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Published: June 13th 2010
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So let's be honest - I pretty much spent my last day in Singapore asleep. I was so tired from all of the lead-up to the conference, the conference itself and then staying up to watch the World Cup that I was just spent. But that's not to say I didn't enjoy my last night here.
We met a couple of our delegates in the hotel bar and chatted for an hour and a half while deciding what to do for dinner. Four of us decided we would take a taxi down to One Fullerton Square (just by the Fullerton Hotel) and walk around until we found a suitable place. One Fullerton Square is a lovely little walkway just next to the river, with a fabulous view of Singapore at night (from either side really, since it's kind of shaped like a U). We walked along the riverfront looking for a restaurant to dine in - we agreed that we preferred Italian food or perhaps we would end up at the Morton's in the Mandarin Oriental. But along the walkway, we only saw Starbucks and one Chinese restaurant. We learned from the concierge earlier that many Italian restaurants are closed
on Sunday nights. And we had learned from one of our hosts that most Singaporeans eat out most evenings, so any close of restaurants means the others are very busy.
We continued to walk along the waterfront and I snapped some photos of Singapore at night. It wasn't too hot out, but it was still very humid making for a rather warm walk. Eventually, we decided we would have better luck across the river, and fortunately, there is a footbridge that we could use to get there directly. We continued to walk along the riverfront in search of a restaurant - we saw one packed out Italian restaurant that boasted wood fired pizza and next to it was a series of stalls of different kinds of Asian food, all lined up in a row, with tables to the left of them. People would stand in line to buy their dinner at one stall, drinks at another, and then enjoy the night outside.
We still didn't see anything that made us want to go inside, so we decided to head to the Mandarin Oriental and Morton's. As soon as I saw the inside of the Mandarin, I knew we'd
made the right decision to go with the Four Seasons - not that there's anything wrong with it, it's quite a beautiful hotel, but it's one of those ones with the center of the hotel cut out so that you can see down to the ground floor from every hallway. And the elevators were in the center, open to the hotel. My fear of heights would have really been wreaking havoc on me if we'd stayed there - I would have had to have a special room just on the ground floor!
Morton's is on the fourth floor, so we headed up there. And as is the case with any good chain, it looked exactly the same inside as any I've been in, a true steakhouse. We only had to wait a few minutes for a table, and once we were seated, our waiter brought out a tray of the different beef cuts and a bowl of the sides for us to see. After perusing the menu, I decided on the single cut filet and some french fries (I'm so classy).
The meal was delicious - my filet was perfectly cooked and tender, and the bearnaise sauce was
a delicious accompaniment. The fries were similarly excellent, but a touch hot when they came out, so I ended up not eating too many of them and sharing them around. I was entirely stuffed by the end of the meal, but then the waiter came around with the dessert tray. And on it was key lime pie, my weakness. I went ahead and ordered it, and unfortunately, it wasn't quite as good as the rest of the meal (or as my homemade key lime pie). But I shared it around as well. The meal was lovely as much for the company as the food, and it was quite a pleasant way to end my stay in Singapore.
Afterwards, it was back to the hotel to finish packing and have a good night's sleep. Once again, I was awoken after only 4 hours, and have found it difficult to fall back to sleep, so hopefully I will sleep on the plane instead. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a whole row to ourselves again so we can have a comfortable flight. And I'm very much looking forward to being back home after such a long trip and catching up on
some rest! Au revoir Singapore!
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