We mapped out a delicious drive route you can go on a whim
When Singaporeans bring their foreign friends around Singapore, these visitors will most likely conclude the day with wide smiles and stomaches bursting at the seams. We daresay just by our multifaceted culinary scene is enough to reveal much to know about Singapore.
And regardless of whether there is an overseas acquaintance to impress, we certainly have no qualms about embarking on our own culinary excursions with other passionate foodies. After all, Singapore is a tight-knitted nation, where traipsing across one hawker centre to a Michelin-starred restaurant is only but a hop, skip, drive away.
While Singapore's public transportation system is efficient, commencing a food trail in your own vehicle will make the journey a lot smoother. And fret not if you are not blessed with your own shiny four-wheel steed (COE prices, we're looking at you), there's always the option of getting a rental from car sharing service Smove.
The car sharing company is great for one-off trips with its pay-by-the-hour format. So in case of a last-minute extension to your foodie adventure, you can always opt to top up one more hour to the rental if no one made a prior booking. Smove also boasts more than 100 pick-up/drop-off locations in Singapore. This means you can pick up your rental at say, in Bedok before dropping off the car at Serangoon at the end of the drive.
We tested out Smove's car-sharing service by getting into one of the rentals before speeding off on a culinary expedition!
Swipe through the slideshow for what went down and more importantly, all the delicious treasures we found!
4. The Summerhouse for dinner
The cacophony of city life is what makes Singapore the vibrant cosmopolitan city that she is. But once in a while, we wouldn’t mind trading the hubbub for some peace and quiet, even better when there’s good food to boot. So where else better to go seek this respite than at The Summerhouse, a multi-concept culinary destination that strikes as an idyllic holiday home. Thanks to the Smove rental, we easily accessed the godforsaken location of Seletar where The Summerhouse resides. And did we mention that bookings for certain rental categories include fuel up to 300km per day? That’s more than enough to travel to inaccessible locations in Singapore!
At The Summerhouse, our spirits were lifted from cocktails at the Wildseed Garden Bar, before getting in some earthy sustenance from the Dining Room. Focusing on the communal sharing concept, the restaurant offers a nature-driven menu that spotlights locally-sourced produce.
Photo: The Summerhouse
Some delicious highlights include the charcoal grilled slipper lobster ($16), with courtesy from Singapore’s Seafood Culture, that sits on a hill of homemade pesto before prettily plated with hand-picked herbs from the edible garden, and the wood-fired free-range French Poulet ($28), comprising half a chicken from local Toh Thye San Farm that is steamed, sous vide and then finished off in an Inka charcoal oven.
Consider us stuffed silly.
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