Food, food and more food. However, there was more to it. I found myself running through chinatown and hunting for good food....
We had a short briefing and allocation of groups at TCT before setting off to Chinatown. We had a budget of...$30? and make our own decisions on how we want to spend it for transport & food. All the checkpoints were allocated clearly on a map given. Pretty much like amazing race with a twist to it.
Upon reaching Chinatown, we ran to our first checkpoint, the herbal tea shop. Took a group photo as proof that we got our 1st checkpoint =) We also had to buy a bottle to complete our task. Needless to say, It's really bitter. Asher bought another bottle to drink because he had cough. Seems like it did help in soothing his throat.
2nd checkpoint was the German hotdog shop. For one, I couldn't remember the shop name because its too long, and I could only remember the Barwurst hotdog if thats how you spell it because the guy highlighted it and told us its pronounced as "Barrrwussshh" and told us to repeat it like 3 times. He was certainly entertaining and one of the highlights for this food trail. He also seemed kinda peculiar to me from the way he talked to us. Maybe we're unaccustomed to his way of interaction. But he definitely had a very loud voice and we were ignoring him for close to 3minutes because we weren't sure if that was the right stall in the beginning. He's really friendly though. We ended up buying 2 of the hotdogs and here's our group photo. It is really really nice by the way. *MUST TRY*
3rd checkpoint is the dessert shop which I don't know its name either cause its in chinese..
Below is the pic of Green Tea Snow Ice dessert. The taste is quite mild and pleasant. Try it if you're a green-tea lover. We also tried the Almond Paste which Rachel commented was 'DAMN GOOD'. However, some of us didn't like the taste of Almond.
4th checkpoint, the 'Ba Gua' Stall. Well this brand is really famous so I see no reason why anybody wouldn't know it. While queuing, another group came over. Due to the long queue, they requested that we share a piece of 'Ba Gua' with them so as to complete the task for this checkpoint. Here's the collaboration of the two group leaders ..
5th and 6th checkpoint, 'Yong Tau Foo' & Eggtarts/Pau's shop. This queue is even longer than the Lim Chee Guan 'Ba Gua'. Picture speaks a thousand words.
Look at the queue...It was worth it though. According to my group members..they described the 'Yong Tau Foo' as "Succulent, Delicious, 'melts in your mouth', Extremely good ". I don't know how it melts in your mouth..but i suppose they just meant it as delicious.
The final checkpoint was just behind this 'Yong Tau Foo' stall.
The pau is really good. I think the word 'Succulent' is most appropriate here at least for me. It's small but when you eat it, It just taste fresh and doesn't nauseate you at all.
We rushed back to TCT before 4.30pm to have our final round. Each group had to do a presentation/skit based on what you've experienced throughout the entire trail.
Well we didn't win despite trying our best. More importantly, the consensus: All of us enjoyed ourselves. It was a good time to tense down from whatever work/studies we've been busy with. We would definitely want more of such events/activities in future.
