Although riding to the city brings all the perks of good food and coffee to my ride, there will be times where I bring myself up and motivated enough for a "sloppy" ride.. This took me along the Mandai Park connectors, ULu Sembawang and finally Woodlands HDB heartlands before back home to Yishun.
Below is my route of all PCN ride along the Northern Loop which takes around 18-19 km. The "mini" loop you see in the map is yours truly trying to find some breakfast. :) More about that later..
The north of Singapore has much greenery to offer, if nature is your cup of tea.
Water catchment area along Mandai road.
This reminded me of a meaningful event two months ago, a joint event between Our National Parks and Singapore's biggest cycling group "LCSG" (Love Cycling Singapore), helping to "scrub" the Mandai Park connectors off the algae and moss growing along the sides of the path. This is especially hazardous to cyclists and joggers alike as I had witnessed a cycle mate fall right on the slippery path after the typical tropical shower rain in Singapore. We definitely had fun putting some maintenance on the PCNs which served us well, although it was hard work scrubbing those stubborn algae off!
Team 2D "Scrub" and pose.
"Wefie' for all
A Happy ME.Photo credit : Eugene Wee
Back to my ride, which ended up with me searching for a nearby place for morning breakfast. Wanted to go back to Holy Cow Creamery, yes! finally a Cafe cum Ice Cream parlor in the HDB Heartlands of Yishun, unfortunately they are open only by 11am. Check out this nice review on Holy Cow on another blog, by Jiak Simi Png.
I had this "Elvis' ice cream the last time I was there, salted caramel, bananas and peanuts. It was really rich and creamy.
Another place which recently caught my taste buds is by an enterprising young man who reached out through social media for his "Oil town Sarawak noodles". This is turning to be quite a hit within the cycling kakis and friends who know about it through word of mouth..on social media. Opened within the last couple of months, it is popular with its well textured noodles and nicely "fragrant" oil taste of Sawarak's Miri town.
This is the "add on" version, with abalone.
With his name card having all major forms of social media contact, e.g. Facebook, Google Plus, Twitter, LINE and What's app, Mr Yip certainly is going with the times as an enterprising hawker!
Do note though, Mr Yip is resting on Sundays like we all do
As if the adventure in my town is coming to a close, I met this dude staying in Yishun having 4 very tame parrots and he was "training" them next to the Yishun MRT. I asked for a "pose" with one of them together with my Brommie and he gamely agreed.
Here is one pic with his trusty little Red, and my trusty little Red. I think they make an awesome pair eh?
When the Red Meets a Red
The owner of this Pretty Little Red also owns a fairly chic vintage looking bike. I am glad this town is full of heartland characters. So who says HDB heartlands are boring?
Till the next ride... ~~
Holy Cow Creamery
Blk 292 Yishun St 22
#01-291
Singapore 760292
Open from 11am onwards
Oil Town Sarawak Noodles
Blk 285, Yishun Avenue 6,
#01-02, Tel: 91390089
Mon - Sat: 6:30 am - 2:00 pm
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