hi all! from toronto and going to be visiting tokyo and singapore in the fall. any advice on where to party and some good spots to eat or any other must see attractions. thanks
Aug-05-2007 03:25
Darkarbiter
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Registered: Mar 2007
Location: Melbourne
Re: going to asia need help
quote:
Originally posted by miketg23
hi all! from toronto and going to be visiting tokyo and singapore in the fall. any advice on where to party and some good spots to eat or any other must see attractions. thanks
Originally posted by Darkarbiter
and this is in the Australia forum because.....?
because we're asian?
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Aug-05-2007 04:25
klingklang77
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Registered: Nov 2002
Location: NY & Sydney&Frankfurt&Munich
I went to Japan in June. It was great. I didn't do much clubbing, except for one nite in Ageha in Tokyo. Personally I didn't think Tokyo was all that great, it seemed like another big city to me and I come from a big city. I preferred Kyoto over Tokyo.
In Tokyo, Rappongi and Akasaka were fun, but tourist traps. But I did have a good time there.
I really liked Asakusa with the street markets and I had a fabulous tempura lunch there.
ETA: The lonely planet book has really good restaurants there and we didnt have a problem with any restaurants that we went to from the book. Unfortunately I can't remember any names at the moment.
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Aug-05-2007 04:51
eRRaTiK
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Registered: Nov 2002
Location: Toronto, Canada
In Singapore the big guns are...
Ministry of Sound
Zouk
Cafe Del Mar
Just head down to Clarke Quay and you'll be sure to find some place to rock it out all night looong.
Good place to start off is New Asia Bar on level 72 of the Swissôtel The Stamford (they've got some wicked cocktails and HUGE and I mean HUGE martinis), which is across the road from Raffles Hotel (home of the original Singapore Sling baby!)
Careful though, the 2 for 1 hour at MOS can be dangerous... especially when you get two for 1 jugs of vodka and cranberry and then wake up at 7am on some random street in Singapore blocks away from your hotel. Yeh dude... it CAN happen
As for where to eat, I love the hawker places coz they're SO CHEAP and SO GOOD. No need for fancy schmancy... that's the REAL singapore. I also found some random place in Little India and had an awesome hands-only meal on a banana leaf with curry... OMG YUM. In all honesty you can pretty much eat anywhere, even the food court food is just awesome and sh!ts on the stuff here in Oz in terms of price and quality.
If you like Seafood I recommend the Singapore chilli crab @ Jumbo, East Coast Seafood Centre. Man I'm drooling just thinking about it.
Feck, I think I'm due for another trip to Singapore. Who's with me?!
ps. This shoulda gone in the TA's in Asia thread
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Aug-05-2007 09:03
miketg23
Senior tranceaddict
Registered: May 2005
Location: toronto
Re: Re: Re: going to asia need help
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Originally posted by DJ_Ballistic
because we're asian?
Hmmmmmm! it may be because this site lacks an asian local page
and australia is relatively close and australians are known to travel around quite a bit and i got some answers i needed so why not post it. thanks to klingklang and erratik
Aug-05-2007 13:47
7-4-7
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Feb 2004
Location: Scarborough, Ontario
quote:
Originally posted by eRRaTiK
In Singapore the big guns are...
Cafe Del Mar
...if you have heavy artillery in your wallet it is...$100 minimum to SIT on a beach chair...12 dollar Diet Cokes in orange juice glass, no place to dance.
...was there yesterday, sat on the beach for free, smoked anywhere I wanted, rather than having to leave cafe del mar, drank endlessly from the bar up the street called 7/11.
oh Singapore lah....
btw...logical putting this in the Australian forum, there are lots of Aussies there...love the Canadian/Aussie connection!
Aug-05-2007 14:18
tubby
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Jul 2002
Location: sydney
in singapore visit the night zoo and juron bird park.
As for eating - most hawker centres are worth trying, and cold tiger beer in the tropical heat always goes down well.
clubbing over ther, zouk is a great club.
also enjoy paying about AUS$12 for vinyl instead of 20. Always wondered why a smaller market like singapore can sell records at almsot half the price.
Aug-06-2007 01:28
walter78
Supreme Pizza
Registered: May 2006
Location: Melb, AU
miketg23 stay in T dot n enjoy the perks of the guv and comfort zone :P LOL
Originally posted by walter78
miketg23 stay in T dot n enjoy the perks of the guv and comfort zone :P LOL
LOL so you have been a part of the guv/cz madness!!
Aug-08-2007 02:49
walter78
Supreme Pizza
Registered: May 2006
Location: Melb, AU
haha yer just got home recently after a year stint in Tdot. was workin on spadina n queen west, livin in the annex. mad city, but the clubs are too far distanced. guv is awesome - labour of love last august feat armin was mint!