Singapore 9 Index
Singapore 9 Index
Singapore 9 Index
5 EATING P196
6 DRINKING & NIGHTLIFE P197
3 ENTERTAINMENT P197
7 SHOPPING P197
Index 2 ACTIVITIES P198
4 SLEEPING P198
INDE X C – I
transport 41 Indonesian 28, 166 Food Republic 80
walks 44, 44 Japanese 28 Gluttons Bay 46
E Golden Mile Complex 73
computer equipment, language 187-8
East Coast Park 88 Lau Pa Sat 60
purchasing 34-5 Malay 28, 166
East Coast Park area 39, Maxwell Rd Hawker
cost of living 154-5 opening hours 27
85, 86 Centre 60
costs 14 Peranakan 28, 173, 3, 26
drinking & nightlife 93 opening hours 27
accommodation 140-41 Thai 73
entertainment 94-5 Orchard Rd 80
drinking & nightlife 30 tours 51, 94
food 92 Takashimaya Food
entertainment 33 vegetarian 167, 168
highlights 85 Village 80
food 27 Western 28
shopping 95 Tekka Centre 71
Sentosa Island 118 food courts, see hawker
sights 88-9 Haw Par Villa 111
courses 27, 54 centres
transport 86 hawker food 7, 6-7
crab 28 Food Republic 80
eastern Singapore 39, Hay Dairies 114
cultural centres 13 85-95, 85, 214-15, 222 Formula One night race
cultural tours 94 20, 32 health 183-4
accommodation 150-1 Henderson Waves 112
currency 14, 184 drinking & nightlife costs 33
customs regulations 183 Fort Canning Park 42 hiking 33, see also walking
86, 93 tours, walks
cycling 32, 181-2, see entertainment 94-5 fort (Pulau Bintan) 126
also mountain-biking Bukit Timah Nature
food 86, 89-93 Fort Siloso (Sentosa
Reserve 11, 98, 11, 98
Pulau Ubin 122 highlights 85-6 Island) 117
MacRitchie Reservoir 99
Sentosa Island 120 sights 87-9 Pulau Tioman 133
tours 94 shopping 95 G Southern Ridges 112
transport 86 galleries 13, 18, 64 Sungei Buloh Wetland
D electricity 183 gambling 155 Reserve 113
dance 52 electronics, purchasing GardenAsia 114 historic hotels 145
dancing 31 34-5 gardens 13, 19, 112 historic town centre
Dempsey Hill 39, 102-3, Emerald Hill Road 79, 82, 84 Botanic Gardens 10, 102, (Melaka, Malaysia) 135
102, 216-17 emergencies 183 104, 10 history 156-63, see also
drinking & nightlife 29, emergency rooms 184 Chinese Garden 114 WWII sites
103, 106-7 entertainment 32-3, see gay travellers 30, 183 tours 94
food 103, 105 also Entertainment German Girl Shrine (Pulau holidays 185
highlights 10, 102, 104 subindex, individual Ubin) 121 Holland Village 39, 102-3,
neighbourhoods 102, 216-17
sights 104 Geylang 39, 86
transport 103 events 20-3, 22 entertainment 94-5 drinking & nightlife 29,
dengue fever 184 EZ-LINK card 180 food 90 103, 106
disabilities, travellers highlights 85 food 103, 104-5
with 186 F shopping 95 highlights 10, 102,
discount transport farms, organic 114 sights 87, 88 104, 10
cards 180 Farquhar, Colonel William transport 86 shopping 107
D’Kranji Farm Resort 114 158-60 Geylang Serai Wet Market sights 104
drinking & nightlife 29-31, fashion 34 87 transport 103
see also Drinking & Golden Mile Complex 73 Hong San See Temple 45
festivals 20-3, 22
Nightlife subindex, horse racing 113
individual film 32, 33, 154-5 government 154-5
fines 97 GST refund scheme 35 HortPark 112
neighbourhoods
fire 183 Hua Song Museum 111
bars 29, 30
costs 30 FireFlies Health Farm 114
H
