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You've got to love Char Siew, Siew Yook. Food from the heavens!

...is it just me or did anyone else automatically hone in on the girl sitting on the left in that food court picture underneath the one of the Tomoyo/Kyou clocks?

Caption: Yea...you on the left, move up please. I really need to get a shot of Mirai in a bikini thank you very much.

Mmmmmm so much good food! I'm so hungry!
And do you get to give your actual talks with Kagami helping you out on the stand or was she just giving you pointers during your rehearsal?

I should not have read this while being hungry. Time for some ramen.

It seems to me there are media outlets all over who love to do nothing more than distort what other people say and take it out of context. Makes people end up being guarded in what they say.

they hound you here in shops too, they say it's for customer service in case the customer may have a question, but after working in retail i know that it's really only to make sure you don't steal anything

I'd love to see a Singaporean food court in person.

oh gawd I miss SG food :P quite a few of them U posted are my favourite! lol Must save up to go back again ^^;

Char Siew + Siew Yook Rice is one of my faves too. Want to go to Singapore too, but have MANY other places I want to be in before Singapore's on the list.

Danny, I noticed a mistake...the title says, "A Week in Singapore"...it should read, "Food in Singapore"... ^^

image ID#25055 veggie is called kai lan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kai-lan)

Next time, make sure u dun just watch, eat the durian! :3
Even your wifey seems to enjoy them ^^

Singapore is quite the beautiful country! I'd love to visit Singapore one day.

And those food looks scrumptious - makes my tummy growl!

It's too bad that you had a malicious news article published about you, but it seems like you enjoyed the rest of your trip.
The food looks especially tasty as well.

GAH Danny! You make me want to get some char siew, siew yook fan so bad right now! Too bad I can't have any though... Anyways, another great set of photos, I especially loved that one final shot of the airplane wing w/ clouds, spectacular. The food looks great too, :D.

And what the heck is up with Straits Times writing up all this malicious stuff about you that I hear? You certainly don't deserve it and they are probably out of their minds!

In you shot of the Internet cafe, all the customers appear to be women. Is that an accurate impression?

It's possible that the interviewer wasn't able to catch the sense of your words because of the low language knowledge?
Happened to me to speak with foreign people that had not the cultural level to understand shades of what I was saying, things that are obvious to any other native speaker, but sounded "very strange" otherwise.
Sucks they turned your words at their will... must be some sort of reaction to the Empire!

Actually, the building with the UFO on top is Singapore's supreme court. The building next to it is the new Parliament House

Never realized food from Singapore looked sooo good, dont think those photos did them justice. Also, are Durians nice?, i heard they smell horrible, but they cant be that bad can they?

Argh, I hate being hounded by store staff. It makes me not want to go in in the first place!

there's a UFO looking thing in canada too. its a movie theatre though.

all the food looks real good, but its kinda late for me to eat.
haven't tried durian before, so im always watching other eat it as well.

Strange, even though I am born and raised here, I never liked the Singapore food and culture.

Although I do have to agree that getting around is good.

Really love the UFO thing I want to go there.

image ID#25078

Actually, there are 3 in this picture. ;)

Loved Singapore when I went there two years ago. Will be planning a road trip from KL to Singapore this mid year. Health care materials - illegal to be sold in both Malaysia and Singapore... shame, really. ^^;;

Durian is actually pretty good...don't know why some people say it smells like cat poo...

I don't really like drinking coconuts, even fresh. And I've grown tired of Char siew (I didn't know it had an r) since I used to eat it often.

looks intresting, wish i could go to Singapore.
I have been to other places in asia but sadly I haven't been to any where in asia south of the equator. strange...

Aha Danny you don't like durian? My entire family rushes and fights over it everytime my father buys them orz. Teh tarik and hacks are also some of my favorites too. Laksa, char siew and wonton noodles... I think you put on some weight after leaving singapore ^^;

the name of this place is boat quay. lots of gaijins come here to hangout and have a drink. ^^;
http://www.dannychoo.com/adp/eng/1675/A+Week+in+Singapore.html#image25065

All those foods gives me hungry XD

You mentioned that we should un-share our computer when traveling, well if you have windows, a somewhat knowledgeable person will have no problem either way.
I've learned too many back doors to windows through work since we like to mess with each other on the network. I actually had someone remotely change my background without needing any other information except my computer name.

