When you set foot into Little India, you can almost imagine that you are not in Singapore. The people look different, the food looks different, the shops look different. You can find all sorts of Indian spices, fresh provisions and groceries, traditional sweets, apparel and accessories, music here. There are traditional Indian services like face threading and henna. It is indeed a small piece of India in cosmopolitan Singapore.If you get hungry, make sure you stop at one of the traditional coffee shops or India eating houses. Skip the ones with the big animal models, tropical trees, coconut trees - those are for the tourists and come with tourist prices.
A little corner shop like this one serves freshly-made wholemeal chappati, made by an old Indian man on the spot. He deftly makes them on the flat hot griddle and pats them down, releasing the air inside, with a fat, padded utensil and then serves them up on the plates. Make sure you order the keema as well and a ginger tea to wash that all down.
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