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PROPERTY
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WHAT'S THE WORD ON YOUR STREET?
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Include your name and that of your street, and we’ll be in touch.
THE SUPERLATIVES
Your favourite neighbourhood
joints are:
Cheap and cheerful hawker meals at
East Coast Lagoon Food Village; an
early morning wet market shopping trip
to Bedok 217 where the kids are treated
to roast pork belly for breakfast; Hua Yu
Wee at 246 Upper East Coast Road, an
old black-and-white house (with a beer
garden) that serves Chinese seafood –
this ticks every box.
You won’t find better local food
than at:
The chicken rice stall from Soy Eu Tua
(corner of Jalan Tua Kong), Malay food at
Mas Ayu, and Jamal Restaurant for cheap
Indian food, all onUpper East Coast Road
at Siglap; it’s a five-minute drive.
The strangest thing you’ve ever
seen on your street is:
A drag queen dressed as Wonder
Woman. Her perspiration was so intense
that her PVC outfit was disintegrating!
We love a good bargain. The best
deals in your neighbourhood are:
East Coast Lagoon Food Village, which
we know as “the hawker centre”. There’s
something for everyone, from prawns to
roast duck, rojak, popiah and satay; linger
while the kids scooter up and down the
coastal paths or play in the sand.
The guiltiest pleasure in your area is:
Our condo pool. It is barely used
throughout the day, so after a few beers
we feel like it’s our own exclusive club.
One thing you’d never change is:
My appreciation for living comfortably
and harmoniously among so many
cultures.
But one thing you wouldn’t mind
seeing go is:
The lack of tolerance that some people
display. Embrace and enjoy this unique
experience!
The city gives you $5 million to
soup up your street. You use it to:
Build a dog park with a swimming pond,
somewhere along the East Coast. (Near
the skateboard park would be handy!)