Every week (usually on a Wednesday) Louise, Genalyn and Charlotte head to the Tiong Bahru wetmarket. We go early to avoid the heat and subsequent increase in smell from the meat section.
Our children are quite a hit at the wetmarket. Charlotte takes her bum-bag as it's like trick-or-treating for her. She always comes home with apples and one of the "Aunties" often shuts her shop and takes off with Charlotte to buy her lollies!
Our routine is always the same:
Fruit
Say hello to Pau Pau (Grandma) from the clothing shop by our fruit stall
Say hello to the couple at the general homeware stall next to that (mops, buckets etc)
Eggs - chicken and/or quail eggs
Vegetables
Park any children on the ride-on toys outside the sewing aunties stall
Pork
Fish - usually prawns for dinner that night at about $8/kg
Spices - we buy samal (chilli paste mix) which makes the best curry (just add coconut milk)
Chicken - we avoid the ones with heads and feet still attached
Back to the car past the very pretty flower stalls
Not many expats we know use the wetmarket but it's fun and we've learned alot and saved alot at the same time.