I'm glad to see you made the most our of your trip! I need to learn from you and not eat at Mickey's everywhere I go. Am always too thrifty to try something new and more expensive but this summer I'm going all out!

"One thing I noticed about Malaysia and Singapore is that the shop assistants hound you"
Quite true. If you think the pharmacies are bad enough, check out this chain store called "SUB" next time you're in M'sia. They stick to you like silent bloodsuckers.

I missed Singapore.. I studied my secondary school there for four years and most importantly there are figurine stores unlike Sydney..

Danny, make a flight of to North America...Canada!!!!!!
Too much food....now I'm hungry!!!!!!
Would like to have some sort of blogging thing going on here in Canada...with you as the speaker!!!!!
I would love to organize something like this through ACG but not sure how many people would join...
The problem is that to my knowledge...there isn't as many bloggers as there is in Singapore...

Singapore looks like a great place to visit...maybe I should later in my life...

Even Singapore's only that close to me...
I havn't been there since i was third-teen...
The streets was incredible-ly clean! no rubbish or plastics wrapper or...

Those food makes my mouth watery ... *got to hav my lunch*

PS: JB lacks of shops that sells anime related stuffs! can't loot

I haven't been to Singapore in 14 years. It's our usual stopover when we travel from Jakarta to Vancouver and vice versa. The food really look like a mix of Chinese and Indonesian. Ok fine, Indonesian dessert and Chinese entree.

Gordon in http://www.dannychoo.com/adp/eng/1675/A+Week+in+Singapore.html#image25078 somewhere? :)

Nice article. I should take a tip form you and try more local foods when I am at some other country.

LOL @ the network full of PC with BSOD.....

Char Siew & Siew Yook rice will be one of the factor that draw you back ^_^

Looking forward to your next speech on 25th march ^_^

Try the Durian~ Try the Durian~ Try the Durian~

I dislike being hound by store assistant, but the feeling from enclosed luxury boutique feels different.

Nice arrangement on the buns~~~~~

"Some people say that bad publicity is still publicity but I'd rather have no publicity than be publicly ridiculed." ABSOLUTELY CORRECT!

Please do update us on your schedule down to Singapore later this year, I'll surely reserve my time just for you ^_^

Look at all that delicious food! (゜O゜;)

And it is annoying when people hound you while you shop; been through that myself. It's obvious they're just making sure you don't steal anything, orz.

Oh, and thank you Mrs. Choo for that lovely male model calender shot, lol~ (￣ω￣)ノ

i wish i could go to SG to meet up with you ^^

"This is Animax, and you're watching Danny Choo" LOL!

Mez can name those readers, but I'll keep their secrets safe... except Gordon.

DURIAN IS NICE!! WHY DIDN'T YOU EAT IT?! >_< And u remind me of Tsubaki of the already-dead Anime Desho Desho..

i'm hungry for durian now....

Too bad the Strait Times somewhat marred an almost perfect time in Singapore.

Unfortunately, I'm in the crowd that can't stand the smell of Durians. I've had an opportunity to eat one but I can't even get close to them. Maybe I'll bring nose plugs next time.

i'd love to interface with a shared network like that

*starts up nmap*

Wah now you make me also want to go back to singapore just to eat XD

Oh and I really like the shot from the plane - looks really nice!

Want to visit Singapore too! And their foods looks very tasty! Mmmmm...

You found where ' Densha Otoko's ' network of friends has been hiding, they are in that hotel! Kagami is going to need a diet soon. The nighttime skyline photos with the water front drop are great.

