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fiogf49gjkf0d EATING OUT ---------- SINGAPORE IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST EXCITING AND VARIED PLACES TO EAT IN. JUST AS THE DISHES THEMSELVES VARY. SO DO THE ESTABLISHMENTS SERVING THE FOOD. THERE ARE FOOD CENTRES WITH OUTDOOR EATING STALLS, SOPHISTICATED FIVE-STAR RESTAURANTS, AMERICAN FASTFOOD OUTLETS, JAPANESE SUSHI BARS WHERE THE FOOD MOVES ON A CONVEYOR BELT, OPULENT CHINESE RESTAURANTS SERVING TEN COURSE BANQUETS AND BUSTLING OPEN- FRONTED EATING HOUSES OFFERING SEVERAL VARIETIES OF CUISINE. TYPICAL MEALS ------------- THE MAJOR CUISINES AVAILABLE IN SINGAPORE ARE, CHINESE, INDIAN, INDONESIAN, NONYA AND WESTERN FOODS. SOME OF THE MOST COMMON DISHES ARE: CHINESE: NOODLES WITH ROAST PORK; SHARK FIN SOUP; SUCKLING PIG; DIM SUM; PEKING DUCK, SHANGHAI EEL AND HAINANESE CHICKEN RICE & STUFFED HAKKA BEAN CURD; ORR CHIAN TINY OYSTERS COOKED IN AN OMELET. INDIAN FOOD: FISH HEAD CURRY; FRIED NOODLES AND VEGETABLE CURRY; TANDOORI CHICKEN; CHICKEN TIKKA; CHICKEN BERYANI. INDONESIAN: SKEWERS OF SEASONED MEAT OR POULTRY ARE ROASTED OVER CHARCOAL AND SERVED WITH A PEANUT AND COCONUT MILK SAUCE. MALAY DISHES: THIS WONDERFUL CUISINE INCLUDES CURRIES OF BEEF, FISH, PRAWNS, & VEGETABLES BLENDED WITH RICH COCONUT MILK AND SERVED WITH WHITE RICE, SAMBALS. NONYA: LASKA, SERVED IN A SAVOURY COCONUT MILK GRAVY AND MEE SIAM, RICE VERMICELLI IN A SPICY SOUR GRAVY. WESTERN: HAMBURGERS TO HAUTE CUISINE. MEXICAN, ENGLISH, ITALIAN, FRENCH, GERMAN, AUSTRIAN, MIDDLE EASTERN, RUSSIAN AND AMERICAN DISHES CAN ALL BE FOUND THROUGHOUT SINGAPORE. SEAFOOD: LOBSTERS, CRABS, PRAWNS, MUSSELS, TINY SWEET OYSTERS, SQUIDS AND FISH ARE HIGHLY REGARDED AND THEREFORE SOME RESTAURANTS SELL NOTHING BUT SEAFOOD. SINGAPORE'S MOST POPULAR SEAFOOD CREATION IS CHILLI CRAB; JUICY CHUNKS OF CRAB COOKED IN THE SHELL IN A RICH TOMATO AND CHILLI SAUCE. STEAMED PRAWNS; FRIED SQUID, AND MUSSELS IN SOY SAUCE. TYPICAL DRINKS -------------- MOUTH-WATERING AND THIRST QUENCHING DRINKS OFTEN PROVIDE COOL RELIEF ON HOT TROPICAL AFTERNOONS. SUGAR CANE, WATERMELON AND OTHER FRUIT ARE USED TO MAKE REFRESHING DRINKS, THE JUICE USUALLY SERVED IN BEER GLASSES. WINE AND BEER ARE ALSO AVAILABLE.
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