Karni is a wonderful and gracious tour guide and also very passionate about food (a woman after my own heart to be sure!). We had a very small group (3 people plus Karni) so it was very relaxed and easy going. As it turns out the whole group knew Singapore a bit -- the other couple actually live here for work, and I of course have been here quite often That allowed us to really concentrate on the food aspect -- trying many many different food stalls in the upstairs food hall area of the Chinatown complex. I never knew it was there! Let alone how good some of the food is -- in fact, I would say the best Chicken Rice I've had in Singapore was there .. and very good carrot cake, century egg congee with pork!
We then went downstairs to the food markets -- again, who know!?! Dozens of seafood vendors, fruit vendors, veg vendors, cakes, beancurd things! Wow! Heaven. We tried some jackfriut, longans, etc. All great!
We finally walked (after being very full) to a wonderful tea house where the tea expert showed us the proper way of making chinese tea. Very involved -- but also relaxing in a way, and very tasty! I don't think I've ever had tea quite as flavorful or aromatic. It's a labor of love (to a certain point) but very worth while!
All in all the trip / tour was amazing and I certainly plan to look up Karni again next time I'm in town!