What is Blanc Inn Guide ? - Sample (with No Pictures)

Blanc Inn Guide is a guide specially tailored written for our guests who had already made reservations at our hostel. The guide is to provide you with information where-to-eat, where-to-shop, and what-to-do around our Blanc Inn. Especially when you still have few hours before catching your plane. We thank you for booking our hostel for your choice stay. We believe besides providing comfortable beds for your good sleep, we also want to provide you with many other useful necessary information to make your Singapore stay an easy and smooth one.

Our information on this guide is by no means a comprehensive one. However, we aim to improve and will add more information as we go along.

Blanc Inn, for your convenience, put together a comprehensive "Blanc Inn Transportation Guide" for below:
1/ Blanc Inn Surrounding Map.
2/ Place of Interest MRT/Bus Directions Guide.
3/ Blanc Inn Bus Route Guide.

Click below to download "Blanc Inn Transportation Guide", to do your where/how-to-go trip planning in Singapore,

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Blanc Inn Reception Sale Counter

MRT Map

Train and Bus Pass - EZ Link Card

Notes:
- Blanc Inn, for your convenience, ....

1. At the 7-Eleven stores, you can purchase an ez-link card at $10 out of which $5 is stored value for your use.
     The remaining $5 is the cost of the card which is non-refundable.
2. You can Top-up the card, no top-up admin fee, at Lavender MRT station, or selected MRT stations
3. You can also Top-up the card at 7-eleven convenient store, a $0.50 top up fees are applicable.
4. Minimum Store-Value to travel on MRT/bus: a/ To travel on bus, you need to have the minimum stored value to cover the cost of travel from the point you get on, to the last stop on that service, say $1.50. b/ To travel on MRT, You will need at least $3 in your card before you can start your journey on the MRT.

About EZ Link Card
a/ EZ-Link card has auto fare discount, as meant for use by Singapore citizens, about 5-10% discount, for every trip fare.
b/ EZ-Link card stored-value can be used throughout whole year, within its card 5-year validity period.
c/ One disadvantage is that it has a non-refundable card fee of $5. This is the reason our hostel provides this special service by buying back the card from you for $3, which we could recycle for use by selling to our other guests.

Advantages of EZ Link Card
a/ One card for taking both MRT and Bus.
b/ No need to get ready exact bus fare, as Bus takes only cash and no change return.
c/ No need to buy individual ticket for every travel.

Advice if EZ Link suits you ?
1/ EZ Link card will be handy, if you plan to have 5 or more MRT/Bus trips.
2/ As a rough guide for how much stored value you need to top up, MRT/Bus per trip costs about $1.20, inclusive of EZ-Link discount.

Blanc Inn MRT/Bus Guide

FREE ... to RWS

Note: This service is only for ... only.
Please present your passport and Singapore Embarkation card to board the ... bus.

Where to take this free shuttle bus ?
1/ Take Bus ... from Bus-stop .... (Stop 1)
2/ Alight at Bus-stop ... (Stop 4)
=> ... Hotel, 173 ..., is immediately opposite across the road.

How to go to these Attraction Places ??

Traditional Singaporean Breakfast - Kaya Toast and Soft-Boiled Eggs

The most popular breakfast meal in Singapore is kaya toast, two soft-boiled (half-boiled) eggs and a good strong cup of kopi (coffee). It is delicious, and it is everywhere.

How to do with this traditional breakfast ?
The coffee shop people will bring to you one hot-water jug with eggs inside, do not open the jug-cover immeidately. Wait for 10 mins for the eggs to become "fully" half-boilded or half-cooked, , then open the jug-cover to take out eggs and crack it on the tray, eat it with black soya sauce and pepper .

Besides half-boiled eggs, the coffee shop people will bring you 2 toasts pasted with butter and "kaya" (sweet coconut paste) and a cup of hot drinks of your choice.

Where to get it ?
We recommend 24-hour "Chang Jiang G1" Coffee Shop, just 15 m from Blanc Inn.
Direction: Go out from Blanc Inn main door, Turn-Left into Beatty Lane. Walk along Betty Lane for 15m, the coffee shop is at a corner, after a Tibetian Temple, and the shop is undernealth Hotel-81.
Price: the price is $2.40 to $2.60, depending on what kind of hot drinks you order. "Coffee-set" will be $2.50 when "Coffee-O set will be $2.40 .

