We Tried Finding Hidden Gems in Asia's Most Visited City

right now there is a way where you can do incredible experiences in Singapore bu we are currently here in Singapore and as you know it's one of our favorite places to do a layover let's break down on how you can find some incredible hidden gems around sing including making your very own chocolate bars chocolate factory look at all my chocolate oh no or educational opportunities for kids like a bug hunt let's go look for bugs you see him crawling along you can even come to one of the world's largest aquariums what's all that budle tile so stay you to find out how you can do these hidden gems around Singapore so earlier today we caught an early morning flight into Singapore and You' been watching for the last few months seeing our trips around Asia which sadly are coming to an end you guys would have seen that we have loved extending our layovers especially when you're traveling with not not only one kid but adjusting to fulltime travel with two kids these layovers have been more about taking it slow swimming in pools overlooking Rice Terraces in Bley or swimming in the ocean around our house Boo in the Philippines or swimming during a flood in Bangkok while trying to get some string food we are the Chocolate Factory Chate Factory So today we're going to be making one of punter's Favorite Things our very own chocolate bars so we've actually come out to a place called Mr Bucket I'll be honest very first time I've ever heard of this place as you can see it's a full Cafe chocolate teria so glad we're able to show you guys the experiences we've never done in Singapore yep now go yes and so then you you don't get covered in chocolate a chocolate Chef is going to come out and show us how to make our own chocolate okay why this is a pink then I'll talk hands on your head hands on your tummy listening ears on yeah very good are we going to start with red and blue I got blue and red think going to be mommy's trying to make one look like a Christmas candy cane all my stripes wow look at this SP kind it's kind of doing it I look at my so like that then we fall yes the power hold your breath make a [Music] wish uhoh is it goodink sprink sprinkle mom I like your thank oh no all done W oh no the L's coming [Music] back look at all my chocolate it smells so good H should I do a cheeky huh it's dark chocolate it's so good H you know we're going to go try chocolate soon you're going to get a belly a I've decided to uh order a hot chocolate because you know hot chocolate made by a chocolate factory is going to be the best chocolate all right now so I think this is the first time that I've ever made my own chocolate bar so what we've done is we painted it we filled it decorated it and now it's going to set and now I think we get a little sneak peek of how they make the chocolate so it's really cool we're now getting a behind the scenes look on how they make chocolate Hunter's pretty much seen the entire process from the cocoa bean to seeing what machines they use how they created into chocolate it it's really cool we've me to plenty of wine saki tasting places seeing the whole process that I will admit with you guys chocolate definitely beats all of those so they've just given us a little tasting set and they call it the bean to Bar Journey which I absolutely Lov from the cocoa bean from the cocoa husk all the way to the chocolate I'm going to just be chocolate it out after this yum it kind of looks like we're at the Guinness Factory now but I promise you the this is chocolate they can make anything out of chocolate this is from the husk it is a lemon [Music] tea hey Budd you okay in there and this is their second tasting plate and it's a journey through Asia I'm going to have a taste of this one I think you're going to like this one yum have a chocolate moose that really good like that one are you ready to see what they look like should we get them out so our chocolates are ready now to be unmolded give it a little wiggle wiggle wiggle oh I think it's ready I'm ready to eat they're ready to eat oh oh my goodness Hunter I like my paintings on it I love your paintings on it look at this huh H you're a good chocolate maker my P love your Eggies they're meant to be flowers but they more look like eggs it's a lot of chocolate to take home yeah don't eat it all eat all Hill so one of the things that we absolutely love in Singapore is just how familyfriendly it is now if you come out to sto Island there is so so many things to do of course going and hit up a theme park there is Universal Studios they've also got a water park here which we've actually never done so it be cool when Hun's a bit older we can head there they they also have a Lego shop they've got a chocolate shop and we let Hunter pick what we want to do today and she wants to go to the aquarium I see fishies okay so we're going to the aquarium today to see the Tigers no oh no oh no elephants at the aquarium no oh what do we see in the aquarium fishies fish fishies look w wow it's a hamhead Shark Hunter look how big it is do you see the huge fish over there yes and I see the two stingrays over there playing chasy you see the