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Some trades don't retire quietly — they disappear.
Behind Chinatown's photo-ready shophouses, a handful of craftsmen still work the old way — not for show, not for tourists, but because it's the only way they know.
On this 3-hour walk, step past the souvenir stalls into Kreta Ayer's working streets. Inside Chinatown Complex, meet one of Singapore's last hand-press cuttlefish stalls, grilled over charcoal, and taste fresh sachima, a fried-dough pastry bound in malt syrup — then sock-brewed Nanyang kopi at a coffee stall.
Visit a joss shop serving the neighbourhood's temples for generations, and an apothecary hand-blending medicated oils since the early 1900s, trusted by Chinatown families for generations.
A chartered bus takes you to Tai Seng, where a bakery still shapes and bakes bread by hand — no conveyor belts, no mixers, just flour, water, and decades of practice.
Taste, touch, and hear the stories of the people keeping these trades alive.
Come before they're gone.
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
Start/end: Chinatown MRT Exit A (outside Bee Cheng Hiang) (69 Pagoda St, Singapore 059228)
Itinerary
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1Chinatown
Visit 2 traditional and disappearing trades of Sachima (granola-bar type of hand made asian snack) and cuttlefish hawker
45 minutes • Admission ticket free -
2Sago Street (Street Of The Dead)
Step inside a generations-old joss and prayer goods shop on Banda Street, and a Chinese medicine shophouse since the early 1900s, famed for its house-blended medicated oils
45 minutes • Admission ticket free -
3
Learn how bread was made the old fashion way.
45 minutes • Admission ticket included
Additional info
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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