to all visitors. I really enjoyed watching your video. All the best to you.
Thank you Alina for this tour of the cuisine and culture 👍
Katong Joo Chiat is actually one of my favourite district to visit. But i dont visit Geylang Serai hawker centre often as i am not too familiar with Malay and Indian food. Kambing soup i know though and is one of my favourite food
I'm so glad you're up for non touristy exploration.(tho afew of them looks supported by stb)
Few people do that and complain about how boring/inorganic Singapore is.
Joo Chiat, Katong and Geylang area is definitely one of my top places to eat in Singapore. Wantan mee, bak kut teh, frog porridge and of course Katong laksa are some of my all time favorites.
A very nice one, Alina!❤❤
Local guides definitely enhance your videos; so much more delightful and delicious information for us!😛
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this is a great video....ive already subscribed to ur channel
Alina I found this video so interesting and your guide was excellent and I can see where he would definitely be worth it. Thanks for the video!
He would definitely give a much more in depth experience than walking around on your own!
@@AlinaMcleod For sure! I know in some other places you have on occasion had a guide but to me he has been the best so far.
Welcome to Singapore!❤️
Nice video , solo production
Your guide is pretty spot on. All the food introduce are those I do like to eat. Mutton soup is getting harder and harder to find nowadays. Peranakan food or we normally called Nyonya food is something I also like very much. Female of Peranakan are normally called Nyonya and guys are called Baba and all food are only done by the female of the family as of all past Chinese families. Yeah I really like the clip and remind me that I haven't been to Geylang Serai in quite a while now.
Great insight into Singapore food. Our favourite hawker centres are Maxwell and Adam food centre.
Cheers
I learned a lot of new things from your friend
Hi Alina, you caught me at a good time when I'm about to make food for myself. Stay beautiful ❤
For those who love that strong gamey Mutton/Lamb flavour …that mutton soup is awesome
An interesting n informative tour by Edwin. Great if more tourists explored beyond the usual Singapore haunts. Government built apartments are on a 99yr leasehold but there are many privately built ones also on 99, 999 or freehold. Each with a different price tag.
Oh wow the soap kambing a great introduction 😅as well as paranakan straits Chinese cuisine
영상을 통해 싱가포르를 알게되어 기쁨니다. 다음 영상도 기대합니다. 감사합니다.
We usually have Kambing soup with bread, usually a baguette.
💖💖💖💖💖Love your videos
Your videos show that life is good and full of happiness. While the reality is for sure different.
I mean that ranges for every single person at different times of their life.
Bonus points for getting beyond the tourist centre of Singapore, Alina. Joo Chiat is one of my favourite neighborhoods in Lion Town. Next only to Tiong Bahru.
The big question for me however, is did you indulge in the green chilly with the prawn vadai? Neither Canadians nor residents of Japan are known for a close affinity with the green devils. But maybe, just maybe, you ventured beyond your comfort zone.
Maxwell food center in Chinatown is the place to go!
When you hear the term public housing here in the US, you think about ghettos and dilapidated apartment blocks. Not a good place to live. Usually for people who are low income or on public assistance (welfare). Edwin seemed like a really nice guy, very knowledgeable and a great tour guide.
Yeah their public housing is amazing!
Depending on the room type, public housing or flats can cost more than S$1 million. Home ownership does cost alot in Singapore, hence hotel accomodation are really expensive too.
You could look at these government built HDB ( Housing Development Board) apartments on youtube by Stacked Homes. There are different sizes n prices which cater to singles, elderlies, families n young couples. It boils down to a need for space n affordability or a compromise of both. The government also gives a lot of different grants at purchase point.
My early trips to Singa were staying at Geylang some good food there
Good morning god's I'm happy to see you good health and safe thanks for sharing this video God bless you all ways ❤😊
You must try the Japanese claypot rice!
Kudos to trying out places that are more accessible by bus. Tourists don’t visit these places much because they are more connected by buses than the train.
If possible, try Changi Chapel and Changi Prison. You can’t really visit the state prison but you can visit the chapel besides the prison that is dedicated to telling a part of our story in World War II. The other area with war history are Kranji War Memorial and Fort Canning. Anyone who has been at the prison area will see the difference between it and our Gardens by the Bay. Appreciating the alternate side of the law is a big part of understanding why and how Singapore went from “third world to first” in 50 years.
Thanks for your local food vlog. You can venture into our other local food hawker centres to explore more food and they are at at a reasonsonable price than the CBD area. Hope u come again soon
Alina - As always a nice piece of work! I am assuming you are back in Canada now and was wondering what the future holds. When you started your channel it was heavily Central and Eastern Europe focused; over the last years it has become more East Asia. Personally, I think the shift to Asia has been excellent with lots of great content. Now, I am wondering whether you are entertaining a new shift? Could we be looking at Central Europe again or even a different place? In any case, looking forward to continued excellent material.
Thank you for the continued support! Yes, there will be a big shift coming soon 😉
@@AlinaMcleodnext 🇲🇾 untuk kali ke-2....dekat je dengan 🇸🇬 tu
Alina, love your video. I am going to subscribe. Edwin and Jessie great job, you guys did Singapore proud.
