Singapore has been a dream destination for my family ever since my recent work trips. What began as a winter break idea became reality when we scored deals for business class seats and a student’s list of must-try restaurants to create a week-long itinerary of the garden city over spring break. We drove to SFO early Monday to enjoy the Polaris lounge ahead of our 17-hour flight complete with fish congee, PJs, and movies galore. The automated immigration counter got us through quickly to our Chinatown Airbnb to reset our clocks. We swiped our credit cards at the MRT on Wednesday to begin our walking tour through Kamplong Glam to Sultan Mosque, where the heat and humidity called for multiple stops for char siu bao and kaya toast on the way to Little India for Muthu’s fish head curry and biryani. We passed the former house of Tan Teng Niah and Sri Veeramakalamman Temple en route to the National Museum of Singapore, where touring the city’s colonial past concluded with exhibits on dementia awareness and recycling plastics. We skipped the Instagram line at Fort Canning’s tree tunnel for the air-conditioned Children’s Museum, then toured the gilded Buddha Tooth Relic Temple before they closed. For dinner, we got Westley a pork floss roll then went to Hong Lim Market for Ah Heng’s curry chicken bee hoon mee and Liao Fan Hawker Chan’s soy sauce chicken, and brought mangosteens back for dessert. We kicked off Thursday with congee, yam balls, and fresh soy milk from Maxwell Food Centre to tackle Singapore Zoo. Chatting with the docent here rewarded us with a private tour of gharials, anoas, pygmy hippos, hyraxes, langurs, and elephants. Lunch at Ah Meng Restaurant was surprisingly good, but the showstoppers were the zoo’s expansive primate collection of baboons, lemurs, and proboscis monkeys, and display of giant fruit bats that flip right-side up to urinate. Our next stop at River Wonders and Bird Paradise included interesting shows that featured capybaras and singing birds, but our exhaustion set in after dinner and put us to sleep aboard the Night Safari tram ride. We awoke Friday to Nanyang Old Coffee and Tong Heng’s diamond egg tarts for our walk to Gardens by the Bay, where we switched from fauna to flora at the Cloud Forest, Flower Dome, and Floral Fantasy. We ran into my one Singapore friend at the bustling Raspura Masters food court, then retreated home to rest up for our evening food tour in Katong including no-chopstick 328 Katong Laksa, the OG Eng’s Wantan Noodle, and long-queue Ponggol Nasi Lemak. On Saturday, we filled on Koo Kee Yong Tow Foo Mee for our visit to Sentosa Island. The S.E.A. Aquarium provided reprieve from the heat as we watched hungry blue lobsters and elusive manta rays. Lunch at Putien included their signature bian rou soup, ‘100-second’ yellow croaker, Fujian red mushroom seafood lor mee, and my first try of Buddha Jumps over the Wall. We burned it off bouncing on the inflatable Hydrodash course, but was disappointed by sold-out tickets at Skyline Luge. Instead, we returned to HarbourFront for Don Don Donki shopping, Dian Xiao Er roast duck, and Song Fa bak kut teh. We slept in next morning for a relaxed start at Haw Par Villa, where Chinese folklore and traditional principles are brought to life in colorful dioramas commissioned by the founder of Tiger Balm. The chili crab at Legacy Seafood kept us warm as we explored Science Center Singapore’s mirror and laser mazes, which ended with an uplifting IMAX show on Jane Goodall. We spent the evening window shopping on Orchard Road, enjoyed Singapore-style afternoon tea at Violet Oon, paused at a rooftop garden and library@orchard, then dined on pricey chicken rice at Chatterbox. We returned to Sentosa on Monday for Universal Studios, where highlights included the action-packed Waterworld show, Transformers ride, and roller coasters that warranted a second go thanks to our Unlimited Express pass. We were glad to return to Skyline Luge for the Dragon trail, but sad that we got rained out from additional runs. We dried off over rich, quad-broth hot pot at Haidilao, then checked into the Marina Bay Sands where our upgraded Premier Suite featured a marble bathroom, leather-bound appliances, a mini bar with instant noodles, and two balconies that rivaled the impressive views from the observation deck and infinity pool. We awoke our last day to duck noodle, fried carrot cakes, and egg tarts from Lau Pa Sat, then took selfies at iconic Merlion Park before heading to Jewel Changi Airport to spend the afternoon at Canopy Park’s hedge maze, mirror maze, and walking net while enjoying Mr. Coconut, Jollibean, and Frozen Heart treats. The SilverKris lounge buffet helped us sleep through our return flight, making it hard to shake off jetlag back home, but thankful to have tasted a glimpse of life as Crazy Rich Asians.