How to place order ?
1/ If you want to drink coffee with milk, say "Coffee Set". The "set" is understood to be the traditional breakfast set, as per the picture.
2/ If you want to drink coffee with no milk, say "Coffee-O Set".
3/ If you want to drink tea with milk, say "Teh Set".
4/ If you want to drink tea with no milk, say "Teh-O Set".

Hints:
1/ The Coffee frangrant smell very nice in this coffee shop. The coffee drink is hand-made brewed, it is anytime much better than ready-made 3-in-1 coffee bags or machine-brewed coffee.
2/ There are other food stalls at this coffee shop. If the traditional breakfast is not enough to fill up your stomach, you could order few other Asian food in the shop too.
3/ In the evening, it has a very good THAI spicy food. You could have an authetic Thai feast here, and you could tell the food stall operator to have your food less spicy if you want.

Lavender Food Square

Other Eating Places

0/ 24-hrs Food Court: "Lavender Food Square", Foch Road.
1/ 24-hrs Food Court: "Braodway Food Centre", Tyrwhitt Road.
2/ 24-hrs Food Court: "Lavender MRT Kopi Tiam", Lavender MRT Station.
3/ Lunch/Dinner: "Cheng Mun Chee Kee" at 24 Foch Road, Pig Organ Soup/Rice.
4/ 24-hrs Coffee Shop: "Chang Jiang G1" at Beatty Lane, Singapore Traditional Breakfast.
5/ Lunch/Dinner: "Scissors Curry Rice" at 229 Jalan Besar, Singapore Curry Rice.
6/ Dinner: "Lai Huat Seafood Restaurant" at 72 Horne Rd, Chinese Restaurant.
7/ Muslim Food Store: Foch Road, directly opposite Lavender Food Square.
8/ Dinner/Supper: "Swee Choon Dim Sum Restaurant" at 183 Jalan Besar, Hong Kong Style Tim Sum.

Hints:
1/ The price is local price, not tourist price.
2/ You may eat famous Singapore Chilli Crab/Pepper Crab at this store, without travelling too far to East Coast Park for the dishes - as good taste here !!

Chye Seng Huat Hardware - A coffee bar

Where is this shop? - The shop is directly opposite Blanc Inn
Type of PlaceBakery/Dessert: Cafe
Cuisine: Western
Operating Hours: Tue - Fri: 09:00 - 19:00, Sat - Sun: 09:00 - 22:00, Closed on Monday.

Do not be misled by the name of this establishment - Chye Seng Huat Hardware is the successive coffee bar from the guys behind Papa Palheta and Loysel's Toy. This flagship store features a roastery, an island coffee bar, a coffee school and a private coffee tasting room.

There are many patronages to this lifestyle coffee bar. Visit the shop and try to figure why it is popular, then tell us your findings.

Little India Walking Tour

Hint: Buy Fresh coconut from the street. You not only could drink fresh coconut milk, and you may also scrap the coconut meat and eat it - cool and refreshing.

Jalan Besar Swimming Complex

Notes:
- We are sorry that our hostel does not have any swiming trunks/costume for rent, for presonal hygiene reason.
- Do remember to bring along your swimming trunks/costume to come to Singapore, if you plan to do some swimming.

Jalan Besar Swimming Complex is just 50m distance away from Blanc Inn. The water is clean. The facility has 1 Competition Pool, 1 Teaching pool, 1 Wading pool, a water playground, fountains, and climbing scaffolds in a shallow pool for kids.

Admission Fees and Opening Hours ?
Per Entry, Adult: $1.00 (Mon to Fri) or ; $1.30 (Sat, Sun, & Public Holiday)
Opening Hours: 8 am to 9 pm daily, 7 days a week
Coin Operated Locker: at $0.20 and $0.40 per locker

Things to Do around Blanc Inn

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** Food **
- Try out Singapore Traditional Breakfast, at "Chang Jiang G1" Coffee Shop, Beatty Lane.
- Try out famous Pig Organ Soup/Rice (Lunch/Dinner), "Cheng Mun Chee Kee" at 24 Foch Road.
- Try out famous Singapore Curry Rice(Lunch/Dinner), "Scissors Curry Rice" at 229 Jalan Besar.
- Try out famous Hong Kong style Dim Sum Tea House(Dinner/Supper), "Swee Choon Dim Sum Restaurant" at 183 Jalan Besar.
- Try out famous Chinese Restaurant(Dinner), "Lai Huat Seafood Restaurant" at 72 Horne Rd.

