I realized that I have not had a chance to share some of the highlights from our recent Singapore trip. When I travel somewhere fun and different, I enjoy doing a “rundown” of sorts to recap some of my favorite meals, activities and of course runs. Today’s Eat, Play, Run Singapore Edition will give you a taste of our few days in the fun city.
Eat, Play, Run Singapore
We had a whirlwind few days to enjoy Singapore on our recent family trip. These are some of my favorite parts of the trip.
Eat Singapore
The food! Oh my gosh, the food. There have been many cooking shows and food blogger series that focus just on the food of Singapore. Check out Netflix if you are interested in a bigger serving of those. Singapore is most known, food wise, for its “Hawker Stalls”. A kind of odd name for large indoor food centers. They hold sometimes up to 20-30 different food stalls offering up traditional Singaporean foods. I found them a tad overwhelming but the rest of my family “ate them up” literally.
I certainly helped myself to all the carbs! Singapore has some of the best noodle dishes I’ve ever had. I also ate so many dumplings that I came home feeling like one. In a good way of course. We all got pretty proficient in using our chopsticks as well.
Play Singapore
I guess you can tell we are all foodies in our house because one of the activities we like to do when traveling is take cooking classes. This fun Singapore cooking class at Food Playground gave us a taste of the traditional foods like Chicken Rice and Wontons. They even had a vegan version for me.
The Gardens By The Bay were a must see. With spectacular “Supertrees” this green space was a perfect respite on a very hot day. We enjoyed the indoor flower garden showcasing flowers from around the world. Sort of an Epcot meets Asia feel. Very modern and well done.
We couldn’t leave Singapore without enjoying the famous “Singapore Sling” cocktail and it was great fun to take a mini bartending class to learn how to make them.
Run Singapore
Thanks to jet lag and a 12 hour time difference, I was up way before the sun was everyday. Due to the high heat and humidity (high 80’s daily) that’s when all of the runners go out. I was treated to spectacular views of the Skyline as I ran around Marina Bay. That cool looking building behind me is the Marina Bay Sands hotel. Famously known for it’s roof top pool and the views of the city.
The Helix Bridge is another Singapore landmark and a fun place to run. I was lucky enough to “run” into a bunch of other Americans running around in the early hours. I guess we all had jet lag!
Those are some of the Eat, Play, Run Singapore highlights of our trip! Thanks for reading along. Next up in my Eat, Play, Run series is Aspen, Colorado at the end of July. Have you been to Singapore? Favorite highlights of your trip?
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Kim and Zenaida
Debbie and Marc
How fun you got to take a cooking and bartending class! Those mega trees look so unique and like a great place to explore.
Such a fun city to visit and explore
Looks like it was an amazing trip. You are so lucky you can experience all these places. I’ll be happy to live vicariously through you. Enjoy Aspen!
It was a fantastic trip and such a fun city to explore. So very modern with a touch of the old world feel
I really enjoyed your IG posts while you were traveling. Now I want to go to Singapore!
Such a fun city to visit-bucket list item for sure. It’s just really far!
OMG!!! Singapore! How friggin’ cool! I have yet to go there but what an AMAZING place to explore via FOOT – I feel like sightseeing is WAY BETTER on foot… And I mean, if you’re running around the city, you’re doing just that! 🙂 Envious of your travels and your food exploring too! I am not going to lie, I totally travel so I can EAT new and interesting things! LOL!
Yes a really amazing city to visit, run in and of course eat all the foods in. Hope you make it there one day too!
I have never been to Asia at all, although Mr. Judy has. Many times. Mostly Japan, but some other countries (usually very briefly).
We enjoy taking cooking classes on vacation, too! Or food tours. 🙂
Those gardens look amazing.
I always mean to write this sort of post when I travel and I never seem to get around to it — thanks for sharing your vacation with us!
They are fun posts to write and I already realized that I left so much out! Food tours and cooking classes are always fun on travel
Okay so now I definitely want to visit Singapore! So much to see and do..and eat!
so much to do and I could not fit it all into my post!
Fun! Singapore is definitely on my bucket list. I wanted to sneak in a few days there when I went to Thailand but it didn’t pan out. I love that you took cooking & bartending classes there. I’d be all about the noodles and dumplings too! I thoroughly enjoy getting to understand the foodie culture in new places.
The foods are such a great way to get to get a feel for the culture for sure.
Wonton cooking class. How cool! I love cooking, this would have been such fun and I bet they are delicious!
That looks amazing! Hope you had a wonderful trip.
Wow looks like it was an awesome trip! Singapore is definitely on the list. The food looks amazing
I’ve never been to Singapore but it looks so beautiful! I love how you are creating beautiful memories with your family.
It was so fun seeing all the pics and following you all on this amazing trip! Singapore looks so beautiful!
It was so fun seeing all the pics and following you all on this amazing trip! Singapore looks so beautiful! And all the carbs would be calling my name 😉
The carbs for sure called my name! I am still working them off 🙂
What a fantastic vacation! It all looks so cool. I would need a crash course in chopsticks — I’m not very adept with them at all!
You learn pretty fast when they are given to you everyday and you are hungry 🙂
I love the pictures of the Gardens By The Bay! It looks just breathtaking! I’ve never seen anything like it!
It was a really unique place to visit and my pictures do not do it justice
Wow! Ever since I saw Crazy, Rich Asians I’ve been dying to visit Singapore, haha. Seems like such a cool place. One day!
It is a very fun city to visit. Not at all like the movie 🙂
What a wonderful city to visit. Great photos, thanks for sharing. Glad you have found the time and the place to run. When I travel I always find the way to do “running tourism” and, if possible, to enter a local race.
Never visited Singapore, in Asia I only spent one week in China for work.
Yes doing running tours or races is always fun on travel
What a cool trip! I love that you were able to get your family together to do this. Such an adventure. I’d love to try the food stalls but would get nervous not knowing what I was eating- lol!
So in honesty-I did not eat at the food stalls but the rest of my family did. I am too worried about them throwing in some meat or something!
Sounds like you had great time. I love the pictures and foods look amazing. Lucky you 😉
It was a fantastic opportunity! We had a great time