jellyfish jellyfish jelly be a jellyfish I'm going to be jellyfish jelly look how why doing a little tickle take take it's a baby one they look so pretty look at that one one on the bottom they're food I think hey look at that rainbow one look at that rainbow one what it's all that bud the jellyish really does he look so nice do you get it [Music] buddy starfish I think you're allowed to have a little touch here look I'll show you ready a little touch oh is it funy yeah yeah oh good work Hunter oh you want to touch that one that looks a bit different do you want mom me to touch first how you feel oh it's really soft touch really gently that see is it squishy yeah dude you were ready to grab everything as well but I feel like you would have try to put the starfish in your mouth next time huh I starfish they even have a behind the scenes panel where you can see how they care for their dolphins and man look at the shark up there there's a Shar above your head and then we can go look at the gift [Music] shop he said he wants a dolphin I want a dolphin I give the ice cream so now keep okay thank you so we just spotted this place called Gourmet Park and it's right in front of theme parks and when I think of theme parks I never think of the best food and we've come in we've already spotted one of the food trucks literally had a Michelin star on it never seen that before at a food truck place especially in front of a theme park but it was sh Lankan food so for appetizers we had to grab some Shri Lankan food and last time we were in Singapore we did try the Singaporean crab so we thought let's stick with the Crab theme and for appetizers crab cutlet let's try it ready that is so good see it's got like a good amount of spice in in there it is absolutely filled with crab meat you're going to love it Steve oh it's got a it's got a kick to it I don't know if it's the sauce or if it's the crab but let me have a try I remember when when I actually tried the the chili crab if you guys have had chili crab they literally give you the crab and you're almost like fighting to try find a lot of meatz you do spend a lot of money for it cuz it's uh delicious food but uh looking at this this was 8 bucks we got two of these and I swear there's more crab meat in this m mhm that oh and then there's that spice wow spice the drinks that they were serving I like I've never seen that before ice cream soda I don't know if it's a Singaporean thing but I was like um I need to try that I don't think there's many people washing down um crab cutlets with ice cream soda but Michelin stuff Mich ice cream soda are we ready it's it smells like vanilla Essence now SM of vanilla I'm scared oh it tastes like creaming soda oh yeah tastes like vanilla Coke creaming soda it's good wow it says here that it's the healthier choice come on give me some of that healthiness to wash down this uh deep fry crab ball this tastes like sparletta back home well other home so that for go and then for our Mains even though I could literally just do another round of that uh we've got like this Indian place it's got something called Tika pan so it's pretty much pan chka Masala wrapped up in Paratha as you can see you can just grab this and walk around it's kind of like an Indian burrito um looks super fresh we got some cucumber in there some red onions yum wow the salad in there makes it so fresh we never really have salads with Indian food that is so good every time we come back to Singapore one of my favorite things is the food and I'm excited to try this oh yeah delicious and how's your pizza good is it good yeah use I still try to findy this thing picture you watched us reviewing food and she was like I need my turn good work Hunter what do you rate out of five five five I'm must be a good pizza yes say purple please purple what color should mommy do do you think having a purple bag would may be a pink string no a purple string you want a purple string with a purple bag and so we've headed out to ginley where we're going to be making our own ple designer bags the workshop here showcases the old way of pleating where we choose our own colors and styles and it's designed right [Music] [Music] here one new bag here you [Music] [Applause] go all righty so let's break down on how you guys can travel around Singapore and do some incredible experiences now it's on a website called Singapore awards.com it's run by the Singapore tourism board I'll link it all down below and this incredible initiative will give you up to almost 40 curated experiences around this country so there are some very quick terms you Redeeming the experiences for the first time and are a short-term visitor AKA on a layover like us you come here on a flight AS Singapore Awards allows a new way for you to explore the city and see new hidden gems and sites you might not have thought of and you can also stack your booking like adding in your kids [Music] too super cool this morning we've actually come into the Singapore Zoo and we're doing like a little bit unique this morning what are we doing Hunter are we going to be having breakfast yes with who the animals the animals how special is that going to be do you think the monkeys