Singapore Family Travel Blog - Building Memories Together through our little travel tales
Changi Jurassic Mile is Singapore's latest and largest permanent outdoor display of 20 life-sized dinosaurs that was launched in early October 2020. It is also part of the newly opened Changi Airport Connector - a 3.5km cycling and jogging path that links Changi Airport to East Coast Park. Since its opening, it has attracted lots of crowd (especially on the weekends) to take selfies/wefies with the pre-historic creatures that stretched along the 1km long Jurassic Mile.
We decided to hop on the bandwagon and try our luck to visit on a weekday morning during the school holiday.
Have been trying to organize our shoe cabinet for the longest time but nothing seems to work. Solely I think it is the users' habits and how we handle and store our footwear after use. Most common scenarios observed are as follows:
Our children are growing up fast and turning into teenagers, it is actually harder to engage them in family activities as compared to when they are younger. Now that they are older, they actually have more preferences and opinions. With traveling plans put to a halt and no staycation plans in mind, 2020 year end school holidays is going to be a challenge. What are the fun things to do or places to go to spend time with my growing teens?
One nice and fun place to bring your child/teen to is a Cat Cafe. Recently my older boy has went to one with his friends and I thought it will be a nice treat for our girl as well. After researching online, there are actually a few cat cafes in Singapore.
Meomi Cat Cafe is located near Haji Lane which is surrounded by good food, rich heritage and lots of instagram friendly photo spots. I nearly missed the cafe as we walked along the row of shophouses. It did not have a prominent signboard but thankfully Gladys spotted it.
Our family always enjoy steamboat - whether it is heading out to the restaurant for shabu shabu or at the comfort of our home with our favourite ingredients. While I love preparing meals for the family, as a working mother of two teens, it can be quite time consuming and tedious. Hence, I am delighted to learn that there are steamboat bundle sets that can be delivered to our home!
Best in Singapore has listed 8 Best steamboat delivery in Singapore including some familiar names like Coca, Beauty in the Pot and Haidilao. After browsing through the listing, Steamboat King caught my eye and is my top pick in terms of its food variety, value for dollar, and ease of browsing through the website. Whether it is ala-carte or bundle sets, the ingredients and pricing are clearly stated.
We LOVE Shepherd's Pies but come to think about it, we seldom have the opportunity to savour it unless it is part of the menu on a buffet line or a dish offered in gatherings. Hence, am delighted to know that there are freshly baked shepherd pies that can be delivered to our doorstep whenever we have craving for one.
Shepherd's Pie Singapore aims to get their baked pies delivered hot from the kitchen. They use premium fresh meat and their meat pies pairs nicely with home-made gravy sauce and hand-whipped creamy mash potato.
Apart from their signature Shepherd's Pies, Lasagna, Mac 'n' Cheese, Pasta and Pizzas are also offered giving customers more choices to suit individual's preference to complete their meal.
Last weekend, our family took on a guided tour by Let's Go Tour Singapore - to visit Singapore's last surviving kampung on the mainland - Kampung Lorong Buangkok.
The leading, award-winning Best Tour Experience tour agency has launched exciting, educational, immersive and experiential walking tours to encourage locals to rediscover Singapore and explore our local art, nature, architecture, culture and heritage and more. We are delighted to hop onto one of its newest local Edu-Tainment Story-Telling Walking Tours - {A Long Long Time Ago: Villages to High Rises}
Hubby is the only one in the family who grew up as a Kampung kid. Hence, it is a lovely trip down the memory lane for him and eye opening experiences for myself and our kiddos who are HDB dwellers.
Initially I was worried that my older teens will not be engaged with the tour but my worries were unfold shortly after meeting up with our friendly guide, Yap. Apart from taking us on a story-telling journey of Kampung Lorong Buangkok for the next 2 hours, Yap is always engaging and smiley as he enthusiastically shares the fun facts of the kampung, his insights and knowledge, relating back to the learning our teens have picked up in the Primary and Secondary school textbook contents.
So what have we learnt about Singapore's Last Kampung?
Located in Oasis Terraces in Punggol, it is really convenient for us being near to our home. I have been craving for sizzling hot Korean BBQ for awhile as one of my favourite BBQ restaurant in Punggol Waterway has closed it doors. This came just in time for us to try out!
The space of the restaurant is not big, but it is cozy and comfortable. It is indeed a delighted find and the price is really attractive!
We have always been loyal supporters for KFC for their fried chicken despite there are other competitive outlets. Just a couple of days, we finally found another chicken specialty store that taste as good or if not better than our all time favourite.
Chic-A-Boo is actually a chain of restaurants by Astons offering fresh and tender chickens, set meals, burgers, bites and sides at affordable value bundle price. Currently, they have 5 outlets located at Marina Square, City Square Mall, Singpost Centre, Sembawang Shopping Centre and Viva Business Park.
Time flies... we are into the third quarter of 2020 - a year where the world is plague with Covid-19. While the search and development for the vaccine is still ongoing, we are trying to keep ourselves healthy and well. Staying home more and having healthier meals.
Honestly, prior to the pandemic, we seldom have fruits in the house. Now, we are more mindful to include them while do our marketing. We are also not experts when it comes to picking fruits - solely based on how they look visually and hope that we are lucky to get the sweeter ones. Hence, I appreciate how fruit delivery service helps in saving us time and more assurance that the fruits are fresh and good.
Best in Singapore has shared the 10 Best Fruits Delivery in Singapore and we are invited to review Fruit Delivery Singapore
Fruits Delivery Singapore has over 80 varieties of fruits and they aim to bring the best fruits to their customers. Ensuring that the fruits are fresh from the farm, so that customers receive them in the best condition to enjoy its flavour to the fullest.
From Circuit Breaker and now 2 months into Phase 2, we have been staying home most of the time. Spending more time online to get the latest news updates, happenings & trend and shopping.
Best in Singapore thus also become another rising platform for us to check out the top deals, promotions and services in the areas of lifestyle, food & beverages and technology in Singapore.
Recently, Best in Singapore shared the Best 7 Acai Bowl delivery in Singapore and we are again delighted to review The Acai Lab which is among the top in the list.
What is Acai?
Did a bit of research online and learn that açaí are drupes (grapes look alike) - commonly known as açaí berries. The dark purple berries are grown on açaí palm trees in the rainforests of Central and South America and is said to be loaded with antioxidants that help to build the immune system. As they have short shelf life, açaí berries are often made into purées, smoothies, juices.