** Shopping **
- Do Shopping at "Mustafa Centre", lots of wide range of products at this one-stop superstore.
- Do Shopping at "City Square Mall", sub-urban 5-storey, eco-friendly shopping center, with good restaurants and many mid-class price-range shops.
- Do Shopping at "Sim Lim Square", 6-storey building with many shops selling computer/electronic products.
- Visit "Bugis Street" - 500 outdoor open-air street-stores. "Bugis Junction" is nearby - for shopping too.

** Activity
- Visit "Little India", an area with Indian Tamil cultural elements atmosphere, many Indian restaurants and Indian shops.
- Visit nostagia Arab Street historical area - Sultan Mosque, Haji Lane(Shop houses with Graffiti painting).
- Visit "Kuan Yin Thong Hood Cho", God of Mercy Temple, at Queen Street, Singapore most crowded Chinese Temple.
- Do jogging along Kallang River, with starting point from Crawford Bridge, with good jogging track and all the way towards Esplanade, and back to hostel. total 5 km (ask reception staff about the route.)
- Relax at public park at Pertain Road (Do it in the early morning or evening).
- Do two-hour relax swimming at Jalan Besar Swimming Complex (Bring your own swimming trunks/costumes).
- Walk around Geylang Red Light District, it is generally safe. One is best not to start any conversation with any stranger around red light district area, if one is not keen into the business.
- Play Nitendo WII in our lounge.
- Watch DVD in our lounge.
- Drink coffee/tea and relax at our cosy lounge, with 2-storey high ceiling.

Things to know around Blanc Inn

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- It is cheaper to buy grocery from 24-hour "I-teck SuperMarket", 305 Jalan Besar, than from 7-eleven convenient store.
- Money Changer is available at Mustafa Centre and City Square Mall.
- There is a good, nice public Park at Pertain Road.
- There is a row of Traditional House, at Pertain Road.
- When walking from Blanc Inn towards Lavender MRT station, 20m before reaching the MRT station, buy fresh cut-fruits from a fruit stall - Cheap and Fresh.
- There is a Muslim Food store(Breakfast/Lunch) at 624, Foch Road.
- Mustafa Centre vicinity has many indian food shops.
- There are a few Karaokay PUB shops along Foch Road. They cater mainly to locals who drinks hard liquor there.
- Barber Shop - cut your hair in City Square mall.
- There are a few Foot and Body massage shops at Eminent Plaza and Foch Road. Check price list before settling for services that you need.
- There are many Backpackers/Hostel in the vicinity of Lavender/Jalan Besar area. However, our hostel is the only one hostel that does not believe in "dormitory" double-deck bunk beds.
- Our hostel has latest Singapore Tour Guide Books in our lounge, do check it up.

Laundry Shop

Notes:
- Blanc Inn, for your convenience, helps do laundry wash for stay-in guests.
- One Load wash (maximum 15 pieces) price is $6, no Dryer-drying/no-ironing.
- Hand your clothes to us before 12 noon, and we will return your laundry to you before next day noon.

1. Nearest neigbourhood Laundry Shop - LaundryMart Express, 2. Address: Block 22 Boon Keng Road #01-37 3. Walking distance 500 m from Blanc Inn. 4. Ask for Direction from Blanc Inn Reception Desk.

Other Services - Convenient Store/Overseas Call Public Phone/ATM

LOCATIONS
1/ 24-hrs I-tec Supermarket: at 305 Jalan Besar.
2/ ATM Cash Machine: at the junction of Pertain Road and Jalan Besar.
3/ Overseas Telephone Call: at 42 Foch Road.
4/ 7-Eleven

Post Office
181 Kitchener Road #01-26/28, New Park Hotel Shopping Acade (Next to Mustafa Center)
Mon - Fri 8.30 am - 5.00 pm
Sat 8.30 am - 1.00 pm
Sun/P.Hol Closed

24-hrs I-tec Supermarket
- You could get most of grocery items that you want, price is cheaper than that in 7-Eleven.
- After our reception desk closed, you may get your items from this 24 hrs Supermarket

ATM Cash Machine
- You could use your credit card to withdraw Singapore Cash from this machine.

Overseas Telephone Call
- You could make overseas phone call to outside Singapore.
- Need to get ready many Singapore coins money, for example, 30 cents for One minute to India destination.