Gonna go for the next big Anime Cons in Singapore sometime this year, can't wait to see all the latest SEA cosplay.

you sure had so much fun in Singapore ^^

Char Siew! Siew Yook! I know how you feel ^^;

Ah... Durians.. My whole family loves it, and I'm always at the PC when they eat it.. I don't really mind the smell though.. (maybe I've simply gotten used to it)

Mmmm Nyan Nyan Ranka Lee Pao~

I should really go Singapore.. Its right below here and the last time I went there I was a kid. ^^;

Wow, you sure have a strong stomach. That's a lot of food there for the time you spent here in Singapore ^^;

I don't think I can eat that much~XD

Durian is gooodd d^^b

UFO's The supreme Court iirc. Wow never seen internet cafes with CRTs here! Danny just saw a rare one... Health magazines = NONO!

Danny can sure take spicy food! Lots of em are actually really spicy.

danny its will be romantic if you go to the beach with your wife....

People will actually come around in white coats(Traffic Marshals) to check your parking coupons. If u did not put them, u'll get a fine of like SGD $50 and above... depends on which lots you park in.

Different fines apply for different offenses.

Love the computers in that Internet caffe on the small tables lol

I'm a little confused, isn't this an old post?

Whoo!
just gotta love char siew, siew yook rice and the laksa!
But the Some beaches in singapore are like rubbish dumps!

Hacks FTW! Especially the black ones.

You'll never get bored with the abundance of food choices you can find here.

wth! why are hotels biased against windows! MS should sue them for defamation! blasphemy!
oh and glad ya enjoyed ya trip
hope to see ya around man

just as a side note, you see all that junk food? i will try to stay away from them is i could help it. call me paranoid, but i prefer to be called health-conscious thank you ^^

this post really makes me hungry. I miss those food. ~_~

wish I could get my hands on some of those dishes. they look awesomely delicious!!

Glad to hear that you enjoy your stay here apart from that incident :D

All those food looks uber yummy!

Wow Wow... When are you going to Malaysia? ^^ don't mind it, looking forward to another CGM night in Tokyo.

Nice to see you liking Singapore =D
Food is always epic here. Laksa is always my choice. I eat it at least once a week.

I didn't realise singapore had up to date figurine shops though... Maybe I haven't been walking around bencoolen much...

Welcome to Singapore where eating is a national past-time! ^^"

Customer service can be annoying here in Singapore but believe me, they are improving ... no, seriously... sad to hear that Straits Times absolutely twisted your words on the article. Guess newspaper are never to be believed when it comes to interviews.

At least, glad to see that you enjoyed your stay on our little island ... next time you come, please try the durians, they are harmless. (^_^)

Yeah! Had tons of fun at the event. Singapore is indeed a wonderful food paradise.

Mmm Singapore looks like a really lovely place to visit. Thanks for the "Week in..." Danny!

Me love Wonton, Char Siew, Siew Yook noodles/rice, too. There's a few authentic tasting places here in Melb, but the wontons are the hardest to find as perfect as the ones I've had in Hong Kong.

I can't stand to eat durian myself either. Don't like the smell or texture.

Too bad about the Strait Times (print) interview. Hope you don't have similar experiences in the future.

Glad you enjoyed Singapore, was great meeting you too. Come back again soon ^^;

OOOOOOOOH MYYYYYY GODDDDD

i only paid attention to only one detail

YOU DON'T EAT DURIAN ?????

and your wife is still with you ?????

are you kidding ???

of course, the smell is weird, but the taste is awesome

Singapore looks like fun! I've never been there but I bet it's very hot and humid.

Who is the nice lady in the black dress in img #25078 and 25080? I noticed you couldn't resist standing next to her :D

Nice pictures, I hope to go to Singapore one day, but I don't have the money yet.

"One thing I noticed about Malaysia and Singapore is that the shop assistants hound you"

Yep, sometimes it makes me shy when buying things and ended up not buying at all (lol)..

You seemed to eat a lot Danny! The one where people set tables up on the street to eat is in Chinatown.

Sorry to hear about the Straits Times piece. It's state controlled and the 'journalists' there are full of themselves. Maybe a minister's kid couldn't get his figure autographed by you and ran to daddy...

