My Personal Top Truths/Myths about Singapore 3

Myth: Singaporeans love garlic.

Well I don't know if this holds true for every single inhabitant of Singapore, but the

Truth: is that I've never, ever seen so many garlic-themed restaurants and eating places as in Singapore. At least these eateries advertise with their main ingredient. Unfortunately, many, many other restaurants (mainly those with a "Western" theme, such as pasta places) unexpectedly just put unbelievable quantities of the white gold into your food. It is not unusual to find whole cloves of garlic in your pasta or goulash soup, and they aren't even particularly secretive about it, not dicing the garlic into small pieces but cutting the cloves into slices as big as my fingernail. The upside is that you can pick them out, the downside is that by the time you're done, your pasta will be cold. Even if you like garlic, it might be a good idea to think of your fellow man (or woman) when deciding to eat heaps of garlic in a climate as hot and humid as Singapore. My colleagues and I have just gone over to order our pasta with "no garlic" at the restaurants we know use this ingredient excessively.