Half-day Foodie Tour Chinatown, Little India, and Kampong Glam

Name: Half-day Foodie Tour Chinatown, Little India, and Kampong Glam
Brand: Tabl
SKU: TBV4S8
Price: 118.00 GBP
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.5 (10 reviews)

6 hours

Group

English

What you’ll do

This tour will introduce visitors to a variety of local street food and the vibrant culture and history of Chinatown, Little India, and Kampong Glam in Singapore. The host of this tour is a fourth-generation Singapore-Chinese-Peranakan who is dedicated to sharing authentic experiences of Singapore. A fun adventure for those who want to experience traditional street food while learning of the history and culture of Singapore.

Highlights

Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages are included
The local food will be sourced in UNESCO inscribed hawker centres
Be enthralled by the grand Sultan Mosque while in Kampong Glam
Experience a culture that has been embedded in Singapore since the colonial days of the early 19th century

Itinerary

The experience starts off with an exploration of Chinatown where you will get to soak in the sights of the Chinatown neighbourhood. Stories will be shared of it's history capturing the struggles of early Chinese immigrants, their trials and tribulations of making ends meet in a rough neighbourhood filled with vices like opium, gambling, prostitution, and death. These buildings still stand today. Old images will be shown where you will see the quick transformation of Singapore's development from the past to the present day.

We will also be visiting a hawker centre and get to sample locally popular Singapore Chinese street food cuisines, and at the same time experience the local way of life that has been around for the past decades.

In Little India, you will be brought around the area where the vibrancy of colour from street stalls selling fresh fruit & vegetables, flower garland markets, traditional clothing stores, and incense shops will charm your senses. It is due to these trades and other opportunities that had inspired the early Indian community to move from the original Little India near the old seafront, up here where water buffalos used to roam the swampy area.

We will be visiting a hawker market here and get to sample a variety of Pakistani, North Indian & Indian Muslim street food cuisines, and experience the exciting vibrancy of the Indian community having their daily meals here.

Over at the Malay Quarter of Kampong Glam, we will be exploring the quaint streets of old. You will learn more about its people and history, especially how this place came to be and that Malay royalty used to rule the island. Be enthralled by the grand Sultan Mosque that still continues to attract Muslims from all over especially during the fasting period of Ramadan where the grounds are transformed into vibrant street markets.

Over here, you will introduced to a dessert at an independently run shop, and at the same time marvel at the colourful graffiti walls that are adorned all over the neighbourhood shophouses.