are going to take your banana yeah oh dear I got to eat my banana really quick so the breakfast here the zoo it starts at about 9: goes till 10:30 and if you know anything about having kids you're up at about 5 so I've worked myself up an appetite and I'm so glad I have there is just so much food here we have a whole Indian and Asian section of course you have your Western food there's waffles going here and it's all got this African theme going to it it it feels like you've been transported to Africa there is just like the theme in here is really cool of course cuz it's just started we're all just grabbing some food and then I feel like the animals will slowly come out so you guys might know uh sing of all can get a little bit humid um especially when you're out here in the tropical areas I've gone for some fresh fruit I don't think I've ever seen this before but it's a Greek breakfast pizza it looks fresh there's tomato cheese uh some lettuce in there and it's on paner bread M if Jess doesn't see that I need to show where it is what you got I got some marelon strawberry pinea Eggies waffles also quick tip guys if you are heading out here is yeah experience starts at 9: they s letting people in at about about 5 to 9: and as you can see we have just got the best view so get here early maybe go and reserve a seats and then go and get your breakfast because in about 20 minutes that's kind of when the whole experience kind of picks up so 9:30 is when the animals come out if you wanted to plan out still suggest coming here you can do first breakfast second breakfast go for a couple of coffees while you wait um but yeah I'm actually pretty impressed with breakfast food thumbs up on the watermelon Kaa he squishes it in his hands Co what's dad [Music] got oh boy myle [Music] right wi the [Music] and a gentle stroke just on his body all right give you a hand here H he's from Australia where you live yeah whereabouts yeah we're from P so they are around P yeah we got actually we've actually got a couple different types dragon have a little touch what you feel like spiky is he spiky and rough he is poy but they are not hard and you want to give me back a little bit of a SC thank you say byebye byebye did you want to can I ask you a secret question are you hiding all your bananas yeah yeah do you think he's going to eat them all I think he looks friendly he looks pretty two orangutangs that came out and one quickly came ate all the food and then ran back the other one just so annoy say hi buddy look she eating a banana yum for alls nuts and seeds and as you can see hey Budd what's he all doing with his neck huh he looking at you how big are the eyes I can twist the head all the way around huh Can you twist your head around do you want to come touch the snakes I think you come around the back here you better to feel first do you think he's going to feel soft or hard and scaly let's find out he's so [Applause] soft come on tell me you're in a Australian kid without telling me you're Australian just no fear of the snake [Music] play so we like to do a lot of child Le learning um which is just fantastic for Hunter while we're traveling and at the moment we noticed that she's super into creepy crawlies let's go look for bugs so we've come back out to SOS Island run from the shanga which is the hotel we stayed in last time we came here we we didn't know that right in front of it they do this Trail where you can walk around we've got a guide that's showing us all different spiders bugs spider we look spider come look it's called a tent spider cuz the web looks like a tent did you see him crawling along what w i see him crawling look he's moving and Hunter what's the web for for cat them animals dark on the web and the buy to eat them good work Hunter what is that look at it come down he's like a little bug underneath yeah so Hunter sakado used to be in there and that's just his skin that's left I just it's a sakata shell and you know what you can do with them yes look at this hurt you I'll do it he's my buddy for the walk you want a budy for the yeah he's going to help you find extra bugs there you go come on let's do it you see it it's a huge cobweb and what's in the middle of that cob we're right there spider a big spider it's a toad yeah it's a toad checking if I kiss it I'll turn into a frog Hunter no never kiss a [Music] toe I think one of the reasons we love Singapore so much is that there are just so many activities especially for kids and for families and a lot of course are free like down here at Gardens by the bay it is so beautiful even to look around and at night there's light shows and this is one of those places where you do not think that you are in a major city you know last time we were here you were in my belly what are you doing out huh I'm getting so big it's almost 6 months you're almost 6 months Bud there are also a few things that we definitely recommend doing but you do need to pay for them including the cloud forest behind me this is like the number one thing we always recommend our family and friends doing if they're coming to Singapore it is so incredible basically you're winding through forests through waterfalls