D'life Signature 蔬品軒

Located at Chinatown Point, D'life Signature serves a variety of delectable vegetarian dishes.

Crystal prawn dumpling

Emerald dumpling

Siew Mai 👍

Lava bun (流沙包)

Savoury lotus root (干香莲藕) 👍

Thai style green curry (泰式青咖喱)

Fragrant claypot tofu

Red bean pancake (红豆饼)

How to get there?

Address: 133 New Bridge Road #02-37 Chinatown Point, Singapore 059413

Phone: 6980 8138

Opens daily from 11am to 9.30pm

Nearest MRT: Chinatown (Exit E)

Scarlett Supermarket 思家客 (中侨旗舰店)

Scarlett Supermarket 思家客 is a specialty store that sells a wide range of products from China. Their slogan "Feeling Homesick, come to us" ("居人思客、客思家") meant to provide their customers with home country's products at affordable price.  

I first shopped at Scarlett's store at Trengganu Street and now, the supermarket has expanded into a few stores within a year. I'll usually patronize the flagship store at People's Park Complex.

Bought 小麻花（葱香味) at $1, 香芋片 (Yam chips) and 魔芋爽 (spicy konjac).

小麻花 and 魔芋爽 come in small packets that we can easily snack on.

Various flavours of Rio 微醺 cocktail drinks are available at Scarlett. Prefer the yoghurt flavour though the drinks are a bit too sweet for me. Bought the drinks at a promotional price of $5 for 2 cans.

Chamomile Honeysuckle dew and Chamomile Siraitia grosvenorii bottled drinks that are not too sweet. Nice~ $1.20 for each

Flavoured tea packets

Bought Huang Laowu (黃老五) red dates walnut and black sesame flavoured soft candy.

Red dates walnut flavoured soft candy became my favourite. 

冰糖葫蘆 (5 in 1 pack)

辣棒 (Spicy snacks)

Bought black bean soya milk ($0.90), assorted nuts ($2.65), dried raisins ($1.80) and pumpkin seed crisp ($3.55). Snacks come in small packs, easy to snack on.

How to get there?

Address: 1 Park Road #02-70, People's Park Complex, Singapore 059108

Open daily 24 hours.

Nearest MRT Station: Chinatown (Exit C)

You can also purchase the items conveniently from Scarlett Supermarket Shopee (https://shopee.sg/scarlettsupermarket).

If you purchase items from Scarlett frequently, recommend to sign up the free membership at Scarlett Supermarket Membership Form prior to collecting of points.

Check out their Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/SiJiaKeisScarlett/) for the latest list of stores and opening hours.

Lotus Kitchen 莲心食坊 [CLOSED]

Tuck into healthy meat-free dishes offered by Lotus Kitchen such as the crispy summer wrap with passionfruit, stir-fried laksa, braised mushroom in hot stone pot, etc.

Curry Ramen

  Mixed mushroom fried rice

 Sweet and sour oyster mushroom

 Tofu with homemade spicy sauce

 Homemade Satay

How to get there?
Address: 133 New Bridge Road #01-01/02 Chinatown Point, Singapore 059413
Tel: +65 6538 1068
Lotus Kitchen Website - lotusvegetarian.sg

By Car -

• Along Upper Cross Street before New Bridge Road, entrance to Chinatown Point carpark is on the right side.

By Bus -

• Alight at Bus Stop No. 05049 (Chinatown Pt) - Bus No. 2, 12, 33, 54, 143, 147, 190
• Alight at Bus Stop No. 05131 (Opp Hong Lim Cplx) - Bus No. 63, 124, 174, 186, 851, 961, 970

Nearest MRT Station: Chinatown

Opening hours
Lunch - 11.30am to 3pm (Last order at 2.30pm)
Dinner - 5.30pm to 10pm (Last order at 9.30pm)

Singapore Coins and Notes Museum (Chinatown)

Many of us, who does not collect coins and notes as a hobby, often neglect the beauty of the design on the coins and notes. They have become part of our everyday lives, yet we have not been paying much attention to them.

Well, making a trip to the Singapore Coins and Notes Museum does provide interesting facts and knowledge about the coins and notes that we are using in Singapore. It is worth the trip!

How to get there?

Address: 40 Pagoda Street, Level 1 Singapore 059199

Tel: +65 6222 2486

Website: http://www.singaporecoinsandnotesmuseum.com

By Car -

• Turn into Pagoda Street and park at Chinatown Heritage Centre
• Or along New Bridge Road, turn left into Smith Street and park at Chinatown Complex
• Alternatively, along South Bridge Road, turn left into Erskine Road and park at the open carpark in front of Maxwell Food Centre
• Or along South Bridge Road, turn right into Spring Street and park at the open carpark

By Public Transport -

• Alight at Bus Stop No. 05189 (Opp Sri Mariamman Temple) - Bus No. 61, 166, 197
• Alight at Bus Stop No. 05013 (People's Park Complex) - Bus No. 2, 12, 33, 61, 63, 80, 143, 197, 961, 961C, 970
• Alight at Bus Stop No. 05131 (Opp Hong Lim Complex) - Bus No. 51, 63, 124, 174, 174e, 186, 851, 961, 961C, 970

Nearest MRT Station: Chinatown (NE4/DT19)

Opening hours
Daily from 10am to 8pm

Information on the design and when the coins and notes are used

Displaying the First Series (Marine), Second Series (Flora) and Third Series (Iconic) coins

2000 Millennium Note

First Inaugural Note issued by MAS

25th Anniversary of Independence of Singapore

What do you know about the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th series of Singapore notes?

First series

Second series

Third series

I was surprised by the size of the 1st and 2nd series of the Ten-Thousand Note. 

It is almost similar to the size of an A5 paper. That is big!

Fourth series

Information on the Key Security Features

Other currencies are also displayed in the museum

And the machine used for coin making