happy hour 25, 30, 41 food 7, 26-8, 164-9, 6-7, see Haji Lane 69 I
music venues 62 also hawker centres, ice-skating rinks 52
Hajjah Fatimah Mosque 68
Eating subindex, indi- Ikkan Art International 64
opening hours 30 happy hour 25, 30, 41
vidual neighbourhoods
Tiger Brewery 113 hawker centres 18-19, 26, Images of Singapore
blogs 27 (Sentosa Island) 118
28, 165, 168-9, see
chilli crab 93 IMAX cinema 113
also coffeeshops
194
Indian cuisine 28, 66, 165-6 kayaking 99, 120, 122 Marina Barrage 45 National Orchid Garden 104
Indian culture 67 Kent Ridge Park 112 Marina Bay 13, 38, 40-54, National University of
Indian Heritage Centre kopi, see coffee 40, 210 Singapore museums
13, 67 kopitiams, see coffeeshops accommodation 143-5 111-12
Indonesian cuisine 28, 166 Kranji Countryside drinking & nightlife 41, new Supreme Court 46
internet access 184 Association 114 48-51 Ng Eng Teng Gallery 111
ION Sky 83 Kranji War Memorial 113-14 entertainment 52-3 Ngee Ann Foot
INDE X I – P
Islamic Museum (Melaka, KTM train service 134 food 41, 45-7 Reflexology 79
Malaysia) 135 Kuan Im Thong Hood Cho highlights 12, 40-1 Night Safari 7, 24, 100, 7
island getaways 19 Temple 69 shopping 53-4 nightlife, see drinking &
Istana 79 Kuan Im Tng Temple 88 sights 42-6 nightlife, see also Drink-
ing & Nightlife subindex
itineraries 16-17 Kusu Island 123, 116, see transport 41
also Southern Islands Nonya, see Peranakan
Marina Bay Sands 155
northern Singapore 39,
Marine Cove Recreation
J 96-101, 96, 207
Centre 88
Japanese cuisine 28 L highlights 7, 96, 99,
Labrador Nature Reserve Maritime Xperiential
Japanese occupation 100, 100, 7
112 Museum (Sentosa
160, see also WWII sites sights 7, 96, 99-101, 7
Island) 118
jogging 103 Labrador Secret transport 97
Tunnels 112 Masjid Raya Sultan Riao
Johor Bahru 128-31, 129 (Pulau Bintan) 126 NUS Museums 111-12
drinking 130-1 languages 14, 174-6
Mass Rapid Transit
food 130-1 Lau Pa Sat 60 (MRT) 180
shopping 131 Lazarus Island 123, see massage 32-3
O
also Southern Islands old Parliament House 46
sights 130 Max Koi Farm 114
Lee Hsien Loong 162-3 Omni-Theatre 113
Johor Old Chinese Temple Maxwell Rd Hawker
(Johor Bahru) 130 Lee Kong Chian Art Centre 60 opening hours 183
Museum 111 food 27
Joo Chiat, see Katong medical services 184
Lee Kuan Yew 161-2 drinking & nightlife 30
Jurong Bird Park 113 Melaka (Malaysia) 134-9,
legal matters 184 shopping 35
Jurong Frog Farm 114 136
fines 97 Orchard Road 10, 24, 77, 77,
Memories at Old Ford
homosexuality 30 Factory 99-100 212-13, 11
K Leong San See Temple 67 Merlion 45 Orchard Road area 10, 24,
Kampong Glam 39, 65-6, lesbian travellers 30, 183 39, 77-84, 77,
MINT Museum of Toys 45
65, 204-5 Lian Shan Shuang Lin 212-13, 11
mobile phones 14, 185
accommodation 147-8 Monastery 100 accommodation 149
monasteries 100
drinking & nightlife 29, Little India 39, 65-6, 65, drinking & nightlife
66, 74 money 14, 184-5
204-5, 9, 37 78, 81-3
entertainment 74 accommodation 140-41
accommodation 147-8 food 78, 79-81
food 66, 72-3 drinking & nightlife 30
drinking & nightlife highlights 77
highlights 65 entertainment 33
66, 73 shopping 78, 83-4
