Balestier Road – of chicken rice, bak kut teh and tau sar piah

What comes to your mind when Balestier Road is mentioned? Chicken rice, food, shop houses, Sun Yat Sen Villa, low budget hotels, busy road et cetera. Balestier is known for its food such as bak kut teh, chicken rice and tau sar piah with budget hotels sprucing up in the area. Balestier is also home to many low rise shop houses, lighting shops, Fragrance Hotels and Sun Yat Sen Villa.

 

All photos were taken with Sony QX1L

 

Shop houses



low rise shop houses along the main street 



busy Balestier Road



Food



Chicken rice



Sun Yat Sen Villa



Balestier and Toa Payoh separated by PIE expressway

 



Toa Payoh swimming pool

 

Bras Basah Road - did you know?

I did a google on Bras Basah Road. The original name was Beras Basah, Malay for ‘wet rice’. More than a hundred years ago, it was a place used to dry the wet rice. In the 70's, Bras Basah was filled with schools such as Raffles Institution, St Joseph Institution and Convent of Holy Infant Jesus. And for that reason, many of us still remember Bras Basah as a place where you could buy school text books.

Today, Bras Basah is filled with iconic landmarks such as SAM (former St Joseph Institution), CHIJMES (former Convent), SOTA, SMU and the likes. Bras Basah is full of characters; a good place to take a walk with your camera.







Bras Basah Road

SAM - former St Joseph

 

SAM

Bras Basah Road - SMU in the background

Rendezvous Hotel at junction of Prinsep Road

CHIJMES - former Convent of HIJ




CHIJMES Gate - this Christmas season

SOTA - school of the arts



Kim Korean BBQ at SOTA



Big Tree at SOTA

Ah Kun of Pomo



Selegie Arts Centre

all photos were taken with Sony QX1L