And yes, no health related magazines allowed here. It's to keep the country and her people clean and pure and untouched by unhealthy Western influences... ;)

Hope to see you back here though this year... if you make it past customs...

Glad you enjoyed it here....Just hope nothing spoils the trip for you this time...

For those that would like to configure their gmail to use https:

In Gmail, click on "Settings" (upper right corner of your browser)
Under "General", scroll down to the bottom and locate "Browser connection:" then place a dot in "Always use https"

Next to Japan, I also want to go to Singapore! I hear that you can explore the whole country in one day because it's so small. I wanna try that out myself x_x

Go easy on the Teh Tarik, more glucose than you'll need for a few days ^_^
Man, the food makes me want to go back home...

image ID#25037
That's Smith Street at Chinatown. Yup good food but just a tad more ex. its a tourist trap! =)

The thing about the UFO looking new parliament house... I've heard comments in Sing-lish like "So funny, how to be serious?" implying that its such a weird looking shape for a serious place like Parliament.

Glad that you had fun :D By the way image ID#25078 - the empire worker in white is trying to convince the lady in black to join the force haha. perhaps the dark side? LOL

Yes! Chicken Rice!
When I'm not sure what to eat, default to Chicken Rice.
lol

Reading this articles and the comments here has just made me appreciate my country a bit more =) Its true, meal time in Singapore is always something to look forward to.

Wow, didn't even noticed you went to Singapore and back. When are you thinking of going to other anime hubs around Asia, somewhere closer to your homebase, like Hong Kong or Taiwan? Stop giving these Singaporeans preferential treatment already, lol. (No offense intended ;) )

Your ordeal with the Straits Times incensed me. I have a feeling they treated you as a miscreant the moment they learned that you're an otaku, without wanting to know the many kinds of otakus out there, and just discriminating for the sake of discriminating. Perhaps the Singapore anime community ought to do something on Danny's behalf for this unwarranted injustice?

That 2 buns looks more like oppai than your average buns. Sometimes reporter are not such as nice person just to get some publicity they tend to change from the original script to a weird story.

Is there any change that you will come to Malaysia? and give us blogger a tips or two?

Poh Piah = Harumaki (spring roll)?

I looove them *3*

Beautiful trip! And as always, I'm hungry after reading the post!! lol

Never knew Danny was Cantonese ^_^...Love the Char Siew too ^_^

Nice article. I went to Singapore once and it was a great city.

Yes.. Malaysian taxi has to be asked for a price before going in.

Will be seeing you on this friday CGM Night.

That mountain of crab has me cursing my misfortune. It's a monstrosity. A very appetitizing monstronsity.

That internet cafe is quite different from any other I've seen around here. The computers are actually on heavy, thick wooden tables, and instead of being lined up against the wall they're all back-to-back. Looks to me like it was a regular restaurant that, for whatever reason, decided to switch their line of business.

Is it possible to post the Strait Times article about you in dannychoo.com for your readers to read what that reporter write about?

d@@b

Is it possible to post the Strait Times article about you in dannychoo.com for your readers to read what that reporter write about?

d@@b

looks like you had a blast danny the pics look amazing as always. food looks yummy. is durian as bad as they say it is?

Looks like you had lots of fun ^^ Makes me want to visit Singapore sometime in the future.

Liked the Kagamin beach photo. I always enjoy reading your out of country visits.

Interesting article on your trip and speaking engagements Danny, I have friends who live or lived in Singapore and I'm sure at least one still does with her family and is probably still teaching.

Some of the food looks quite good :) I might visit Singapore someday, but not in the near future.

You should indeed do meetups with DC members in Tokyo ;p
Do one in end of April/begin May (as I'm in Japan then) ^^
You could do one with a trip to Dolls Party 21 on May 5th, I'm going there as well.

hmm food looks so nice making me hungry :)

Have anymore plans to travel in the near future?

Hi Danny

Sad to see how our Straits Times treated you. For all it's worth, Reporters without Borders reports them to be lower ranked than North Korea for press freedom!

