Tour of a Wet Market....

Fresh flower shop. You can buy orchids for less than an dollar a stem!

Freshly made tou fou, sold by the block....also sacks of noodles in the back.

Beautiful, fresh veggies!!

Artfully displayed papayas and mangos.

Fresh fish stall. You must arrive early for the fresh fish. These stalls close by 11:00.

After shopping at the wet market, we had lunch at the "Hawker Center". Pictured here: Beef Kway teoh, fried carrot cake, fried tou fou, otah, chicken rice, won tons, and steamed buns (pau).


My Singaporean friend, Valerie Tan, took a group of us to a wet market for a question-and -answer tour. She explained the different veggies to us and even showed us how to gently haggle for the best price! The wet market is really the very best place to get fresh produce. I have a certain stall I go to for my fruit, and the owner always picks out the best, ripest fruit for me. He always asks me if the fruit is for today or tomorrow...

After the shopping, we had lunch at a hawker center. That was a learning experience too! I have a few things I've discovered at hawker centers, but many more I've been afraid to try. We sampled several new things, and it was all yummy! Sometimes it is best not to know what the ingredients are....oh well! Be adventurous!