Day 2 Mon Feb 6th: Food for Thought

Food in Singapore ranges from the sublime to the ridiculous. Guide books insist that tourists can enjoy sumptuous meals for very little from hawker stands on the street. So putting on a brave face we set out to find an inexpensive lunch. Chinatown boasts a myriad of places to eat. We tried not to be put off by the smell, the filthy looking tables and flies as we trawledfor something to eat. It was a truely magical experience. The more I looked, the less hungry I became. In fact, by 2 p.m. I was sure I wouldn't be able to eat a thing.

Perhaps the most unusual boasted frog porridge which bore an uncanny resemblence to hot steaming pig swill. Even Golidlocks would have turned her nose up at this delicacy, but it might have given the princess in the story of the Frog Prince something to get her teeth into!