Thursday, August 27, 2009

Top 20 Things to Do in Little India

  1. Try some of the colourful Indian sweets and desserts at one of the Indian confectioneries
  2. Take a peek into one of the few traditional barber shops at Dunlop Street

    Roti Prata being prepared
  3. Saviour traditional roti prata and watch how it is prepared by being thrown into the air by the cook
  4. Feast on a spicy curry meal in one of the restaurants in Race Course Road
  5. Saviour a South Indian vegetarian meal with your right hand
  6. Watch Hindu devotees at prayers inside a Hindu temple

    Fortune Teller
  7. Have your fortune told by a parakeet bird at an Indian fortune-teller stand along the five-foot ways of shophouses
  8. Witness Hindu devotees breaking coconuts at the temple entrance, a ritual signifying the breaking of one's ego before entering temple grounds
  9. Have your hands painted with traditional henna designs by a henna artist
  10. Catch the betelnut seller prepare his betelnut concoction wrapped in betel leaves

    Wheel of Fortune
  11. Spin the wheel of fortune and have your luck read at Sakya Muni Buddha Gaya Temple
  12. Ring one of the bells upon entering a Hindu temple - a gesture asking God to grant your requests
  13. Bring home a concoction of exotic spices from a traditional provision shop
  14. Take a peek into the last charcoal shop in Little India at No 133 Dunlop Street

    Sari Shop
  15. Feast your eyes on the array of colourful fabrics inside a sari shop
  16. Pay a visit to the sacred tree "dressed" in a yellow sash at the junction of Upper Dickson Road and Clive Street
  17. Have a cup of teh-tahrik and watch it being "pulled" in front of you
  18. Get a vantage view of the bustling wet market from the 2nd floor of Zhujiao Centre every morning
Catch one of the last spice millers milling aromatic spices in a yellow building in Cuff Road

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