Saturday, August 22, 2020

Street Name of the Past

Cross Street is one of the oldest streets in Singapore which start from  Robinson Road, Raffles Place down passed Telok Ayer Street, Amoy Street, China Street so on and so forth. the different ethnic group had their own interpretation by calling them Hoi San Kai, Hai Sun Koi, Kiat Leng Kia Koi which most of us have forgotten about it. Right at the corner of Cross Street and South Bridge Road stood a very popular shophouse which house the famous Crane Shoe Store sadly they are not there anymore and turning it into another hotel,  and further down the road are the most famous of it all (Yeow Kai Min) Soy Sauce Chicken Noodle and a famous restaurant called Spring Court and the newly renovated Budget Hotel 81 Chinatown. After that, there is the Chin Swee Estate with a Tim-sum treat restaurant Red Star.