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Adventure 2025#9 – So Long, Singapore

Our last day in Singapore was spent ticking a couple of last minute things off the list. This required a bus ride to Chinatown

firstly to visit Hawker Chan and partake of the world’s first Michelin starred hawker stall and the world’s cheapest Michelin meals (soy sauce chicken rice and soy sauce chicken noodle). Whilst it lost its star in 2021, it still has Bib Gourmand status…and it was delicious. We followed that up with a braised duck dish at Jin Ji Teochew Braised Duck, a place we had seen Anthony Bourdain raving about.

He wasn’t wrong.

We then braved the throng at the market to pick up s few last minute goodies and then, as the thunder started rumbling, boarded our bus back to sit around the pool and await the downpour.

Which took longer than expected to arrive as the first wave passed by us, visibly drenching nearby neighbourhoods while we sat gossiping in the dry.

A meal out (and dessert – this was a special occasion) at a nearby eatery ended our last day in Singapore; but not our adventure.

Onward!

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This story began as a family's fumbling attempt to live The Good Life in suburbia; the awesome suburb of New Brighton, Christchurch, New Zealand to be exact. Our wonderful neighbours tolerated our hair brained schemes as yet more lawn was turned into garden and more animals were introduced until there was just no more room left and there was nothing else for it... we moved to the country. So, here we now are: an extended family of humans, cats, ducks, chickens, and goats trying to step as lightly as possible on this gorgeous planet while still enjoying the internet and good television. We've got 5 acres of land to play with, a whole new township to meet, and neighbours who do this sort of thing for a living...what could go wrong? You want a list?! This lifestyle of ours isn't always pretty; There's meteoric highs and the most cataclysmic of lows. Our intent is to share all these - our idiotic mistakes, glorious triumphs, outcomes both lucky and unlucky; and those thigh slapping, tear spurting, belly laughing moments that often follow all of the above - through this blog and our Facebook page www.facebook.com/unionhomestead. We reckon everyday is a school day and, if you're maybe pondering having a go at this lifestyle yourself, you will always be able to call up this blog and say with ultimate conviction, "At least we're not as bad as them."

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