Thanksgiving in Singapore

Thursday November 26, 2009

I searched the Internet and called all over town to find a restaurant that might be serving a Traditional American Thanksgiving Dinner today.

I had only about 3 choices. 1st one was booked. 2nd place was S$138 per person.

3rd had space for 4 at 6:30 at about $S50 each. I booked it without looking any farther.

I may have already exhausted my options anyway. Today was obviously not a holiday in Singapore. We ended up at A Chicago Style Steak House, Dan Ryan's. I'm not sure there is really a Dan Ryan's in Chicago, but it definitely had that feel to it. Aside from most of the patrons and the wait staff. Brian kept singing Fa, Ra, Ra, Ra, Ra...Ra, Ra...Ra, Ra through the entire meal.

(Think the movie The Christmas Story) It was actually a very nice dinner.

Green salad, pumpkin soup, Turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes, green beans and of course pumpkin pie. It was absolutely not the same as making the dinner at home and enjoying it with family, but this is one of the many new adventures we are experiencing.

Today I also looked for a place to have the girls photos taken with Santa. They are not to keen on the idea, but we have one from every year and this IS NOT going to be the year we go without. This is definitely not a Singapore tradition. If we can find someone who belongs to the American Club, we might be able to sneak a quick photo, but there are not locations around town with any Santas waiting to listen to the little one's Christmas wishes. One post I read mentioned that IF there were any Santas placed around the malls there would be hours of wait because the Asian population would come hours before to stand in line for a look and turn. I'm not certain that is true, but all in all Christmas is very much just a commercial holiday with more reasons to shop. All the glitzy decorations are plastered with advertising.