Glad you have a lovely time eating your way through Singapore. Sometimes Singaporeans forget that Singapore is truly a food paradise. :-)

glad u enjoyed yr stay. Know wat u mean bout not having free wifi in Tokyo, was there last week and couldn't find any cept for one outside an internet cafe i harajuku. ended up using 3G to twitter, surf and my bill just arrived last nite. Arrgh!!

looking at the pix, u were difinitely near my office. The wifi hotspots on yr itouch has 2 of my office's meeting rooms in it!!! Were u in my office?!?

Singapore is just a must-visit place to me.

Actually, I'm considering being an interchange student in Singapore. There are not big chances of that happening, though.

Danny, is there a chance of seeing you in one of that Animax highlights?

I miss Singapore food !!

I wish i could spend a week in singapore or visit any place in another country, but i don't have the money....i just got a little depressed T_T

I agree with the bad publicity part I guess...what you need is honorable publicity! How do you let your mind get around the natural frustration that comes with negative publicity?

Hi Danny glad you could come over here and enjoyed our food! I will definitely go to your workshop / talks the next round if you do come back here ^^

Hi Danny. Well it's good that you enjoyed most parts of your stay while in Singapore, though I would say it's sad to hear about the Straits Times article. I would agree that having no publicity at all is better than negative publicity when your words are taken out of context.

And you should go and try the durians, Danny. Who knows maybe one try and you will love it? But it would either be a hate-or-love affair for most people. Those who love it will say it tastes like heaven, those who hate it will just avoid it no matter what.

And yes, Singapore's a paradise when it comes to food. It's easy to get spoiled for choices here sometimes.

Food!! I just had my lunch and I'm hungry again! Darn!

Next time I'm in singapore I'll be sure to try that Char Siew Siew yook rice thing. heheh!

Danny! You put so many faces on something so foreign (half-intentional half-pun) when you do these. I love your photo explorations more than anything else online.
I'm also very envious of you, and the life you've carved out. Aside from the fact that you don't sleep!

プチブラーブの入力ではじかれていたのはコメントの数とか足りないせいなのかなぁ？
日本語コメント少なくてあんまり書きたくないんだけれど、50コメント？

ふーん。

七色のケーキはちょっと手を出しにくい・・・

Singapore seems like a nice place, do they speak Chinese or they have different language? I'm not scared of going to Japan and going to countries where they speak Chinese scares me big time since I only know how to say 'Hello' and 'I Love You' in Chinese x_x

The Strait Times is garbage. If hawkers use it to wrap my fish, I would throw away the whole damned thing.

Your mistake, Danny-san, is expecting fair coverage from it.

So Danny, how awful does Durian smell?

Did you encounter much Xenophobia in Singapore? Seems kinda SOP for them. Sorry to see the one journalist went after you, I have no idea what he said, but I know the Gov't he works under is very obsessed with it's own personal definition of "decency." Makes me cringe. Think that guy was sucking up to Big Brother in the end? The best way to look like a good "subject" is to decry some to the king, whatnot.

Anyway, excellent photos, as always, and certainly looks like it was a learning experience.

Wow...Katong Laksa is famous in singapore!!...you sure know how to find tasty foods..

Just love these posts Danny. So inspirational and they just suck you in. Awesome stuff..

I wish I could visit all these places at least once in my life :sob: So much fun....

That last photo is EPIC... so pretty.... great that you could get a shot like that out the plane window!!

Char Siew, Siew Yook Rice is a must have whenever it's available, gosh I really wish I was working in Singapore, staying in a dead valley really is sad.

saved the plane view of the sea, really eyecatching and reminds me of my flight from UK to HK, HK to Malay and back etc... flew everywhere!

I love that picture of you on the beach, it looks really nice. And the choy that you showed, I think it's the one that I don't really like. It's kinda bitter, isn't it? Durian smells really good and I don't mind eating it but i don't know if it's good for you.

the food looks yummy, especially the Char Siew, Siew Yook rice. ^o^

Yeah, the food are awesome. Singapore is somewhat considered a food paradise!

