Originally Posted by
dsgtc0408
This is going to make me sound picky, but ION has a food court, while the hawker centre is located on Zion Road. The difference is three-fold:
- food court is privately owned (shopping mall situation), air conditioned and more expensive
- hawker centre is in a government owned facility, open air (potential hot and humid) and less expensive
Arguably, the food and experience at the hawker centre is likely to be higher quality and more authentic, however food court will be more pleasant.
I definitely agree that hawker centre is a more authentic experience and Zion Road is a good choice if you do want to make a detour. Char Kway Teow and Prawn Noodles Soup would be my reccommendations at this hawker centre.
However, given your time contraint, a food court will give you a feel of what SIngapore food have to offer. ION is more expensive, yes, but it is one of the better food courts around (Beef Soup, Bak Chor Mee (Minced Meat Noodles) and Prawn Noodles soup are my recommendations here).
I think it really depends on how your day work out. You may want to play it by ear as to whether to go or not.
(If you do go Zion, just fyi, that Great World City, the shopping mall opposite the hawker centre runs a shuttle bus to Orchard and other nearby MRT stations
https://www.greatworldcity.com.sg/getting-there/)
Originally Posted by
dsgtc0408
Not sure about 7-Eleven taking credit cards (I presume they would take the bank cards), however McD's takes Visa, MasterCard and JCB. Frankly my ignorance is because I pay cash for really small items, and use my local ATM card as a debit card to pay for others.
Yes, 7-11 takes credit cards. You need cash for taxis, because not all taxis take credit cards, and you don't want to spend time waiting for one which does. Also the major taxi operator only takes Mastercard and not Visa.