Afternoon tea at the Swisshotel. Not your usually "prissy" tea... this is a full-scale late lunch/early dinner.

Buffet style, they have all sorts of entrees (from sushi to dim sum to various noodle dishes as well as satays and soups and salads) and a fabulous dessert selection (scones and cream, sundae bar, candies, pastries, cookies, and breads).

Best of all, it is held on the top floor with windows all around... so you get amazing views and can take some incredible photographs.

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A trip to one of the hawker markets to sample the incredible (and cheap) street food. A great place to grab a snack in between destinations.

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Chili crabs at a riverfront or seafront outdoor restaurant. Lots of threads here on FT about the favorites. Don't like chili crabs? Try the pepper crabs... or curry prawns... or any one of dozens of other fresh dishes.

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Grab a late night Tiger beer and go for a walk along Boat Quay. This has become tradition for me when I land (since most of the flights get in between 11:30 pm and 1 am. Drop my bags at the hotel and head there in a taxi for a bedtime snack. Flight late or still hungry? There is an all night hawker market about four blocks away.

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Electronics shopping at Sim Lim... just be sure you have priced before you left the US. Be sure and wander about a bit and check out/comparison shop several vendors. Not all are created equal. I got a great deal on a Sony 5.1 digital camera w/ add-on wide angle and telefoto lenses. None of the Black Friday sales have come close to what I paid.

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A Singapore Sling at the Long Bar at the Raffles Hotel. Gimmicky? Yeah... but it was the first thing almost everyone back home asked if I had done. The hotel itself, as well, is full of history... it is a great throwback to old British colonial times.