The Laksa is acutally called Curry Noodle here in Malaysia. Laksa is another totally different kind of dish here. ^^,
And as far as I know, if i am not wrong, it is against the law for anybody to possess health related materials. >.<

日本で公演する情報が楽しみです。

Btw cool aerial picture!^^,

Food is what you go Singapore for! ^^

anyway the "internet cafe" looks kind of buddhist? o.O

"The Poh Piah comes served with figmas." >> One Kagami to go please!! ^^

So much tasty food, never thought of going to Singapore before.

Been trying to remember what that smelly,green spikie fruits called for a long time "Durian". Did not have the guts to try it years ago.

image ID#25080, photo full mostly of men, Dannys next to the cutie. Smooth;)

It's my country, but I can never get around the fact that there is as much variety in food as there are Singaporeans. XD

Hm, durain... :d

The food looks delicious. Why do some go for mc dees if they can get it in their own country? I always like to try out different types of foods when i go eat out.

Was looking up some singpore forum and found the link to the new paper artice X_X reading it make my blood boil

http://dgraymanime.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/danny-choo-article4.jpg

ah.. welcome to Singapore! XD

singapore is boring .suprised to find you finding singapore interesting ^^

Love the last shot. ^_^

I found store staff in Mexico are the same way. They follow you around with a calculator and the moment you stare at something for longer than a second, they offer to show it to you and whip out the calculator to give you the price and "discount". The more you haggle, the lower the price goes, and if you start walking out, they'll lower the price and keep shouting lower prices to you half a block away. XD In that case, it's more out of a case of desperately trying to sell you something vs. offering "customer service."

It's sad how the media can twist your words against you or put a horrible slant on facts. Finally, I've never tried Singaporean food, but it sure looks good! =^_^=

Seems you have enjoyed again your work there. I want to eat some Singaporean food too.

i m from Singapore :D
in fact that i was shocked to hear from a forum-mate that u came to Singapore! xD
I'm just slow orz...

Glad that u had fun at Singapore!

The closest thing to health care material is probably FHM... It's a crime to sell magazines of Nekkid Yummy Looking Ladies^^;...

And high 5 to Mrs Choo! We're durian eating buddies!^^;...

Weird thing is, I'm Singaporean and I've not eaten most of the things showed in this post LOL

Glad you enjoyed your visit to singapore.

Food i think is the only highlight of singapore, all the "attractions" are just bs.

Durian FTW! :P

Wow your so lucky Danny, getting to travel the world and do what you love. Its like so awesome. I want to travel around too but first I have to do a couple of things:

1) Finish college
2) Get a decent job (something hard to find in the US I think)
3) Make dough (or money if you don't know what I mean)
4) Save enough to afford to travel out of the country.

I wonder how long all this will take...

Well, KKnm can bring certain "health care items" if you ask them too, though with Yen being so high lately, it's pretty expensive.

Wow, was really happy to know that you went to S'pore; South East Asia, near to my country... (halucinating... =.=)

Totally agree with you on the 'shop assitant', they follow you so near until you can feel them breathing behind your neck! So called 'customer service' I think ^^"

Most taxi in Malaysia is not 'customer friendly'. Especially if they know you're tourist.

Hahahaha. As expected you are afraid of durian.
I wish that i could watch your presentation. So why don't you write up an announcement for next coming presentation? SO that we readers can meet you up.

I used to go to Singapore quite often, back when I used to live in Brunei. I had many great times there and still have great memories of the place. I definitely plan on returning some day.

The doll in the vegetable meal photo looks as if it's burping or something.
Nice trip. IT makes me wonder how dangerous it could be to get interviewed. So you can talk about metallurgy and they could twist that to mean that you're homosexual. How is THAT POSSIBLE!?

going to singapore next friday and will definatly be hitting up that anime shop as i have to travel to central london just to get some stuff and i don't like gettin stuff of the net!
Cheers Danny for finding that shop!

i'm filipino and i can't eat durian either!

love that last photo.

The last shot is great, and I'm glad you came to Singapore actually. =)

Nice.....Nice...TEH TARIkkk...