{"id":8624,"date":"2017-07-27T00:16:04","date_gmt":"2017-07-27T00:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/?p=8624"},"modified":"2017-07-27T00:16:04","modified_gmt":"2017-07-27T00:16:04","slug":"exploring-singapore-oldest-neighborhood-tiong-bahru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/2017\/07\/exploring-singapore-oldest-neighborhood-tiong-bahru\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Singapore Oldest Neighborhood – Tiong Bahru"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is actually one of the oldest neighborhoods in Singapore. The meaning of “Tiong” is dead, \u585a \u2013 Hokkien for cemetery and Bahru is Malay word for new. Tiong Bahru means New Dead\/New Cemetery. \u00a0Now Tiong Bahru is a place for a mixture of western Ex-Pats and Singaporean hipsters but still consist of big portion of aging population \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

When we talked about Tiong Bahru, we also relate with the yummy local food from the best hawker centers in Singapore.<\/p>\n

Old Tiong Bahru Bak Kut Teh<\/strong><\/p>\n

This Teochew style Bak Kut Teh is famous among the locals located at Seng Poh lane, opposite of Tiong Bahru Market. Teochew Style Bak Kut Teh is using pepper and garlic as the soup base so the color of the soup base is transparent, unlike the traditional Bak Kut Teh Soup base is dark brown.<\/p>\n

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Tiong Bahru Market<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tiong Bahru Market has a wet market selling all the fresh meat, fishes and vegetables. \u00a0You will be shocked at how clean the wet market is. \u00a0Don’t do any cooking? No problem, go get some ready cook food at the hawker center located at second floor.\u00a0 \u00a0The hawker center in Tiong Bahru market is famous in Singapore. \u00a0Go explore and get the Lor Mee no 178. \u00a0Always the longest queue.<\/p>\n

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Tiong Bahru Club<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I bet you will take a second look at this open air retro style coffee shop when you pass by this area. \u00a0This place offer a fusion of Chinese, Malay, Eurasian and Indian dish.<\/p>\n

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Nostalgia Hotel<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is truly a “nostalgia” Hotel, when I passed by the breakfast area, the hotel is airing Carpenter ” Yesterday Once More” \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Great location – just 10 mins walk to MRT<\/p>\n

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Bird Watching Area<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Tiong Bahru is also famous for its bird-singing corner. Bird lovers, mostly retired men would gather their songbirds every morning to catch up with the rest of bird lovers.<\/p>\n

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Tiong Bahru Heritage Trail : Tan Tock Seng Tomb<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Since I am around this area so I walked to the Heritage trail to pay respect to the Tan Tock Seng tomb. A street name and a hospital is named after this great philanthropist, Tan Tock Seng. Born in Malacca in 1798 to an immigrant Hokkien father and Peranakan mother, the family moved to Singapore to sell fruit, vegetable and fowl. \u00a0Later, he became a successful businessman and helped the poor and the needy.<\/p>\n

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There are two tomb at the main Outram Hill, surprisingly the smaller one belong to Tan Tock Seng and the bigger one (below picture) belong to his daughter in law.<\/p>\n

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Tiong Bahru Heritage Trail : Iconic Old Flat<\/strong><\/p>\n

Have you notice the flats in Tiong Bahru look different from the normal HDB flat? \u00a0The low rise flat here is the oldest in Singapore, built in 1920’s before world war II. \u00a0There are only 4 floors and the old flat is\u00a0deeply influenced by Western architectural styles. \u00a0The flats feature rounded balconies, flat rooftops & spiral staircases.<\/p>\n

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Some of the old flat still using very old window panels .<\/p>\n

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New HDB in Tiong Bahru<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Qi Tian Gong Temple\/\u9f50\u5929\u5bab<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Qi Tian Gong Temple\/\u9f50\u5929\u5bab is dedicated to the Monkey God\/Qi Tian Da Sheng\/Sun Wu Kong. Inside the temple you will find the Monkey God and more than 10 statues of the Taoist deity.<\/p>\n

This temple will be flooded with people during the 15th or 16th of the First Lunar Month, that is the Monkey God’s birthday. Celebration often involves mediums referred to as “Tan Kees” performing “miraculous feats”, which includes piercing their own flesh and blood-penning.<\/p>\n