Every year Singapore's Chinatown host a carnival of Chinese New Year goodies for sale where great bargains can be found. From food to decorations, this is a place where locals shops during this festive season. My personal favorites are roasted melon seeds and Ba Kua (BBQ pork), if you do happen to visit do give this 2 items a try. A small warning though - the queues are usually long but it is worth the wait. With the recent trend of creative food offerings, we found a couple of new-edge additional to the traditional carnival. Introducing Dragon Breath! We came across this booth and notice tanks of nitrogen lined up by the booths. It appears to capture the media's attention as well. We decided to give this a try and join the queue we did! The preparation of this item is rather interesting. They used meringue and soak them into liquid nitrogen to create the ‘breath’. Upon contact with a higher temperature, the meringue reacts and 'wa-la!' you are exhaling nitrogen gas. The dessert gives an odd sensation when the meringue is melting in your mouth; we think this is due to the fact that the nitrogen is emitting. Nonetheless the meringues taste pretty good even though it did leave a numb feeling on my tongue (highly suspect it is frost bite). It is quite a fun experience for $7, some of the meringue do taste pretty good. Beside this store we notice another queue for burgers and decided to give it a try. The caramelize onions smells really good! You can see the staff really put their heart into making this burger. We had to wait about 10 -15 minutes for them to cook each of the layer, thankfully they cook them batches. We tried both the chicken and beef burger. I personally preferred the beef burger as the meat were more tender as compare the the chicken. Nonetheless, this makes my tummy happy and satisfied.
Drop by for a visit if you are around the area. The carnival is expected to end on Chinese New Year's eve - that is also the period where most bargains happens! You will notice vendors slashing down prices, some even up to 50% off!
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