Zi char night...

Richie, Mon and Coly have been going on weekly night walks around the city.

First, it was at the Gardens by the Bay. The following week, it was at the Botanic Gardens. Then it was at the Geylang area.

Tuesday afternoon, Richie called and invited me to go along with them for a Wednesday night walk. With no plan yet and because I've been really meaning to join them in one of their walks, I agreed to go.

The arrangement was to meet at Marina Square at 730PM. From there, we would take a route that they already planned (I think).

Upon reaching Marina Square last night, I had a slight panic because the lights at Richie's workplace were already off and there was no one around.

What happened was Richie and Coly got stuck at Forum and it took them awhile to get to Marina Square. Good thing Mon was already there and we got to hang out and talk until Rich and Coly arrived.

Though we started late, we still went for the walk. We followed the Singapore River and headed to Clarke Quay. From Clarke Quay, we crossed over to Fort Canning and that's where we spent most of the walking time.

The real event of the night was dinner at a zi char place in North Bridge Road. As in the previous night walks, the highlight usually is the post-walk dinner. The walks would conclude with good food, as Richie would post photos. Hehe!

Last night, we decided to go to this zi char place right across Central in Clarke Quay.

A little trivia: zi char refers to the home-style cooking at a Chinese stall. You have a variety of ala-carte dishes and you just choose whatever it is you want.

Le Chasseur is one of the more popular and raved about zi char places based on what I've read. The first time I went to the place was with Pg Boy and his friends ages ago. The food was great. The price was even better. Hehe!

For the dinner last night, we ordered stewed peanuts, kailan, claypot chicken rice, prawn paste chicken, coffee pork ribs and hot plate tofu.

Guess how much the bill was??? It was only $64!

That already includes two extra servings of steamed rice and six glasses of lime juice.

Not bad, eh?!

Apparently, there is a list of the best zi char places in the island. I remember Pg Boy mentioned another zi char place along Siglap Road. Hmm, must try that one as well.

A good Wednesday night indeed.

Le Chasseur
31 New Bridge Road
Tel: +65 6337 7677
Daily: 11am – 11pm