shopping 66, 75-6 food 27
entertainment 74 sights 79
sights 68 monitor lizards 113
food 66, 69, 71, 72 transport 78
transport 66 monkeys 98, 99
highlights 8, 65 organic farms 114
kampongs 101, 121 feeding 97
shopping 66, 75
Katong/Joo Chiat 39, mosques 19
sights 67-8
85-6, 85 transport 66
motorcycle travel 182 P
drinking & nightlife 93 mountain-biking 98 Padang, the 46
walks 70, 70
entertainment 94-5 movies 32 painted buildings (Melaka,
local life 25 Malaysia) 137
food 90-2 MRT station sights 107
Lorong Buangkok 101 Palawan Beach (Sentosa
highlights 85 Mt Faber 111, 112
Loyang Tua Pek Kong Island) 120
shopping 95 Temple 89 Museum of Contemporary
Arts (MOCA) 104 palaces (Pulau Bintan) 126
sights 87-8 parks 19
tours 94 museums 18, 41
M music 32, 62 Parliament House 160
transport 86
MacRitchie Reservoir 99 Chinese opera 63, 74, 22 Pasir Ris 85-6, 85, 222
Katong Antique House 87
Malabar Muslim Jama-Ath Muzium Rakyat (Melaka, drinking & nightlife 93
Mosque 68 Malaysia) 135 entertainment 94-5
Malay cuisine 28, 166 food 92-3
Sights p000 Malay Heritage Centre 68 shopping 95
Map Pages p000 Malaysia 134-9 N
sights 89, 90
Photo Pages p000 National Museum of
travel to/from 134 transport 86
Singapore 24, 43
195
195
Pasir Ris Park 39, 89 drinking & nightlife 41, Singapore Flyer 42 Sultan Abu Bakar Mosque
pedal boating (Sentosa 48-51 Singapore Food Festival 20 (Johor Bahru) 130
Island) 120 entertainment 52-3 Singapore Science Centre Sultan Mosque 68
Penyengat (Pulau Bintan) food 41, 45-7 24, 113 Sultan Sulaiman Badral
126-7 highlights 12, 40-1, 12 Singapore Turf Club 113 Alamsyah
People’s Action Party (PAP) Singapore Tyler Print (Pulau Bintan) 125
shopping 53-4
154-5, 162 Institute 45 Sungei Buloh Wetland
sights 42-6
Peranakan cuisine 28, 173, Reserve 113
INDE X P– U
transport 41 Singapore Zoo 7, 24, 99, 7
3, 26 Sun Yat Sen Nanyang
Singapore’s neighbour-
Peranakan culture 43, 57, Memorial Hall 101
hoods 38-9, 38-9
137, 170-3 R Singlish 174-6
Supreme Court 46
weddings 171 Raffles Hotel 42 surfing (Sentosa Island) 120
skate park 83
Peranakan Museum 43 Raffles Hotel Museum 42 swimming
Snow City 114
Peranakan terrace Raffles Museum of Pasir Ris Sports &
South & Southeast Asian
houses 87 Biodiversity Research Recreation Centre 95
Gallery 111
phonecards 185 112 Pulau Ubin 122
Southern Islands
Pinang (Pulau Bintan) 125 Raffles, Sir Stamford 157-8, Sentosa Island 119-20
122-3, 116
accommodation 128 159, 161, 157
accommodation 152
food 127-8 red-light district 88
Redot Fine Art Gallery 64
highlights 116 T
travel to/from 126 Kusu Island 123 Takashimaya Food
planning 38 Reflections at Bukit
Lazarus Island 123 Village 80
Chandu 111
budgeting 14, 27, 28, 30, St John’s Island 39, Tan Yeok Nee House 79
33, 110, 180 reflexology 25, 33, 79
123, 152 Tanjong Beach (Sentosa
children, travel with 24 refunds 35
travel to/from 123 Island) 120
festivals & events 20-3 Resorts World (Sentosa
Southern Ridges 112 Tanjong Pagar 13
Island) 118, 155
itineraries 16-17 southwest Singapore 39, Tanjong Pagar Distripark 64
river cruises 12, 51, 12
local life 25 109-10, 109, 218 taxes 35, 185
Robertson Quay 48, see