รักนะครับ😊❤🎉
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To be fair, on the surface, one might say popiah is just unfried springrolls.
So if you ask for it in China, they might just give you fried springrolls.
But of course, what matters are the ingredients that go inside the popiah that made it delicious.
U should also visit Florence Italy 🇮🇹😀😃
There was another Singapore in Michigan. That one is the past tense, this one in the present tense. 😂
"Its ruins now lie buried beneath the sand dunes of the Lake Michigan shoreline at the mouth of the Kalamazoo River in Saugatuck Township, near the cities of Saugatuck and Douglas in Allegan County."
He is such a good guide!
He sure is!
Caught you early this time. Hope you are doing well.
You look amazing
Alina this food is available anywhere in Toronto, its become a south east asia over there. More foreigners than Canadians
You must try the oyster omelette!
Never heard of that!
@@AlinaMcleod
Alina, that's fresh oyster mixed with egg and flour and fried. Secret to this dish is the chilli dip that comes with it.
That's my hometown! There are actually 5 recognized race categories not 3 he forgot Eurasians and others. Oh... he didn't take you to the best Laksa place? It's in Roxy square.
Yes, there’s others of course but they are tiny percentages compared to the first 3.
Hi Alina 🙋,
Good morning 💐
Welcome to India .
As a Chinese , definitely i have to visit those Chinese communities
A different experience for U. Next time should visit the real Singapore heartlands like Toa payoh, red hill and the HDB.
I heard Kopi luwak or civet cat coffee is really good? I wonder if they have it in Singapore? Must taste better than regular coffee?
@i didn't expect singaporean people have the high tolerance towards spicy level , now i see it
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I would stay in Geyland ,when I did my visa runs from Bali,cheaper hotels Lol
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I could see Alina getting her lights turned on with that tea 😄I'm glad brain wasn't chosen. ☠
Since already tried kambing soup , you should also tried tulang , need to use a straw to suck it. 😁
Hello Alina, what ever you do. Please do not shop in Australia. I heard your guide saying that the meat comes from Australia. It is true. We export the meat to Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia. When I dine in Thailand. I pay less than 200 baht for a T- bone steak, eggs, and veges all cooked. I did a bit of shopping last week. For a kilo of Tomatoes, Potatoes, 2 litres of Milk and 2 trays of chicken pieces cost me $48.80cents. I might try to eat grass like my sheep.
Hello Alina 💘.
Hi, Alina, I liked your intelligence & personality! Can we become friends and maybe meet each other one day soon in Thailand? Thank you very much!
Alina, it seemed you have fallen for Singapore 😊
I sure have!
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Well its a sad fact that our Singapore Tourism Board only keeps promoting the main city centre and majority of tourists do not know we have other areas that they can also visit.
STB really has to do something!
STB official website visitsingapore does recommend Katong Joo Chiat district. I think it didn't attract as much people due to absence of MRT previously
don’t, we already had tourist taking selfie outside our gate. there is a heritage trail and even guided tours around this area.
I noted my previous message cannot appear. I think because I mentioned a site name. STB does recommend the place in their site.
I think it's Jicama,not really turnip.
Edwin,popiah actually originates from China, the southern part of Fujian( Hokkien) province !Cities like Xiamen ,Quanzhou etc.The version we get in Singapore is a simplified one with a lot of turnips . The real ones are made with ingredients like Winter bamboo shoots , Chinese leeks , ( hence our family only make it during Chinese New year when these are available) plus carrots ,cabbage,turnips, beancurd( taukwa) prawns ,pork, and French beans . Taiwan also has popiah which they call rune bing( 潤饼）or Chun bing(春饼 )
Should have been an interesting tour. Did you ever get tired of the back ground noise from the street? It seems to be loud.
Sadly my main camera that connects to a mic broke on the trip and the same model was sold out in stores. I got an action cam instead to tide me over but sadly the sound picks up a lot of bg noise.
Tried Sim Lim Square or just buy it online.
Everybody want to claim the food origin but that is SG vertion so what
Thanks to Government policies, Singapore is what it is today - prosperous, competitive, safe, and peaceful.
Why are the peranakan not muslim since the men from china marry local malay girls in singapore?Arent whoever marry a muslim must convert his or her religion to Islam? This may not be a fair q 4u to answer.perhaps someone may know. AI did not give a clear. answer
No, locals arent so free to go to that place. All locals do is go to work, home, rinse and repeat.
"Home ownership rate" as it is often discussed in the media is a highly misleading statistic. One would think that it is the % of people who own homes, but it is not the case. What home ownership rate actually is - is the % of residential units that are owner occupied. Sounds similar but it has a very different meaning. A country can have 100 people and only 1 house, but as long as the owner is living in it, the home ownership rate is 100%, even if the other 99 people are homeless.
It would be a challenge not gaining any weight, even just staying for a few days.
I hope you did not, Alina!
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Nice food v logs