Originally Posted by
evergrn
Appreciate the follow-up info!
<snip> ION food court sounds good. We'll also keep Imperial Treasure on our list. Zion food centre is 2km away from Hilton, which is 4x the distance compared to the easily-walkable ION. Based on that and based on what you're saying, I think things like Gardens by the Bay and Zion hawker centre would be options only if time permits. Personally I'd really love to go check out the hawker centre, but the rest of the family might not be keen if there's no A/C, etc.
Are a lot of these spicy? We are really lightweight when it comes to spice. Prawn noodle soups, in particular, look really spicy. Char kway teow looks great, though. Is pho popular in Singapore? In HKG, I sometimes like to have things like roti chennai, sauteed morning glory with garlic, satays and pomelo salad. I've never found those things anywhere outside of HKG (mind you, I've only been to HKG so far in Asia). But I presume all those dishes come from Malaysia or Singapore. Do you think the food court might have some of those things?
Anyways, I'm sure there will be no shortage of great food that the whole family will love.
Well, you can pre-plan your visit to food places at ION: try this
http://www.ionorchard.com/en/store.h...%20Fast%20Food
Just one last pitch for Zion Hawker Centre: the hawker centre is one of the cultural things that's unique to Singapore, while to me a shopping center food court is a shopping center food court. Anyway it's an easy 15 minute bus ride from your part of Orchard Road - take bus 5 from the Far East Plaza shopping centre bus stop. Get out when you see the Great World City shopping centre, cross the road by the overhead bridge, walk through Great World to Zion Road, and just ask for directions. It's just two minutes on foot. Going the other way, just board the bus at the bus stop on Zion Road across from Great World, and exit when the bus reaches the Royal Plaza on Scotts (next to DFS). Or take the Great World Shopping Centre shuttle bus (free!) to go back to Orchard Road.
Regardless, you're right: you will find lots of food your family will love.
P.S. Suggest you get for the kids ice cream sandwiches from the street vendors - this is a local thing too. There's a couple such vendors doing their trade on Orchard Road, should be able to find one somewhere in front of Takashimaya/Ngee Ann City or Lucky Plaza. Mango will be a good choice, between two wafer biscuits (could never get used to having a brick of ice cream between a slide of white bread).
P.P.S. If you make it to West Coast Plaza, go to Jalan Kayu Prata Café for Roti Prata (the Singapore name for Roti Canai). They do a pretty good job.