up and up through the building and and they currently have an avatar experience on which is really unique and also if you're looking for some street food just next to the cloud forest is a spot called sé by the bay and they do the best sé sticks remember last time we were here and we had the Milo dinosaur drink at McDonald's I just saw they have did you see it no I didn't they have a dinosaur McFlurry so it's a McFlurry with so much Milo inside and I feel like I should have it because it's like being cultural right it's being cultural is that the first time I've heard going to McDonald's being cultural yes I need to try it have you seen these gigantic you didn't I do you even remember last time we were here was the first time you ever tried Milo guess what they do here Milo dinosaur ice cream look at it it's got full of Milo I want some that is a lot of Milo and even Milo's cereal on top hter you know when okay you you know when the toppings of mcfl is it's only ever a tiny bit you just keep digging oh wait hun need to try all right let me guess is it a thumbs down but look at all the Milo through this there's so much oh my I love how much Singapore loves Milo this right here this is when it's like the the Jess back home gets molded with the travel Jess just interrupting our Singapore trip to bring you Milo McFlurry Hunter's also obsessed look at all that Milo where are [Music] we yes what should we go for a walk and check it out yes we all the way up you know we came up here when you were two yeah and now you're so big we were here with Clea Remember come my belly yes I remember that you remember that we've come up to the top of the sky tree and I feel like this this is the spot to come if you want to get some of the best views here in Singapore so you see all the sky trees around us you see the Marina Bay Sands Ferris wheel you say Hello below hello hello so it's our final morning here in Singapore before we unfortunately say goodbye to Southeast Asia and we just thought we need to get our last Taste of some good food some good snacks so we've actually come out to a hul market surprised we've been here for a couple of days and haven't been to one yet we actually come out to Chinatown which is a complete new area for us in Singapore it's definitely one of those countries where we have definitely been a lot but we're still finding new experiences which is what this little layover trip is all about but let's head into the Chinatown complex where there's a bunch of food malls and we can go try some snacks so this morning we're kicking things off we're going to attempt to order coffee by ourself speak in the Singaporean terms for coffee oh so copy is coffee I think I'm saying it right Tay is tea what do I feel like if you want black coffee with condensed milk and Ice which is probably what I'm going to get Cofe ping I think I'll do that one uh what would you like uh can I get a copy ping so the older gentleman that is making our coffee he's about 80 years old and very interesting fact about this coffee is that he's been working here since he was 13 years old in the family business I'm excited to try this coffee if he's been making the same style of drink for a very long time copy pink cheers I need a a that's sweet I love when you come to a place and every single person that you see eating here is a local so we're trying a very popular snack here it's called Sak it's the last place here in Singapore that somebody's making it by hand they say it almost tastes like a Rice Krispy treat here in Singapore M it tastes like a crispy honey kind of snack good well Hunty you like this it's also so interesting I think this is the first Futo we've been on that we're actually getting the story and the history of the vendors and I think that's what's so amazing about the Haw markers in Singapore is there's just so much history I think everybody has been doing this for so long everybody has a story with the gentleman down Mr tanji here unfortunately he doesn't have any fingers so his parents his dad dad had to teach him a trade hence why he's doing this so he can learn earn an income and uh he doesn't want to pass this business on to his nephews because he says the life of a hawker Market stall Runner is just too tough so this is the last person in Singapore that is making this by hand and then once he retires that's it so you guys need to come and try this while Mr poni is still making it here at the Haw markets next up we're trying some dried cuddlefish so this whole Haw Market to all of our different snacks which is different little bit spicy I will admit hard to uh take in at 9:00 in the morning it's definitely an afternoon snack super fishy I'm scared feel like long you it I don't have to like it as long as I try it so are you going to try it then no oh not as bad as I thought I don't mind it little Co here he's just started getting the taste of food he's just woken up and you can already tell his life what's going on around here hey what are you going to try buddy what are you going to try

Channel: Flying The Nest

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Length: 25min 38sec (1538 seconds)

Published: Sun Nov 12 2023