How many meals can you pack into 5 days?

So far Aaron's Singapore portion of the visit has comprised mainly of me searching out impossible to find or non-existent food stands, with Aaron in tow, heat stroked and ready to eat whatever foods I put in front of him. We have quickly become one with the culture here:

A: What's the next mystery dish Kim is going to make me eat? K: Yay! We're both in Singapore!

We eat about 9-10 new things a day (sometimes more) ranging from singapore dessert specialties to chinese noodles to malay soups to 7-11 deep fried snacks to fresh fruit drinks, but for brevity's sake here's some of our more memorable meals (and many of them have been memorable...):

Aaron's first breakfast here turned out to be one of his favourites. I'm not sure if it was the kaya on the toast (a sweet green jam/honey like thing), the soft boiled egg with soya sauce, the black coffee made with a sock, or the surprise pat of butter that comes with every piece of toast, but he really loves it. And as a result has started most of his days in Singapore here with enough butter to fuel his long days (and probably many beyond that).

I've been trying my best to get Aaron to enjoy one of the strangest fruits in the world: The stinky durian. What better way to test the waters than try it on a huge pile of ice, filled with red beans and other mysterious beasts. This stand was suggested by my food guide to be one of the best. When we went to go buy one the stall owner took one look at Aaron and asked dubiously, "Are you sure you want one?? It's really concentrated."

He was right. Aaron is still on the fence as to whether he loves it or hates it.

We've of course been eating as many things on sticks as possible:

Whilst on another failed food stall search for satay we came across an awesome old school hawker centre in Chinatown and opted for sweet and sour fish head...

Which we demolished...neither of us dared to eat the eyeball. Or the mystery organ.

A: I thought we mastered wings, but the Chinese can lay claim to that. Their wings are slow cooked over open charcoal and fire. In fact, it is one persons job to cook the wings.

A: Some random buns. Kim's was green and somewhat fruity. She made me get the chicken floss bun with a salty custard filling. It was weird but enjoyable. K: Hey, I didn't make you get anything. If I were to make you get a bun, it would've been a spicy hot dog bun.

And the best food of all time....

Singapore's national dish - chili crab. The thick broth is a mixture of chilis, tomatoes, and lots of eggs. You choose from a variety of crabs (we got Sri Lankan) AND it's served with little fried buns to sop up the sauce! 10/10! We almost didn't eat here (No Signboard Seafood) because it was more than the usual $3 per dish, but thank the food gods we did. We also ordered some dim sum because we didn't know the dish would be so massive.

I may have to go eat an entire one of these for myself when Aaron leaves.

Next post: our trip to Thailand. Beach! Sun! Food! Camping!