Singapore Sentosa Island Day Trip: Dim Sum, Skyline Luge & Resorts World

We woke up incredibly refreshed (the hotel beds in Singapore have been genuinely great) and started the day with a proper feast before making our way to Sentosa Island for sightseeing and some thrill rides.

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Breakfast: Heritage Dim Sum Since 1962

We visited a dim sum spot that has been around since 1962. We got there early to beat the queue. The food completely blew us away. Honestly, there is almost no point in eating dim sum back in the US after having it here.

Hong Kong Coffee: A strong blend of coffee and tea. Very good.

Chicken Feet: The texture was unlike anything I have had before. The meat falls right off the bone the second you bite in. Vincent loved these.

Singapore-Style French Toast: Incredibly sweet, dangerous, and delicious. Smothered in condensed milk with a perfectly runny, deep-orange egg yolk on top. It tastes like a rich custard. This was a standout.

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Trying 100 Plus

Walking around after breakfast, we grabbed a 100 Plus Zero Sugar from a convenience store. I had been seeing it all over Korean Instagram and had to try it. It is a popular local hydration drink, similar in concept to Pocari Sweat but with a slightly different flavor. Very refreshing in the Singapore heat.

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Resorts World Sentosa

We made our way over to Resorts World Sentosa and explored for a while.

The Casino: The entrance had a giant decorative dragon set up for the festive season. Beautiful. We did not go in, but here is an interesting detail: tourists can enter the casino for free. Singaporean citizens and permanent residents, however, have to pay a $150 SGD daily levy (or $3,000 annually) just to walk in. That is a deliberate policy to discourage locals from gambling.

Malaysian Food Street: A fully air-conditioned food hall designed to look like a retro village street with fake building facades inside. Stalls serve Hainanese chicken rice, fresh mango juice, and other Malaysian and Singaporean classics. We ordered noodles and meat. Unfortunately, the dish we picked was too salty and came out cold. Not our best meal of the trip, but the space itself is worth a walk-through.

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Skyline Luge Sentosa

To get to the top of the track, you take an open-air chairlift up the mountain. The views are great. I spent the entire ride up terrified that my slide sandals were going to fall into the jungle below. They did not.

Racing the luge carts down the winding tracks was genuinely fun. The course is longer than it looks from the bottom and has enough turns to keep it interesting.

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Souvenir Shopping

Before heading back to the mainland, we did a round of souvenir shopping. Found some really nice premium t-shirts featuring classic Singaporean icons: the Merlion, Chicken Rice, Chili Crab. Great quality compared to the usual tourist shop stuff.

We also spotted durian-flavored snacks. After my previous encounters with the fruit, I was not ready for that. We kept walking.