repeat visitors 13 drinking & nightlife 115 taxis 181
also the Quays
Singapore basics 14 food 110, 115 Tekka Centre 71
Royal Abu Bakar Museum
travel seasons 15, 20-3 (Johor Bahru) 130 highlights 109 telephone services 14, 185
websites 14 shopping 115 Telok Blangah Hill Park 112
Png, Kenny 62 sights 111-12 temples 19
police 183 S transport 110 Thai cuisine 73
politics 154-5 safaris 7, 24, 100, 7
walks 110, 112 theatre 32, 33
population 154-5 Sakaya Muni Buddha Gaya
spas 32-3 Thian Hock Keng Temple 57
Temple 67-8
Porta de Santiago sports 32 tickets (events) 33
(Melaka, Malaysia) 135 Sasanaramsi Burmese
Buddhist Temple 101 Sri Krishnan Temple 69 Tiger Brewery 113
postal services 185 Sri Mariamman Temple 57 time 14, 186
Senggarang (Pulau Bintan)
prickly heat 184 127 Sri Muneeswaran Hindu tomb of Raja Hamidah
public holidays 185 Seng Wong Beo Temple 58 Temple 104 (Pulau Bintan) 126
Pu Ji Si Buddhist Research Sentosa Island 12, 24, 39, Sri Raja Mariamman tombs & palaces (Pulau
Centre 87 Devasthanam (Johor Bintan) 126
117-20, 116, 220, 12
Pulau Bintan 125-8, 124 Bahru) 130 tourist information 14, 186
accommodation 151-2
Pulau Tioman 132-4, 132 Sri Senpaga Vinayagar tours 24, 51, 94
shopping 25, 34-5,
Pulau Ubin 8, 24, 39, 116, Temple 87 town planning 67, 154
see also Shopping
121-2, 116, 223, 8 subindex, individual Sri Srinivasa Perumal train travel 180
accommodation 152 neighbourhoods Temple 67
travel to Singapore 178-80
activities 122 areas 68, 69 Sri Vadapathira Kaliamman
travel within Singapore
Temple 67
drinking 122 opening hours 35 179, 180-2
Sri Veeramakaliamman
food 122, 127-30 skydiving (Sentosa Island) Treetop Walk 99
Temple 67
highlights 116, 121 120 trishaws 182
St Andrew’s Cathedral 43
sights 121-2 Siloso Beach (Sentosa turtle sanctuary
Island) 119 St James Power Station 115
transport 121 (Kusu Island) 123
Singapore Art Museum St John’s Island 39,
Pulau Ubin village 121-2 123, 152, 116, see
24, 43
Singapore Botanic also Southern Islands U
Q Gardens, see Botanic St Paul’s Church (Melaka, Underwater World
Gardens Malaysia) 135 (Sentosa Island) 117-18
Quays, the 29, 30, 38,
40-54, 40, 210, 12, 29 Singapore Chinese Opera Stadthuys (Melaka, Universal Studios
Museum 74 Malaysia) 135 (Sentosa Island) 117
accommodation 143-5
Singapore City Gallery 57 subway system 180
196
Donald & Lily’s
V 5 EATING (Melaka, Malaysia) 138 K
vacations 185 328 Katong Laksa 91 Katong Shopping Centre 92
Durian Culture 81
Valentine Willie Fine Art 64 Kedai Kopi Dan Makanan
vegetarians & vegans 167, 168 A E
Kin Wah
Victoria Theatre & Ah-Rahman Royal Prata 71 (Johor Bahru) 130
Concert Hall 46 East Coast Lagoon Killiney Kopitiam 47, 79
Ananda Bhavan 71 Food Village 92
Vihara Bhatra Sasana Kilo 45
INDE X E AT I N G
INDE X D R I N K I N G & N I G H T L I F E
Zam Zam 72 L, M, N
Ramen Santouka 47 Yixing Xuan Teahouse 62
Restoran Huamui Lantern 49
Zirca Mega Club 50
(Johor Bahru) 131 Le Carillon de L’Angelus 63
Zouk 48
Roland Restaurant 92 6 DRINKING
NIGHTLIFE
& Level 33 49
Zouk Wine Bar 48
Long Bar 49
1 Altitude 49 Zsofi Tapas Bar 73
Loof 49
S 2am: Dessert Bar 106
Molly Malone’s 50
Salt Grill 80
Mono 115
Samundar 3 ENTERTAINMENT
(Sentosa Island) 119
A, B Movida 115
Alley Bar 82 New Asia Bar 50 Action Theatre 52
Samy’s Curry Restaurant
105 Archipelago Brewery 50 No 5 82 Artscience Museum 52
Sankranti 69 Attica 50-1 Bian Cafe 74
Baden 106 Chinese Theatre Circle 63
Sapphire 115 O, P, Q
Saveur 90-1 Bambooze 93 Cineblast, 4D Magix &
Over Easy 50 Desperadoes
Seah St food outlets 46 Bar & Billiard Room 49
Paulaner Brauhaus 50 (Sentosa Island) 119
Senggarang (Pulau Bintan) Beaujolais 61
Penny Black 50 Escape Theme Park 94
128 BluJaz Café 74
Phuture 48 Esplanade – Theatres
Seremban Beef Noodles 92 Boiler Room 115 on the Bay 52
Pigeon Hole 62
Siglap Neighbourhood 92 Brewerkz 48-9 Marina Bay Sands 52
Plain 63
Sin Huat Eating House 90 Brussels Sprouts Belgian MICA Building 52
Powerhouse 115
Skinny Pizza 47 Beer & Mussels 49
Prince of Wales 73 Necessary Stage 94
Sky Dining 115 Butter Factory 50
PS Café 106 Nrityalaya Aesthetics
Sky on 57 46 Pulau Ubin 122 Society 74
Smith Street Hawker C, D Que Pasa 82 Pasir Ris Sports &
Centre 165 Cafe del Mar Recreation Centre 95
Spizza 60 (Sentosa Island) 119 Sanctum 74
Spring Ju Chun Yuan 60 California Jam 93 R, S, T Singapore Dance
Sun With Moon 81 Cider Pit 93 Raffles Hotel 49 Theatre 52
Sunset Corner Coastes Red Dot Brewhouse 107 Singapore Repertory
(Pulau Tioman) 134 (Sentosa Island) 119 Roost Juice Bar Theatre 52
Countryside Cafe 73 (Johor Bahru) 131 SKI360° 94
Screening Room 61, 63 Songs of the Sea
T Crazy Elephant 51
Curious Teepee 82 Singapore Chinese (Sentosa Island) 119
Takashimaya Food Orchestra 63
Village 80 Cuscaden Patio 82 St Gregory Javana Spa 74
Soho Coffee 51 Theatreworks 52
Tekka Centre 71 Dragonfly 115
St James Power Station 115 Wild Rice 74
Tepak Sireh 72 Dubliners 82
Street Bar 115 Wild Wild Wet 94-5
Tian Tian 60
Sunset Bay Garden Willowstream Spa 52
Tian Tian Chicken Rice 91 E, F Beach Bar 93
Tong Heng 61 eM by the River 50 Tab 83
Tonny Restaurant 91 Emerald Hill Rd 82 Tanjong Beach Club
Tung Lok Signatures 47 Fatboy’s the Burger Bar 93 (Sentosa Island) 119 7 SHOPPING
Turkish Cuisine 92 Tantric Bar 62 313 Somerset 83
Two Fat Men 92 Tea Chapter 62 Antiques of the Orient 83
G, H Apple shop 83
Timbre@Substation 51
Gazebo Bar 49 Artfolio 53
U, W, Y, Z Geographér Café (Melaka,
Tippling Club 107
Top of the M 83 Asiatique 108
Usman 72 Malaysia) 139
Toucan Irish Pub 63 Blog Shop 76
Wah Lok 47 Harry’s 49
Toy Factory Theatre Bugis Junction 76
Waku Ghin 46 Home Club 50
Ensemble 63 Bugis St Market 76
Waraku 47 Hood 61
TWG Tea 82 Celebration of Arts 75
Wasabi Tei 79
Chan Hampe 53
Watami 47
198
Dempsey Hill 108 Tekka Centre 75 Celestial Resort (Pulau
Downtown East 95 Tong Mern Sern Antiques Ubin) 152 M
Elliot’s Antiques 53 64 Changi Village Hotel 150 Majestic Malacca (Melaka,
Topshop 53 Checkers Inn 148 Malaysia) 138
Emerald Hill Rd 84
Utterly Art 64 Chinatown Hotel 147 Mamam Beach (Pulau
EpiCentre 83
Ubin) 152
Eu Yan Sang Medical Vivocity 115 Club 146
Mandarin Orchard 149
Hall 63 Wheelock Place 84 Costa Sands Resort
Marina Bay Sands 143
INDE X AC T I V I T I E S
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